Narupug
Fodder Mostly
+150|5812|Vacationland

Kmarion wrote:

Narupug wrote:

~FuzZz~ wrote:


Yeah!


HOLY HELL IRAN IS IN A FIGHT OF SOME SORT, ALL OTHER NEWS IMMEDIATELY BECOMES IRRELEVANT
Never said it was just them...
I mean I didn't see much else on the news besides this.
Front pages are usually reserved for breaking stories.. aka news.

and cnn is fail http://cnnfail.com/
The television news you know with channels and anchors? I know the frontpage is forgivable but to honestly not break away from bludgeoning the fact that MJ has dies over the head for a minute makes me angery.
TopHat01
Limitless
+117|6120|CA

-=]NS[=-Eagle wrote:

I heard from two sources but yet to hear from an accredited source like CNN
Since when is CNN creditable?

Oh well, I'm not happy or sad... (@ MJ's death)
Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|6816|132 and Bush

Narupug wrote:

Kmarion wrote:

Narupug wrote:

Never said it was just them...
I mean I didn't see much else on the news besides this.
Front pages are usually reserved for breaking stories.. aka news.

and cnn is fail http://cnnfail.com/
The television news you know with channels and anchors? I know the frontpage is forgivable but to honestly not break away from bludgeoning the fact that MJ has dies over the head for a minute makes me angery.
I was showing you what happens when a news organization fails to report on breaking events (#cnnfail). CNN's problem that weekend was that the cutbacks had forced them to run reruns. They probably should have predicted the turmoil though.

Their main goal is very simple. .. to attract viewers, listeners, and readers. They not only monitor every story on their own site for hits/links, but their competitors also. If you are seeing trending topics that you aren't happy with direct your discontent towards the audience. If they fail to report on what people want to know, they (generally) fail.
Xbone Stormsurgezz
Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|6816|132 and Bush

NASA_Ames wrote:

Remembering Michael Jackson's famous moonwalk: http://bit.ly/13H1UJ
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Ec0li
Vagina face
+167|6214|London ㋛

Is he really? He stressed concern about really not wanting to do the 50 dates his management signed him up for (only wanted to do 10) and he was in a shit load of dept. Record sales will boom now.

He's either gone back to his home planet or he's living in cuba with Tupac, Elvis and Lennon.
usmarine
Banned
+2,785|6977

Vilham wrote:

I find it depressing and very telling of peoples characters that this piece of news is more important to them than an entire nation fighting for its democratic rights.
oh god.  what are you talking about?  not enough iran threads for you?  well there are.  go have a look.
usmarine
Banned
+2,785|6977

Kmarion wrote:

Hurricane2k9 wrote:

Kmarion wrote:


What makes you think that I forgot? .. because I'm not jumping to conclusions about people caring more about this rather than Iran hours after the news broke?

All I'm saying is that it just happened.
I was saying that it's more than just 'a little time'
The suggestion that this will continue to overshadow the Iran situation (that started almost two weeks ago).. did we also miss a revolution when anna nicole died? Your not putting it all together.
simple concept really.  what can we do for iran?  nothing except invade.  fact.  so, lets worry about shit closer to home.  and i dont think anybody forgot about iran.  funny people say that yet i think iran overshadowed NK tbh.  but, cammipoo and the hamsandwich need to make themselves feel better.
Flaming_Maniac
prince of insufficient light
+2,490|6922|67.222.138.85
No. Fuck Micheal Jackson. He fondled little boys, an offense that would brand nearly anyone else as completely reprehensible. When someone like that dies it usually spawns comments of "good riddance" or the typical "I wouldn't have killed him I would have done x, y, and z nasty things to him because he deserves it", but because he made thriller you brilliant members of this beloved site mash RIP as hard as you can.

He was an utterly insane pedophile, a danger to himself and the mental and physical health of those around him. He is someone the state should have put down years ago, and would have had he not essentially bought his way out of it. I don't want useless scum like that wandering around, and I don't feel the least bit bad for thinking so.
Flaming_Maniac
prince of insufficient light
+2,490|6922|67.222.138.85

usmarine wrote:

nothing except invade.
Ahhh but there are so many ways to invade. Lob tomahawks from a distance? Disrupt infrastructure with the aim of anarchy? Full blown invasion, ho holds barred? PC invasion, involving the tactic of minimum troops and maximum losses that we have perfected in recent years? Total war? Limited war? These are important questions that need to be discussed.

Let me go find my copy of The Prince so I can brush up on the necessary talking points as you are creating a brief but thought-provoking OP to carry on this off-topic discussion at length.
usmarine
Banned
+2,785|6977

lol you are fired up.  me likes
AussieReaper
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+5,761|6368|what

Flaming_Maniac wrote:

involving the tactic of minimum troops and maximum losses that we have perfected in recent years?
lol
https://i.imgur.com/maVpUMN.png
Lucien
Fantasma Parastasie
+1,451|6868

ATG wrote:

That's one more.

