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Comment Archive 17
The posts below were made from May 3, 2004 to August 3, 2004.
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Name: Dan G.
Subject: If you make them, they will sell...
"That guy's intellectual warehouse is emptier than the
Franklin Mint after a sale on silver-plated coins commemorating the one-week
anniversary of the nuking of Iran."
I'd pay up to and including $20 + S/H for something like this. Prepare
the mold but leave the date uncarved.
Editor's Note: And what do you think about the idea of items that commemorate future events? You could just stamp some future date on the gold coin or whatever, and sell it like you're certain it will happen. If the event were the nuking of Iran, I say it would sell. (JR)
August 3, 2004 at 22:34:48
Name: Dan G.
Subject: Pre-sexual progeny contracts
I've also thought about whether a man should be held legally
responsible for a child if prior to intercourse if it was agreed that
any resulting pregnancy would be aborted. The conclusion that I came to
was that this dilemma highlights the importance of knowing who it is
you are about to put your dick in. Unless you know the woman well enough
to know how she would react to an unplanned pregnancy or whether she is
telling the truth about her own fertilization inhibitors (pill, patch,
depo, etc...) you should ensure that you control seed at all times
(where you deposit it in particular). When it comes down to it you may
save yourself a $500 or more a month child payment by "roughing the
suspect" instead. In short, follow the age old advice of, ³Don't think with
your dick."
Editor's Note: To quote Sam Kinison: "If you don't trust the pussy, why are you fucking the pussy?" (JR)
August 3, 2004 at 22:28:00
Name: Leah Stratmoen
Subject: Huh?
I recemtly read your website's article on The Ten Amendments, as told by Jason Roth. After reading it I was left with one thought, which was, huh? I find the article to be rather disturbing. It portrays God as some evil spirit who dwell and meditates on how to make humans, or aliens suffer. The thing is, He loves every single person, or alien. I'm a Christian, and I'm not sure if you get these e-mails from Christians often. But I would like to say right away that I am not preaching at you or condemming your website.
The first Amendment protects your website, and I will not try to infringe an that. I also have the right of the first Amendment, and plan to use that in order to stand up for what it is that I believe in.
Back to the reason of why I was righting this. The first Amendment says,
"It's harder for a half-human, half-alien crossbreed to enter the kingdom of heaven than it is for a pagan nymphomaniac with a diamond-studded vibrator and a tattoo of Satan on her buttocks. Human-alien offspring, to the extent that they are carried to term, should be shipped off to a desert island and left to die with the homosexuals.
"The abortion of half-human, half-alien fetuses is tricky business, and God would prefer to let that one remain vague so you'll feel guilty no matter what you do. Abortion of the alien-half of the fetus is recommended, as long as you keep the human-half on life support."
I find this to be troubling. The truth about God, and Heaven is that anyone can go. It doesn't matter if you're and alien, a rapist, a murderer, a hooker, or an insurance agent. No matter how the world looks at them, God loves them, amd wants them to be with Him forever in eternity. In fact, he loves us so much that he sent he son to die for our sins. That might be something that is crammed down your throat and you hear it all the time, or it might be something new. Weither it's the first time you've heard it, or the thousandth, please think about how awesome that is. Jesus saved eternity and humans when he died for us. Salvation won't come from reincarnation, works, or anything else. But from Jesus. I hope that your website realizes that they will be accountable for everything, and it won't be amusing when God's judgement is in place. Please, don't be offened by this, that was not my intention. I want everyone to realize that Jesus is the only thing that saves, and when he is exepted into some ones heart, they too are saved.
Editor's Note: With your sloppy spelling, I hope Jesus goes Donald Trump on your ass: "You're fired!" Maybe Heaven has a board room instead of pearly gates, and you'll have to take the elevator down to Hell. Take that, Jesus freak. When you get fired, you get fired. (I hate to get serious, but just for the record, the first Amendment has nothing to do with your "right" to post a message on my website. It actually protects my right to exclude your message.) (JR)
August 3, 2004 at 13:55:44
Name: Alyssa
Subject: jason roth, why are you an asshole?
Why joke about rape?
Editor's Note: You're bothered by jokes about male-on-male rape, but not by tooth decay? As someone with teeth, I'm offended. (JR)
August 3, 2004 at 13:32:19
Name: Jade
E-mail: Usual_Suspect11@hotmail.com
Subject: When a Woman's Ass is not an Ass
That would be what me and my bitch would call either a
straight lesbian or a lesbian in denial.
