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Roasting Sacred Cows

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the can't-throw-a-stone-without-hitting-a-puritan dept.

Hans Gilde writes: "Pedophilia has been a big topic in the UK lately, there have been riots, beatings and vandalism resulting from [pedophile witchhunts]. In an attempt "to ask hard questions about the way society and the media deal with its most difficult problems" and point out "that famous people have a habit of denouncing things without knowing much about them", a comedian in the UK produced a TV show, described in an article in the NY Times, in which he actually got a member of Parliament to say the following, on the air, in all seriousness: "Using an area of the Internet the size of Ireland, pedophiles can make your keyboard release toxic vapors that can make you more suggestible."" This show is frankly hilarious, and the reaction to it is even better. You probably want to see the show, eh? It's available in .avi or Real and DivX.

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  1. Re:no registration link: moderators? by CSC · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    It seems many moderators are just as stupid as those politicians. Two days ago I did the exact same thing, that is post an s/www/archive/ URL and got moderated down (and NOT for redundancy)...

    Sociologically /. is a perferct mirror of the lousiest parts of society.

    (and yes, I do agree, I'm part of it just like you)

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  2. Redundant? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If all child rapists are sick, then "sick child raping fuck" is redundant. Therefore you are either linguistically challenged or hold the belief that not all child rapists are sick.

  3. Re:Taboos by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you sick child raping fuck

  4. Re:You see... by psychalgia · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    damn it, I thought Shelbyville was tainting the water, no wonder it tastes so terrible. (I _DO_ live next to lake Michigan -- *looks down at Chicago*: thanks for the garbage you wanks!)
    Either way this server is crunching something fierce, this 42 meg download is running at 5k/s -- ahh, no I didn't miss my modem AT ALL.

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  5. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  6. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp!

  7. Re:I wish I was british. by gowen · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Maybe I'd think differently if I was british.
    Nah. You're right, its just not that funny.
    Gaz, British
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  8. Typical Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why is it that, whenever a topic that's relevant to the wider population is discussed, someone always starts talking about the GPL and/or Microsoft? And always, always gets moderated as +5, Funny? It's quite sad, really, how obsessive some people are.

  9. Re:(-1 Overrated) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Who gives a fuck if it's "hard hitting" on not? The show is a work of genius, and if you're not laughing you ass of the entire way through you're probably over-analyzing it. It's comedy. Laugh.

    What *does* count as "hard hitting" satire? I can't think of a single piece, ever, that fits your definition.