Anybody else?
Powertripping mod right here

Goddamn I hate forums most of the time
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usmarine
Banned
+2,785|6977

AussieReaper wrote:

Flaming_Maniac wrote:

involving the tactic of minimum troops and maximum losses that we have perfected in recent years?
lol
ya lol...

no, i didnt mean the US.
Ajax_the_Great1
Dropped on request
+206|6862

Flaming_Maniac wrote:

No. Fuck Micheal Jackson. He fondled little boys, an offense that would brand nearly anyone else as completely reprehensible.
You have a crystal ball that lets you know if thats true or not?
mcminty
Moderating your content for the Australian Govt.
+879|6936|Sydney, Australia

usmarine wrote:

lol you are fired up.  me likes
XD Everyone play nice, mkay.

Flaming_Maniac wrote:

No. Fuck Micheal Jackson. He fondled little boys, an offense that would brand nearly anyone else as completely reprehensible. When someone like that dies it usually spawns comments of "good riddance" or the typical "I wouldn't have killed him I would have done x, y, and z nasty things to him because he deserves it", but because he made thriller you brilliant members of this beloved site mash RIP as hard as you can.

He was an utterly insane pedophile, a danger to himself and the mental and physical health of those around him. He is someone the state should have put down years ago, and would have had he not essentially bought his way out of it. I don't want useless scum like that wandering around, and I don't feel the least bit bad for thinking so.
I'm not going to defend the rather insane and ridiculous things the media spotlight has show him doing, but in the legal arena he's been found not guilty of pedophilia and related charges.. (ref: People v. Jackson).



Honestly, I don't like that much of his music. Mostly things from the Jackson 5. Regardless.. he was a brilliant entertainer for millions and millions of people.

The guy is dead. A little respect ain't too hard.
Flecco
iPod is broken.
+1,048|6880|NT, like Mick Dundee

Respect to the man. He was a bit deranged but he also went from the bottom of the heap to the top.
Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.
Lucien
Fantasma Parastasie
+1,451|6868

mcminty wrote:

The guy is dead. A little respect ain't too hard.
Make up rules on the fly why don't you
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Flecco
iPod is broken.
+1,048|6880|NT, like Mick Dundee

What the fuck Lucien, there's a thread for Michael Jackson jokes.

ATG's OP wrote:

Keep your jokes out of this thread.
Is that so hard?

They aren't making up rules, they are interpreting the rules and deciding what is and is not appropriate to be posted. Which is what they do as mods.


Edit.

Just saw the thread had been closed. Meh, oh well. Can't say people weren't warned though.

Last edited by Flecco (2009-06-26 01:49:30)

Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.
Lucien
Fantasma Parastasie
+1,451|6868

Flecco wrote:

What the fuck Lucien, there's a thread for Michael Jackson jokes.

ATG's OP wrote:

Keep your jokes out of this thread.
Is that so hard?

They aren't making up rules, they are interpreting the rules and deciding what is and is not appropriate to be posted. Which is what they do as mods.


Edit.

Just saw the thread had been closed. Meh, oh well. Can't say people weren't warned though.
yeah, let's keep anything offensive to a few mods out of the way so it doesn't bother them
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mcminty
Moderating your content for the Australian Govt.
+879|6936|Sydney, Australia

Lucien wrote:

mcminty wrote:

The guy is dead. A little respect ain't too hard.
Make up rules on the fly why don't you
I don't make the Rules. And while I'm quite a mellow mod when it comes to enforcing them, I sure as hell am willing to ban people.

In the above link, once you have gotten through the rules about what type of content you should post, take a hard look at:

BF2s Rules wrote:

11.Obey the forum moderators and administrators. If your thread is closed, moved, or deleted for any reason, take up the issue with the mod or admin via private messages. Remember, however, that these rules are enforced and imposed upon our discretion.
usmarine
Banned
+2,785|6977

Lucien wrote:

yeah, let's keep anything offensive to a few mods out of the way so it doesn't bother them
i thought a country full of stoners would be happier....
CameronPoe
Member
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My take on MJ? He was a musical/dance genius in his heyday but he developed into a very disturbed and abnormal human being that couldn't come to terms with adulthood and shouldn't have been allowed near children. Almost all of the blame for what he became and for his alleged crimes lies squarely on the shoulders of his parents however.

As for my Iran comment - I'm just harking back to media treatment of the death of Princess Diana and the fact that Mother Theresa didn't get a look in and how 9/11 drowned out a sea of other news (utilised to the max by corrupt politicians).
usmarine
Banned
+2,785|6977

lol 9/11.  man it never stops with you.
Lucien
Fantasma Parastasie
+1,451|6868

mcminty wrote:

BF2s Rules wrote:

11.Obey the forum moderators and administrators. If your thread is closed, moved, or deleted for any reason, take up the issue with the mod or admin via private messages. Remember, however, that these rules are enforced and imposed upon our discretion.
Rule number 11 is "We don't have to answer to the members of this forum". It's a cop-out argument that just goes to show how you justify your decisions as a mod not by this forum's rules, but by your own point of view.

usmarine wrote:

Lucien wrote:

yeah, let's keep anything offensive to a few mods out of the way so it doesn't bother them
i thought a country full of stoners would be happier....
Christians banned the coffeeshops.

Last edited by Lucien (2009-06-26 01:56:38)

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Ioan92
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Good riddance.

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