Straight Lesbian being a straight woman that acts like a lesbian and
Lesbian in Denial; well, that's self-explanatory. Either way; they should
make up their fucking minds.
Editor's Note: I don't know, it seems pretty common amongst straight women. Either that, or there's no such thing as a straight woman. (JR)
August 2, 2004 at 21:43:55
Name: Buffy
E-mail: letshaulbuffy@yahoo.com
Subject: Real women have curves
All women have curves! Not just curves in our bodies, but
curves in our lives. The move showed both and i am sorry that the writer
missed the curves in these ladies lives. The mother thought she was
pregnaunt.....she had begun menapause. The older sister was faced with
the reality of her business and that she could go out on her own. The
main character had the decisions of her future and education to make.
Even though the decisions went against her mother. All the women in the
story had curves in their lives, all the women had curves on their body
that they were not comfortable with. Even thin people have parts of
their body that they are not comfortable with, as well as curves in their
life. I am a large lady and i have a sister who was a runway model.
So, i see both sides of the spectrum. I want to be healthy and
comfortable with me......and i want her to be healthy and comfortable with
herself. We both have struggles and we will both truimph!
Editor's Note: "Not just curves in our bodies, but curves in our lives." I don't know whether to laugh or to puke. I must be "pregnaunt". (JR)
July 29, 2004 at 11:03:02
Name: Jason W
E-mail: jacenkw@yahoo.com
Subject: SuperSize This
I didn't watch the Democratic convention, but I noticed that
every single news channel including CNN and FoxNews was showing
it. I'm confident that the entire mass media must have had a
collective orgasm over the appearance of Queen Hillary and Bill. I myself was
inspired to go to the shooting range.
P.S. On your add a comment form, you have a subject verb disagreement
in the sentence "Only a name and subject is required." "Is" should read
"are."
Editor's Note: Actually, the networks have had it from 10:00 - 11:00, too. As I type these comments (10:28 PM on 7/28), I'm listening to John Edwards blather on about his content-absent horse shit. Oh, and it only took four and a half years to find and make that grammatical correction. Thanks for mentioning that. I'll feel better about making fun of other people's grammar now. (JR)
July 27, 2004 at 17:11:29
Name: Arwen
E-mail: arwen83@msn.com
Subject: SuperSize This
I went to see SuperSize Me, rather hesitantly, but was
pleasantly suprised. I, too, thought it would be all about the evils of
McDonalds, etc etc. But it was actually interesting. He acknowledges that
most people dont eat all three meals a day there, but many do eat there
every day. And he was quite objective, shooting down his vegan
girlfriend when she compared ham to heroin, showing the lawyer involved in the
persecution of McDonalds as the dumb twit he is, etc etc. In the end,
he advocates personal responsibility - not government controls. He is
also quite fit and lean - unlike the Michael Moore comparison you made.
Normally, I think you are spot on with your aritcles, but this movie
actually deserves a look, I think. It is objective and interesting and
comes out on the right side - advocating personal responsibility for your
choices.
Editor's Note: Well, I'm not going to pay for it but I may catch it on TV. But I can't imagine how this movie could be anything but anti-McDonald's. Why the hell else would he eat like a pig and show himself progressively getting more and more unhealthy? Just for comedy's sake? (JR)
July 27, 2004 at 14:57:00
Name: Jade
E-mail: Usual_Suspect11@hotmail.com
Subject: World's Strongest Man Competition
Dear JR,
Hey! The World's Strongest Man Competition is awesome where there's
nothing else on. I mean; what's more amusing than some dude that's spent
far too much of his life flipping big ass tires around and pulling on
Boeing jets?
-Jade
Editor's Note: I agree, I was just making fun of the announcers. (There's a job that tests your confidence in your own masculinity.) The show is much more entertaining than watching guys lift barbells. They ought to start using barrels and tires in the Olympics. (JR)
July 25, 2004 at 20:26:34
Name: Carlisle
Subject: Real Women have Curves
Dear Jason,
To all those who bitched about this;
I do think that the main point of this was that this is polital
correctness gone mad. Lots of people who are fat are fat because they over eat
and don't exercise, and some are just unlucky to be that way. But the
media does seem to be going through an obsession with telling all these
people who are fat though there own fault that it's OK to be this way.
but it really really isn't.
