Comments on: Untitled http://www.atheista.net/2007/10/16/untitled/ Atheism, Debate, Medicine, Music and Sports Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:34:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: tikimusic http://www.atheista.net/2007/10/16/untitled/comment-page-1/#comment-5665 tikimusic Sun, 21 Oct 2007 07:55:23 +0000 http://www.atheista.net/?p=421#comment-5665 Why is it that we don't see such outrage when an OFW is physically abused, imprisoned, or executed? Why is it that we don’t see such outrage when an OFW is physically abused, imprisoned, or executed?

]]> By: Neil http://www.atheista.net/2007/10/16/untitled/comment-page-1/#comment-5645 Neil Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:42:28 +0000 http://www.atheista.net/?p=421#comment-5645 I mean, really trying to catch up. Eff. Now i'm enggrising. I mean, really trying to catch up. Eff. Now i’m enggrising.

]]> By: Neil http://www.atheista.net/2007/10/16/untitled/comment-page-1/#comment-5643 Neil Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:24:13 +0000 http://www.atheista.net/?p=421#comment-5643 I'm really catching up with the ish since I'm sooo offline on the boondocks of Indang, Cavite. Just this. Boycotting is hyping. And just sans classe. A class suit is, for me, legally exaggerating. In the US? Dream on. The might of the populated reaction is, well, whoo clap. Outstanding. But continuing this won't do any good. I just don't like the fact that overhyping over a joke less offensive than what these Americans (er, some Americans) do with other, well, race-related punchlines, is just---ugh. The fact that they are fully aware that we are not just bouncing off the heat on doing such remarks is enough. Going further is just --ugh again-- theatrical. I’m really catching up with the ish since I’m sooo offline on the boondocks of Indang, Cavite.

Just this. Boycotting is hyping. And just sans classe. A class suit is, for me, legally exaggerating. In the US? Dream on. The might of the populated reaction is, well, whoo clap. Outstanding. But continuing this won’t do any good. I just don’t like the fact that overhyping over a joke less offensive than what these Americans (er, some Americans) do with other, well, race-related punchlines, is just—ugh. The fact that they are fully aware that we are not just bouncing off the heat on doing such remarks is enough. Going further is just –ugh again– theatrical.

]]> By: joyfulchicken http://www.atheista.net/2007/10/16/untitled/comment-page-1/#comment-5635 joyfulchicken Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:12:27 +0000 http://www.atheista.net/?p=421#comment-5635 Just curious... why do you think that a class action suit would send a stronger message than a boycott? I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure that such a lawsuit would be doomed from the start. The reason is that, unlike many other Western countries, the US doesn't have hate speech laws. If their courts decided that the Ku Klux Klan's racist rants are protected speech, what are the chances that they would even raise an eyebrow at a line from a TV show? Just curious… why do you think that a class action suit would send a stronger message than a boycott? I’m not a lawyer, but I’m pretty sure that such a lawsuit would be doomed from the start. The reason is that, unlike many other Western countries, the US doesn’t have hate speech laws. If their courts decided that the Ku Klux Klan’s racist rants are protected speech, what are the chances that they would even raise an eyebrow at a line from a TV show?

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