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Started by Viking, April 14, 2011, 02:50:19 PM

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Viking

First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

KRonn

Heh... unfortunate placing of the advertisement, at least.

Strix

Not so bad. If that had been a Cancer Center or a facility that dealt with some other serious medical condition than I think it would be in bad taste.
"I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left." - Margaret Thatcher

Richard Hakluyt

I thought this was very funny  :lol:

A pure coincidence of course, the tv firm probably hired a number of boards as part of a publicity campaign...........they will not have known that one was next to an undertakers.

Some more info in the DM :

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1376415/Walking-Dead-billboard-funeral-parlour-Now-IS-product-placement.html

That's my part of the world...............and Tyr's. It's an area where the traditional approach to funerals is fairly robust and the party after the funeral can be quite a lot of fun, better than a wedding at any rate.

Malthus

Quote from: Strix on April 14, 2011, 03:43:20 PM
Not so bad. If that had been a Cancer Center or a facility that dealt with some other serious medical condition than I think it would be in bad taste.

'Old age home' would have been hilarious.  :D
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Siege

I would sue their collective asses.



"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"


garbon

Quote from: Siege on April 14, 2011, 04:31:31 PM
I would sue their collective asses.

For what? Emotional harm?
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Slargos

Quote from: garbon on April 14, 2011, 04:44:31 PM
Quote from: Siege on April 14, 2011, 04:31:31 PM
I would sue their collective asses.

For what? Emotional harm?

I assumed it was some sort of euphemism for a gay sex act.

What with Siegy. And talking about asses.

Siege

Haha...

Garbon zero, Slargs scores!!!!!!

Garbon, are you ok?
I think your faggotradar aint working write.





"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"


garbon

While you might think it funny to 'ape' homosexuality as it were, I'm not laughing.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Siege

Quote from: garbon on April 15, 2011, 05:59:31 PM
While you might think it funny to 'ape' homosexuality as it were, I'm not laughing.

You would not survive one day in the army, thinking this way.


"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"


garbon

Quote from: Siege on April 15, 2011, 06:03:41 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 15, 2011, 05:59:31 PM
While you might think it funny to 'ape' homosexuality as it were, I'm not laughing.

You would not survive one day in the army, thinking this way.

You're probably right. I'd rather be dead.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Siege

Quote from: garbon on April 15, 2011, 06:08:10 PM
Quote from: Siege on April 15, 2011, 06:03:41 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 15, 2011, 05:59:31 PM
While you might think it funny to 'ape' homosexuality as it were, I'm not laughing.

You would not survive one day in the army, thinking this way.

You're probably right. I'd rather be dead.

But I would still love you.

Deeply.



"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"


Eddie Teach

Quote from: Siege on April 15, 2011, 06:12:41 PM
But I would still love you.

Deeply.

Just not as deeply as his other boyfriends.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Barrister

Quote from: Siege on April 15, 2011, 06:12:41 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 15, 2011, 06:08:10 PM
Quote from: Siege on April 15, 2011, 06:03:41 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 15, 2011, 05:59:31 PM
While you might think it funny to 'ape' homosexuality as it were, I'm not laughing.

You would not survive one day in the army, thinking this way.

You're probably right. I'd rather be dead.

But I would still love you.

Deeply.

Drunk/gay Seigey creeps me out.   :yucky:
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