Editor's Note: It's the word "real" that makes the phrase a lie. If the title had been "Some women are fatter than they would like", I wouldn't have had a problem with it. But to call overweight women "real" and, by implication, to demean women who are not, is a childish evasion. (JR)
July 24, 2004 at 08:31:12
Name: Mike
Subject: Atlas Shrugged
Dear Jason,
I remembered reading the section on your page about what you take
seriously, and I decided to spend a little money and buy Atlas Shrugged by
Ayn Rand. I wasn't disappointed. If only there were more people like
Hank Rearden, in my opinion, the world would be a better place.
Thank you for introducing me into the world of Ayn Rand
-Mike
Editor's Note: And thank you for taking the time to write this. I wish I heard it more. (JR)
July 24, 2004 at 00:06:03
Name: Margaret
Subject: Those Three Little Words...Made in China
I'm no expert on Chinese culture and U.S. relations with
China. But the U.S. government DOES care about fighting communism: you can
see this in the idea that has popular since the Marshall Plan:
Communism is popular in poor areas, therefore, help X country become rich
through trade or aid, and capitalism will become popular. In other words,
you CAN alter the philosophy of a country by offering them Diet Coke and
KFC. Do you think the people oppressed under the Castro dictatorship in
Cuba wouldn't love America if we flooded their country with American
goods? Someone told me a story once about the first McDonalds to set up
in downtown Shanghai. As the real estate prices skyrocketed the
government decided that it was going to kick McDonalds out. But McDonalds told
them what would inevitably happen: no other company would want to
invest there. The Chinese government had to concede. "To get rich is
glorious" is a very popular phrase right now. Personally, I love seeing "Made
in China" on things I buy: for one thing, it means that I spent less
money on it than I could have, and for another, it's evidence of the
growing popularity of captalism in that country. Yes, the government is
still Communist. And they still have a lot of problems. And every
Taiwanese person you meet will tell you China is "some pretty scary shit"
because "people are shit poor." But could Communism have put a man in space?
Could Communism have built the city of Shanghai or Beijing? Look
closer. I have great hope for the future of China; I think the Confucian work
ethic and the pro-democracy movement will win out eventually. I only
hope the transition isn't bloody.
By the way, I love your other rants, you are hilarious. Especially the
Vagina is not a Panacea articles and the Anti-technology one, that was
right on. But ah, how I love the Science Channel. Cheers!
Editor's Note: This was Aaron's article, but let me respond: Communism did put a man in space. While other people starved to death. I have a feeling that you don't know about the political prisoners who make some of the stuff that makes you so happy. (JR)
July 23, 2004 at 13:39:54
Name: Heidi
Subject: Male rape causes tooth decay
What an idiotic, offensive article. This isn't satire, just
ill-informed rubbish that makes no point whatsoever. Would you have
written the same about female rape? Why is male rape the subject of
smutty, schoolboyish jokes?
Editor's Note: Because male rape is funnier than female rape. Actually, if you can find me a documented example of a woman who raped a man, I'd be happy to make fun of that, too. (JR)
July 23, 2004 at 11:31:19
Name: Jade
E-mail: Usual_Suspect11@hotmail.com
Subject: Super Size This
Dear JR,
Well, you have to admit the documentary was actually fairly amusing;
kind of like that hospital in West Virginia with a good fourth of it on
stilts.
Damn, I had my hopes up (not really).
Editor's Note: It's possible that the amount of intellectual content in the movie is so miniscule as to be easily ignored. But I'll have to wait until it's on IFC before I know. (JR)
July 22, 2004 at 22:14:24
Name: Gabriel Mihalache
Website: www.individualism.ro
Subject: personal responsability?
In an interview I saw a while back, the "Super Size Me" guy
said his movie isn't about shutting down fast food places, or imposing
gov. restriction on them but about personal responsability, making
people more aware about their choices. That's ok by me. McDonalds advertises
its food as healthy and natural, at least in Romania. That might be
fraud, and people should be warned.
