I had originally posted this rant in the Things are shit thread, but it seems more at home in this section and I apologise for those who have responded already.
Martin Luther King once pronounced: " I have a dream"
Fritz is now pronouncing: "I have website"
The slow death of the Chaser thread is looming.
I usually leave rants to others, however, it has dawned on me that those others seem to have slowly disappeared.
It is with concern that the satircal, policitcal and general hanging shit on the world seems to have been lost through the wave of "I love Andrew's Hair".
I miss the days of Heinz engaging in banter of a political argument or some other lunatic taking sides of Bob Brown with not a bad argument. Matters of importance in the world was the topic of the day as oppossed to how white Craig's arse was on the show the other night.
The most I see these days is the odd banter of how shit or great someone's day is. It is a sad day when such an intstitution is starting to look more and more like a Britaney Spears thread. Hell, it nearly got me so bad I was about to invite my friends to my place for a sleep over, read our diaries and then finish the night with a pillow fight. This would not seem that bad if they were 21 year old women, alas they are not.
So what do we do. Well for starters, those that need to masturbate over the style of Andrew's Hair or how hot Chris looks in 19 century constumes, with all due respect - try the chaser website on the ABC link or at least hit your own myspace account where your mum won't hit you over the head everytime she reads that I have called you a mindless, deranged mini fucked up Justin Timberlake. Your parents really don't need to read those types of things about you.
For God's sake, you are even starting to freak out those who are paid to freak people out.
However, it is a good time to intervene and suggest to take a great view of current affairs in the world. Expand your mind, engage in constructive arguments and feel free to post a topic. Yes, there will be those who cannot help themselves and shoot you down, but here is an opportunity to discuss matters such as world politics, Australian politics, social developments or under-developments with the freedom of expressing ideas and not having to worry about the lunatic on the other end of the thread. There is also to opportunity to go to town on someones argument, twist and turn it and generally mess with their heads.
This website once held the motto -
"Taking the Piss". Take this to your mind, whenever you decide to post.
Peace be with you. This is the word of the Lord.
