Posted by Snoogan Naganootchavich at 64.203.129.94 on March 23, 2004 at 21:32:37:
In Reply to: Its a web board get over it posted by Runshouse21 on March 23, 2004 at 21:17:00:
: You should be posting against Howard Stern and Janet Jackson.
Look dude. If you think that censorship of the federally owned airwaves and people showing some respect and common decency on a privately owned and maintained webboard are the same, you are gravely mistaken. Kevin has said on many occasions that posters showing a total lack a respect for people and certain issues would be banned and that it has nothing to do with freedom of expression, because this is not really a public place.
:Really I think the dullest thing in the world has to be judging the decency of something.
You see I don’t think any subject should be taboo for comedy just as long as it is funny. But you know what picking a random celebrity and saying that she died of a heroine overdose is not funny – it is just not. What makes that joke offensive is not even so much the subject matter, but that it was simply a lame joke. The only intent was to shock you because he made a joke about overdosing on drugs. Oooh.
The poster even admitted that the only reason he posted it was because he was bored…he stirred shit up because he has nothing better to do than read this message board. Rather than doing some work or getting a hobby the guy wants to make bad jokes on a webboard because he feels it is too slow at the viewaskew board.
: Honestly you sound like one of those anti-gay marriage protesters shouting indecency.
This made me laugh, really it did, you are far more funny than the other poster. Yes, because I think a guy making a stupid joke board, a joke that he later himself apologized for, I am just like those anti-gay marriage people....genuis!
: Who is to judge the line between indecency and poor taste? Not you or I... I would have to go with Kevin or Ming.
I agree, that is why I said "Can we ban this person" that was directed right at Ming and Kevin.