Editor's Note: I haven't seen the movie, and although the idea of an idiot pulling off a Guiness Book of World Records or Ripley's Believe It or Not type of stunt could be amusing for ten minutes, the concept of the movie pisses me off. You don't have to be a food scientist to see the grease or taste the salt in a McDonald's meal. McDonald's is just being set up as a straw man for the dumb bastard to rip apart. It's like a documentary about heart surgery that focuses solely on the risks and dangers. I'm sick of these goddamn "documentarians" who think that the mere act of mocking something and pointing out hypocrisy is the equivalent of making an intellectual argument. (JR)
July 22, 2004 at 14:46:35
Name: Margaret
Subject: Inspiring!
This is exactly what most people need to hear. But
don't you think desire is the emotion that propels us to achieve our
goals? A strong desire to reach a goal, based of course on reason, is
fuel for the reaching of that goal. And based on my own experience, also
seeing other's achievements helps keep that desire alive. I know,
because I felt my own determination affirmed while walking St. Mary Axe
Street in London. Forget the Tower of London, or the London Bridge! This is
what made the trip worth it. By the way, brilliant use of metaphors. I
love your site.
Editor's Note: Sure, desire is a part of it. But I think you need rewards along the way to achieving your goals. It's essential that you recognize the achievement of a goal which is a component of a larger goal. I think desire (at least in my experience) only lasts so long and only takes you so far. Glad you like the site, and thanks. (JR)
July 22, 2004 at 00:54:10
Name: Jade
E-mail: Usual_Suspect11@hotmail.com
Subject: Real women have curves
Dear JR,
I, personally, am thankful for your wonderful satire against HBO's show
"Real Women Have Curves". It is refreshing to finally come upon someone
willing to speak out against America's obsession with justifying their
obesity. Thank you.
Disregarding statutory rape laws; Wanna fuck?
-Jade
Editor's Note: I'm glad that at least one Jade is willing to defend me. Regarding your proposition, you know what they say: you don't need grass on the field to play ball. In other words, we can play baseball, but the clothes will have to stay on. (JR)
July 20, 2004 at 17:28:03
Name: Matt
E-mail: mcarsntrucks@iwon.com
Subject: real
This is absolutely disgusting! I am Not a Catholic, but, it
is a perversion of any Christian Faith!
Editor's Note: Hey, don't make fun of the Virgin Mary dildo. That's offensive to us perverts. (JR)
July 20, 2004 at 01:11:33
Name: anon.
Subject: jason roth
I have just read your article on the great cincinnati nike
party. First of all, fuck you, you bastard. I dont condone the actions of
the numerous Black people who looted various stores. But I dont
appreciate how you called us the racists. that bastard officer probably
deserved to be shot. Im sick of these RACIST ultra conservative, dickhead,
punk ass, scared WHITE people in this city. and you are probably one of
them, you asshole. why dont you share your comments with the "racists"
downtown in over the rine, bitch. fuck you, you white bitch.
Editor's Note: Here's what I said: "The racists in Cincinnati are the black mobs that were looking for an excuse for starting fires, breaking windows, stealing athletic shoes, and oh yeah, why don't we throw in shooting a white police officer. (Who was lucky to be saved by the bullet-proof vest he was wearing.)" It's amazing how you are actually incapable of distinguishing yourself from other black people. On one hand, you say you don't condone looters. On the other hand, you say "you called us the racists". As if me calling a black looter a racist is equivalent to calling all blacks racists. My suggestion is: get an identity. (JR)
July 19, 2004 at 20:45:48
Name: phone sex
Website: pussydenied.com
Subject: work pranks
that's some fun stuff - coolio
July 19, 2004 at 16:20:08
Name: Jade
E-mail: stevnix@yahoo.com
Subject: real women have curves
It was never intended for all of us to have the same outlook
on appearence.... But it seems to me that the person that wrote about
the subjuect "Real Women Have Curves" is just simply bitter. I know many
women that are thin and have beautiful bodies that run to the kitchen
and grab a bowl of fritos while a Balley commercial is playing. That is
the misconception of large women, that we eat until we can not eat
anymore. I myself at 5' 5" 178lbs, exercise, not everyday but enough to
satisfy myself. Now I do agree that if you are obese, for god sake try to
help yourself there is no excuse. Real women do have curves.... and
there is nothing discusting about that.
