Nice Planet #8: You People Make Me Sick.

[Old Pio]

Re: Nice Planet #8: You People Make Me Sick.

So it actually IS about ethics in journalism now?

Should be. Let me give you an example. The issue of "hunger" was big enough that George McGovern rode it to the Democratic nomination. CBS ran a "documentary" called Hunger in America which, among other things, showed an infant it said had died of malnutrition. Problem was, the child was the son of a young Latino physician in San Antonio. And his father certainly had the financial and intellectual resources to maintain proper nutrition for his son. If children were dying of malnutrition, then the requirement for CBS was to find one and photograph that corpse.

 

[Foxton]

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So it actually IS about ethics in journalism now?

I'll take references that'll go clear over Pio's head for 100 Alex.

 

[Jimjamesak]

So it actually IS about ethics in journalism now?

*applauds*

 

[Old Pio]

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I'll take references that'll go clear over Pio's head for 100 Alex.

There's a difference between having a point of view and just making sh*t up as you go along. Although I doubt you're capable of comprehending it.

 

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

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So the b*tch at UVA was lying. Quelle surprise. And the "journalists" at Rolling Stone join a proud fraternity of their own. Prominent alumni include Jayson Blair, Stephen Glass, Janet Cooke and Walter Duranty. Nice going, a*sholes!

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/05/us/rolling-stone-uva-apology/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

It doesn't necessarily mean she's lying...she just may not have been where she thought she was...

 

[Foxton]

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There's a difference between having a point of view and just making sh*t up as you go along. Although I doubt you're capable of comprehending it.

Ooh! The daily double.

 

[Old Pio]

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It doesn't necessarily mean she's lying...she just may not have been where she thought she was...

Or with whom, or when, or how many. I wonder if she's an "exotic dancer" too.

 

[Handyman]

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Dont Be Gay in Michigan

Im no legal expert but I cant see how this will hold up.

 

[Kepler]

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Dont Be Gay in Michigan

Im no legal expert but I cant see how this will hold up.

I wouldn't want someone with that mental illness treating me anyway.

Homophobes are actually great because they show us exactly what the Taliban think like. We should study them to learn about the terrorist psychology, particularly since when they drop below about 20% here they will probably become terrorists themselves.

 

[Old Pio]

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Dont Be Gay in Michigan

Im no legal expert but I cant see how this will hold up.

Easy with the reltneys, fellers. This thing will never withstand judicial review.

 

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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Dont Be Gay in Michigan

Im no legal expert but I cant see how this will hold up.

Still has to pass the state Senate (I'm guessing it narrowly will, given the Republican majority), but with Gov. Snyder no longer needing to pander to West Michigan theocons to get his second term, I would hope he lives up to his self-styled "tough nerd" billing, vetoes this stupidity, and tells Jase Bolger to get his *ing shinebox and stop wasting his time with these kinds of bills.

Even if Snyder proves that he really is a social conservative after all by signing this, it will eventually be shot down by the courts.

 

[aparch]

Dont Be Gay in Michigan

Im no legal expert but I cant see how this will hold up.

I know the Michigan football program is bad, but passing this law just to enforce Leviticus 11:7 is a bit harsh.


"Does the whole town really have to be together to stone my brother, John, for planting different crops side by side? Can I burn my mother in a small family gathering for wearing garments made from two different threads?"
- The West Wing "The Midterms"

 

[Handyman]

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I know it wont hold up, but that doesnt make it any less deplorable or ridiculous that it passed. Who are these people?

 

[Gurtholfin]

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Still has to pass the state Senate (I'm guessing it narrowly will, given the Republican majority), but with Gov. Snyder no longer needing to pander to West Michigan theocons to get his second term, I would hope he lives up to his self-styled "tough nerd" billing, vetoes this stupidity, and tells Jase Bolger to get his *ing shinebox and stop wasting his time with these kinds of bills.

Even if Snyder proves that he really is a social conservative after all by signing this, it will eventually be shot down by the courts.

This goes beyond even that imo.

What the ef is wrong with these clowns?


Imagine if heaven and hell as outlined in the bible and other folklore/religions are real. Won't these fvcks be surprised at their accommodations...

 

[FreshFish]

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Imagine if heaven and hell as outlined in the bible and other folklore/religions are real. Won't these fvcks be surprised at their accommodations...

for some reason I am reminded of the story about a pleasant and friendly and amiable man who dies and goes to heaven at age 75 and gets a sexy hot 25-year old wife. It is his heaven and her hell at the same time....or something like that.

 

[joecct]

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for some reason I am reminded of the story about a pleasant and friendly and amiable man who dies and goes to heaven at age 75 and gets a sexy hot 25-year old wife. It is his heaven and her hell at the same time....or something like that.

Night Gallery did a piece like this with John Astin.

But, without a final judgment, and the consequences of Hell, does that lessen the "do goodiness" while we're alive?

 

[Priceless]

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Night Gallery did a piece like this with John Astin.

But, without a final judgment, and the consequences of Hell, does that lessen the "do goodiness" while we're alive?

Greeks and Romans were lousy philanthropists.

 

[St. Clown]

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Night Gallery did a piece like this with John Astin.

But, without a final judgment, and the consequences of Hell, does that lessen the "do goodiness" while we're alive?

It hasn't lessened mine. Many/most people are able to be good people without the threat of eternal dam-nation looming over their mortal heads.

Greeks and Romans were lousy philanthropists.

Hades had its split between an eternal paradise, a purgatory-like area, and a its own version of hell.

 

[unofan]

But, without a final judgment, and the consequences of Hell, does that lessen the "do goodiness" while we're alive?

No.

But that kind of bias against atheists and those of other religions who don't believe in hell is noted.

 

[Kepler]

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What real political correctness looks like.