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Emperor Fadeaway

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Stating the obvious is now being censored...
« on: September 01, 2009, 02:37:05 PM »
http://www.smh.com.au/world/canadian-tv-barack-obama-assassination-joke-slammed-20090901-f5z3.html

What's the world coming to eh?

A CBC show declared that shooting a Black president in a White house is a lot easier than shooting a White president, and everyone is up in arms.

This is a damned funny joke OK.

People who get offended do not deserve to live.

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Re: Stating the obvious is now being censored...
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2009, 02:56:58 PM »
Hmmm...note that they are saying they are mocking racists.

What do you think, banned for 2 weeks?
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Re: Stating the obvious is now being censored...
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2009, 03:04:06 PM »
I care not for their motives. It's a funny joke. Can't something just be funny anymore without it having to be ripped apart and analysed. What bullshit.
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Re: Stating the obvious is now being censored...
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2009, 04:58:30 PM »
I can see the argument for being careful with racist humour...but to ban mockery of racism because you have to acknowledge racism exists to do so is bathsit insane.
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Re: Stating the obvious is now being censored...
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2009, 05:00:30 PM »
Spot on Davros.

They fear racism because they know exactly how much embedded racism exists in American society.

It's the elephant in the room.
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Re: Stating the obvious is now being censored...
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2009, 07:36:07 PM »
Quote from: Davros. on September 01, 2009, 02:56:58 PM
Hmmm...note that they are saying they are mocking racists.

What do you think, banned for 2 weeks?

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Seems the process takes a lot longer over there...

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Broadcast regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), said on Monday it received more than 250 complaints about a popular New Year's Eve show that featured cracks about the US president.

Anyone have any idea how many complaints the make a realistic wish sketch got?
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Re: Stating the obvious is now being censored...
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2009, 08:33:42 PM »
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"We expect the CBC to apologise to its viewers and implement mechanisms to prevent such an unfortunate situation from occurring again in the future," CRTC Chairman Konrad von Finckenstein said in a statement.

How could anyone take him seriously with a name like that?

In case you missed it, stating the obvious has been banned for a while now...
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Re: Stating the obvious is now being censored...
« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2009, 08:35:13 PM »
When wasn't it?
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Re: Stating the obvious is now being censored...
« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2009, 08:42:40 PM »
That was kind of the point...
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Re: Stating the obvious is now being censored...
« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2009, 08:43:58 PM »
You implied there was a goldern time when it was free and allowed though
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Re: Stating the obvious is now being censored...
« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2009, 08:52:25 PM »
The post also implied that people on this board understand sarcasm and understatement, which, as you have just proved, is incorrect.
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Re: Stating the obvious is now being censored...
« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2009, 09:23:23 PM »
Quote from: Circus Animal on September 01, 2009, 08:33:42 PM
In case you missed it, stating the obvious has been banned for a while now...

*waits for it*
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Re: Stating the obvious is now being censored...
« Reply #12 on: September 02, 2009, 01:36:41 AM »
Yeh...like saying terminally ill kids are going to die. Indeed.
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Re: Stating the obvious is now being censored...
« Reply #13 on: January 19, 2011, 08:40:24 PM »
Quote from: Emperor Fadeaway on September 01, 2009, 02:37:05 PM
http://www.smh.com.au/world/canadian-tv-barack-obama-assassination-joke-slammed-20090901-f5z3.html

What's the world coming to eh?

A CBC show declared that shooting a Black president in a White house is a lot easier than shooting a White president, and everyone is up in arms.

This is a damned funny joke OK.

People who get offended do not deserve to live.

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Re: Stating the obvious is now being censored...
« Reply #14 on: January 21, 2011, 06:50:17 PM »
I think they're like some race horses though. Can't run in the wet.
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