Editor's Note: I think a good guideline to follow is that if you're fat, you should make an extra effort to learn how to spell. When you're trying to rope someone in on match.com, there's only so much you can gain by posting that ten-year-old photo of yourself standing in the shadows behind the big tree. (JR)
July 15, 2004 at 07:51:39
Name: Femmef1
Subject: "Real [Fat] Women Have Curves"
Well, the only thing I can say to the person that wrote this article is
that, generally you are very ignorant and well, jealous to say the
least. All women, no matter what size or what image they portray are "Real
Women, and beautiful" we all have souls and minds, and thanks to this
country and this time, we now have a voice and the chance to show what
we really are made of. This movie is generally about a different
culture and a girl's struggle with that culture and with her weight. That's
all, no critizism on skinny girls, because that's not what it is about.
But the author apparently does not seem to understand that, in so, I
rest my case.
Editor's Note: You need to visit this site more often. You'll find that I make it a habit of commenting on movies without actually seeing them. In this case, though, I made it clear that I was only talking about the title. One interesting quirk of the human being is his capacity to form new conclusions based on new data, rather than reacting like a steer in a stampede. Through hard work and perseverance, you, too, can have this ability. (JR)
July 12, 2004 at 16:47:28
Name: Michael
E-mail: spitlermike@surewest.net
Subject: Ebay?
You going camping or something?
Editor's Note: Yes, I was looking for camping stuff, when I realized that you could screw with the "recent items" that eBay displays. This is the kind of thing that amuses me. (JR)
July 11, 2004 at 03:41:44
Name: Erik
Subject: The Emperors Club
Regarding your Unseen movie review of the Emperors Club. Did you
eventually see it? I recently did and its actually quite good. Its about an
established teacher at a prep school ( Kevin Kline ) who is a great
history teacher and his experiences with the son of a politician who is one
of his students. Without going into all kinds of spoilers I recommend
you actually watch it because its one the few movies I've seen recently
where proper philosophy, good ethics and good morality are deemed
important subjects worthy of study. Give it a look. You may want to remove
your unseen movie review after you have seen it. BTW I am a student of
objectivism and not someone prone to writing Kantian sentences, so I
apologize for the above, if any. :)
Editor's Note: No, I haven't seen the movie. The preview totally turned me off from it. I wouldn't want to remove the Unseen Review (though I'd consider adding an addendum if necessary). I think it goes without saying that those "Unseen" reviews are based on the movie as presented in the previews. Granted, the people who make previews can distort a theme or even a plot. But with all the crap being produced by Hollywood, and given the relatively large number of choices in the theaters, I reserve the right to judge a movie by its preview. Most of the time, I find my evaluation is correct. A first-hand recommendation like yours can certainly change my mind. (JR)
July 9, 2004 at 14:51:38
Name: Travis Griffin
E-mail: TGWriter70@aol.com
Subject: Great fucking article
The FCC article was great! I just have one request: please stop stealing thoughts from my brain.
Editor's Note: This was Aaron's article, but I'm sure I speak for him when I say "your thoughts are not your own, the state is all-powerful, and long live the führer". (JR)
June 30, 2004 at 22:26:32
Name: John
E-mail: stefanator@earthlink.net
Subject: Leftist Assholes Are People, Too
Jason, have you ever had trouble with your internet service
because of what you say or don't say?
Editor's Note: Once, I was forced to use the word "cunt" instead of "stupid whore" in a reference to Hilary Clinton. I made the change, and my Internet service was immediately reinstated. Other than that, no problems. (JR)
June 27, 2004 at 16:38:46
Name: laura
Subject: the 50 things to do in confession
you lot really are insane and if i ever need cheering up i
know where to come!
laura
p.s you are from america aren't you?
Editor's Note: 100% American mongrel. (JR)
June 24, 2004 at 23:06:00
Name: Jenralou
Subject: Full Support of the War
I know some people were too busy learning how to share in Kindergarten to learn this, but I was taught that two wrongs don't make a right.
Where were the rightwingers attacking Saddam for his evil behavior while Rumsfeld shook his hand? Where was the rightwing outrage while he was gassing the Kurds in 1988 and we were keeping the trade goods flowing?
Anyone who excuses US torture of anyone should be thrown head first into a torture chamber and beaten to death by a CIA agent at the end of a few weeks of being raped with a chemical light and shocked with electric wires.
Editor's Note: Had I been running a website in 1988, I most likely would have attacked Saddam and called you a leftist asshole who prefers to ask questions about the past rather than suggest solutions for the future. On the topic of torture, here's what I don't understand about the objections to it: Somehow, it's ok to kill someone during a war, but it's wrong to hurt the same person in order to gain helpful information. The only arguments against torture that would convince me are: (1) it doesn't actually yield helpful information, (2) it would lead to more torture of our own soldiers, or (3) it would necessarily provide justification of the torture of domestic prisoners. Of these arguments, only the first seems plausible to me. Nevertheless, I would be surprised if torture didn't occasionally lead to helpful information and that there weren't experts in the military who couldn't discern whether the information was useful.
June 21, 2004 23:19:18
Name: Mark
Subject: I am Sam
What a horrible website, I guess any idiot can put anything
on a website. Using the word retard and the references made to people
with disabilities is discusting. I hope that you never have anyone in
your family with a disability, I would take pity on them. Also remember
that not everyone is born disabled or"slow" things like car accidents
cause brain damage. It can happen to anyone so before you make remarks,
try walking a mile in someone elses shoes. Oh sorry thats right you
can't. So maybe SHUT YOUR MOUTH!
Editor's Note: The difference between making fun of the mentally challenged and making fun of the glorification of the mentally challenged is a subtle point, one which I wouldn't expect retards like you to understand. (JR)
June 19, 2004 at 23:28:59
Name: anon.
Subject: PICKLES
DUDE NEEDS TO WATCH HIS LANGUAGE ON THE INTERNET. LIKE HE
SAID, IT IS JUST A JAR OF PICKLES. GROW UP AND FIND SOMETHING BETTER TO DO
WITH YOUR TIME, LIKE ANGER MANAGEMENT OVER THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE.
DEAL WITH IT.
Editor's Note: I would gladly stop getting angry about things like jars of pickles, if they would kindly stop pissing the fuck out of me. (JR)
June 19, 2004 at 15:16:17
Name: George
E-mail: lunnite@yahoo.com
Subject: Jason Roth..lighten up!
Hey Jason,
You need some professional help. Bashing mentally ill people, or in
your words "retards", is pretty low. Get a life!
Editor's Note: Please don't your misuse your politically-correct phrases. Retards are "mentally challenged". The "mentally ill" are fucking nuts. (JR)
June 14, 2004 at 15:00:17
Name: CubiX
E-mail: krneki@krneki.com
Subject: Hello?
You don't have a clue about lesbians do you?
Editor's Note: Now that you mention it... no, not really. (JR)
June 12, 2004 at 12:18:29
Name: Tucker
Subject: Thank You
This web site brought insight and meaning to my life. Well
actually no it didn't but the punk ska covers thing was pretty kickass.
So i'll leave you with these words, as the great wise Vanilla Ice once
said, "Yo man let's get outta here, Word to your mother."
Editor's Note: I love punk rock, I just wish bands like NOFX and Goldfinger had as much integrity as Vanilla Ice. (JR)
June 11, 2004 at 20:46:44
Name: Jesse
Subject: Unsung Hero
Dude they actually used your idea of hanging advertisements
in men's restrooms. I laughed my ass off when I went to my local bar
and saw that sign piss ass drunk.
Editor's Note: I know, I had seen that ad before I suggested the "idea" to them. It amused me to suggest their own idea to them for the most inane reasons I could think of. (JR)
June 10, 2004 at 15:31:28
Name: Rose
Subject: toilet seat arguement
Just thought I would enlighten the male readers. The whole toilet seat issue.
Men say it isnt any harder for us to put the seat down vs. them having
to put it up.
This is true.
I don't mind putting the seat down if the male in the house pees IN and
not ON the toilet seat.
Truth of the matter is, most men do not aim well and they "splatter"
piss on the seat.
When I go in the bathroom (women will never tell you this to your face
because it's embarrassing) and see your piss on the seat and have to
touch it, it makes me not want to have sex with you. Kind of the same way
I feel when you fart and leave shit streaks on your underwear for me
wash.
Men are always complaining about their woman "not putting out often
enough"
Start being a man and not a little boy who cannot keep his ass/toilet
seat clean and you'd probably get laid more often. Not to mention your
woman probably won't mind putting the seat down :)
Editor's Note: The fact that there are women willing to explain the reasons why a man should not piss on a toilet seat is the reason why such men can find women to fuck in the first place. (JR)
June 9, 2004 at 18:51:59
Name: Rose
Subject: neutrel
I came across your post on accident, but I read the whole
thing with morbid fascination.
At the risk of sounding stuck-up. I am myself, considered a beautiful
woman. I do not feel envious of anothers beauty nor am I a feminist in
any form, shape or color.
It's a dangerous thing to become a zealot about any subject because one
tends to lose sight of what was really the issue or what was important
in the first place.
I think for the average woman (beautiful or not) a non-feminist every
day woman doesnt think much about this issue until they have a daughter
of their own.
It becomes an issue when your 7 year old daughter says "why am I not as
pretty as the girls on tv?" "do I need to be that thin to be pretty
mommy?"
or worse yet, when a teenager becomes so depressed about this "standard
of beauty" that she starves herself, abuses her body to try and become
this standard of beauty.
It is not an easy subject to discuss. I agree with part of what you
said. But your rantings sounded more bitter (as if you'd had a bad
experience yourself) than logical.
People tend to go overboard indeed.
But America IS based on beauty, media and materialism. As parents, we
try and limit the exposure to this way of thinking. What I chose to do when my daughter asked me these questions was to
show her what these "beautiful" people went through to be beautiful.
I respect the models and actresses who admit to having tummy tucks,
face lifts, implants etc. they are letting the little girls know that
noone is born "perfect"
The fuzzy airbrushed pictures are just that.
Nearly anyone can look at least reasonably "pretty" with enough work.
Parents can try to inform their children of the realities without
getting ugly and bitter about "the standards of beauty" and without lying to
their children.
In a society where our children are more risk today than ever for such
things as suicide and on-campus violence, it's important to keep things
in perspective.
You are also a man and see things in a mans point of view.
I, even as a woman, enjoy beauty and enjoy viewing beauty.
But wouldnt you, as a man, get a little tired of it if every time you
wanted to watch a movie or tv you had to look at Mel Gibsons ass? It
just gets old. Not because I am envious (my ass could rival hers lol)
but because I wanna watch a movie dammit! not look at tits every 3
minutes lol
But, alas, that's the way it is and I will do my best to raise my
daughter to think she is more than just a shapely ass and a pretty face.
Editor's Note: I think people put too much weight in the desire to counter every bad idea in society. While this is sometimes necessary, much more important is the need to teach your kids the right ideas. (E.g., focusing on the things that are within one's control, etc.) That being said, please send me a photo of yourself so I can replace your comments with it. (JR)
June 9, 2004 at 15:02:56
Name: squirrelcrazy
Subject: sick
you guys are sick, sick and disturbed in the mind!!
Editor's Note: I'd like to take that as a compliment, but, sadly, I think you might actually think "sick, sick and disturbed" is a bad thing. (JR)
May 30, 2004 at 14:47:42
Name: Mike
Subject: My Little Savior
I want to die.
Wait...did you make this article up?
Editor's Note: God made me do it. Hey, don't shoot the messenger. (JR)
May 29, 2004 at 20:08:47
Name: Martin
Subject: awesome
Jason Roth kicks ass!
Editor's Note: Sometimes I don't bother to post short comments like this one, but due to this post's highly epigrammatic nature, I thought it deserved to be an exception. (JR)
May 21, 2004 at 04:28:22
Name: G
E-mail: strangeone2002@yahoo.com
Subject: Strange
The money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace and
conspire against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than a
monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, and more selfish than
bureaucracy. It denounces as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw
light upon its crimes. [...] corporations have been enthroned and an era
of corruption in high places will follow, and the money powers of the
country will endeavor to prolong it's reign by working upon the
prejudices of the people until the wealth is aggregated in the hands of a few.
--Abraham Lincoln
Wake up moron, your missing the point, the FCC deregulation and
condensing of the media into the hands of a few powerful media conglomerates,
who are in bed with "the bad guy [...] the mammoth-sized government" IS
the problem and is the underlying theme of the works from whistle
blowers like Michael Moore. Even if you hate the messanger, and agree with
me that he is pretty f'n ugly, and dislike the inaccuracies of his
message...READ BETWEEN THE LINES!
Editor's Note: Thanks for pointing out that Abraham Lincoln quote. Looks like he didn't know what the fuck he was talking about. (Either that, or you took the paragraph out of context and he meant something else by "money powers" than simply rich corporations and invididuals.) Do I believe in shooting the messenger? You better fucking believe it. I can't stand the way messengers try to get away with complicity in evil by claiming they're just mindless cogs. As far as the censorship issue and the FCC, the problem is not whether a company has profits of one dollar or one hundred million. The problem is that there are government favors to be purchased for any price. Contrary to what Lincoln said, financial power and political power are two different things. (JR)
May 15, 2004 at 22:21:53
Name: CakeBandFan
E-mail: deminted@hotmail.com
Subject: Hating anti-war people
Whilst I understand hatred towards anything, I'm a fucking
atheist anarcho-capitalist in the middle of one of the most
fascist/socialist cities in america (I use both because it has the worst qualities
of both), I don't think that just saying i hate anti-war people cause
they support terrorism is anywhere near the truth. There are a couple of
very simple answers to eradicating terrorism.
1) Get the fuck out of every land not specifically our own. This
Global Police shit the US has been doing for so long has garnered more
hostility than a hundred years of bad british accents could ever do.
2) Allow the "people" of the US arm themselves. Have the
government's last acts before it croaks (oh, what bliss) be to SUPPORT firearms in
the hands of the people. You honestly think terrorists would kill as
many as they can when they are up against an armed populace? Not only
will they get shot, but any harm they do inflict won't cause surviving
victims to breakdown as often as people find more confidence in
themselves simply by having the ability to blow the fuck out of the Terrorist.
Now in all this did i ever say war? In fact i said, no war, which
means, oh my gosh, I'm anti-war! Well, this is not necessarily true by
any means, I just don't support THIS war. If the people, not the
government, decided to attack a nation or another people, en masse. Then
let them. If war is to be waged, let it be becuase of the people
supported it and sent themselves, not the government sending the armed
services or, perhaps someday soon, issuing the draft.
Fine i've rambled for too long.
Editor's Note: You anarchists are imbeciles. Do you expect an "armed populace" to shoot down an airplane before it strikes a skyscraper? Do you expect a rational airline in such a society to allow an "armed populace" aboard its planes? More to the point, if we pull out of all territories "not specifically our own", we'd be counting on other governments to rid the world of terrorism for us. I personally do not want to wait until (more) terrorists arrive at our shores before I decide to declare them a threat. (JR)
May 9, 2004 at 02:58:20
Name: Michael Spitler
E-mail: spitlermike@surewest.net
Subject: Liberal assholes are liars too...
I guess Moore really was lying. Check out CapMag.com or go
here:
www.capmag.com/shownews.asp#1048
What I want to know is, why do so many people even listen to that fat
bastard when it is obvious he is such a fucking liar?
People are so fucking stupid.
Editor's Note: That's what I get for defending a guy like Moore. Still, the idea that companies (such as Clear Channel) would kiss government's ass out of fear or for potential favors is still valid. (JR)
May 7, 2004 at 17:57:49
Name: Perfect
E-mail: perfectpic@hotmail.com
Subject: you suck
So nice people suck eh? Well then you suck, and I'd like to
know where you've been hanging out because boy can I tell you, people
are a-holes, so I'm waiting for all these "nice" people to show up to prove me
wrong...
and by the way in social situations where people don't really know each
other it happens that no one wants to stand out and not be seen as
"nice and polite"
just watch survivor - after a few days people give it up and reverte to
their true natures
so screw off and right about something intelligent next time
Editor's Note: Way to defend nice people. I'm sure all the nice people out there are being passionately non-confrontational in appreciation of your kind words. (JR)
May 7, 2004 at 13:09:56
Name: Doug
E-mail: dhaze048@uottawa.ca
Subject: Bill & Ted's
Did the title "Save The Humans" come from the movie "Bill and
Ted's Excellent Adventure"?
If you didn't get the idea consciously from B&T, I'm willing to bet
that the subliminal messages of the movie influenced you: I know that the
real purpose of savethehumans.com is to resurrect interest the Bill and
Ted franchise.
Maybe you don't get it, but if you have a chance to watch the movie
again keep your eyes on the phone booth.
Until then, uh...be excellent to each other!
Editor's Note: I think I did see the movie back when it was in the theater, but no, I didn't get the site name from it. I do think "Excellent" is a much better catch phrase than "Whoah", however.
May 3, 2004 at 11:56:24
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