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Comments, Love Letters, and Death Threats
Comment Archive 9
The posts below were made from January 18, 2003 to February 27, 2003.
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Name: Lou
Subject: Peace Pussies
When are the fucking communist retards going to finally
understand that we don't want America to be a communist country? Huh? When
the fuck are these unoriginal brain-dead intellectual frauds and social
sheep going to start thinking for themselves instead of downloading
their fucking opinions from the DNC website? NONE of them were for
"peace" when Clinton bombed Iraq with so many friggin' cruise missiles that we
damn near ran out of them. Not a peep did we hear from these dirtbags.
Now we've taken 14 months to get through every diplomatic entaglement
in order to take care of business and defend ourselves, and these
fuckheads start protesting. What were they saying when Clinton spent 2 years
bombing the fucking Serbs into the stoneage? WITHOUT a congressional
resolution or even a discussion about it? Nothing.
Communist pricks.
February 27, 2003 at 13:24:56
Name: Jack
E-mail: jack_the_ripper666@hotmail.com
Subject: this is so laim
this website sucks more dick than a male prostitute. Nothing
on this site is very original and all of the content is laim. Why dont
you just piss off and die or something?
Editor's Note: You need to learn not to repress your feelings. If it was really just a matter of the content being "laim" and not very original, I don't think you'd be nearly as pissed off. Therefore, I'm going to go out on a limb and also assume that you think the content is "moronic, right-wing bullshit" spewed by "an asshole who doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about" and is a "mean fuck who cares about no one but himself". Please let me know if this is closer to what you're truly feeling. (JR)
February 27, 2003 at 00:09:12
Name: David Buchner
E-mail: buchner@wcta.net
Website: customer.wcta.net/buchner
Subject: picking up chicks via website?
Golly. I hadn't finished reading the current comments page
when I sent that last. I'll squeeze all my responses into one overlong
message.
If things don't work out with Emma, I hope you'll put her in touch with
me.
;-)
Sorry about underestimating your age; didn't mean anything by it. I'm
just getting used to everybody I communicate with being startlingly
younger than I. Actually, we're close enough in age that we could have hung
out in school (had you been swallowed up by an interdimensional anomaly
and deposited in a new life in Park Rapids, Minnesota)
Unless I'm reading you wrong, your brain seemed to be firing more
consistently than mine, back then. Inspired by you, I thought I'd dig
through the file cabinet and look at some of my own writing from high
school... but chickened out when the folders I found had "peace signs"
scribbled on them.
Was there a Scrotum logo on that Scrotum t-shirt?
Oh, and also -- *I* knew the space shuttle was in space. So while your
points, re: what a bunch of big phony emotion and grotesque newsmedia
hype, might be dead-on... not for me. Of course, I'm a Star Trek geek,
too...
Editor's Note: I wasn't that consistent in high school. Believe me, there are some doozies I could include from old papers (but which I will refrain from doing). But no, no logo on the Scrotum newspaper. We would have had to include one on the key chains and lunch boxes, though, had we created some. Finally, re. "no one" knowing the Shuttle was in space, of course I meant "the general public". And I do like (the original) Star Trek. (JR)
February 24, 2003 at 12:40:42
Name: David Buchner
E-mail: buchner@wcta.net
Website: customer.wcta.net/buchner
Subject: cereal, and that icon
Stupid people are so entertaining; gee I hope we never run
out of them.
I hope by referring the temporarily-starving-chick to that breakfast
cereal site, you were endorsing prefabricated breakfast cereal as one of
the most wonderful and convenient triumphs of industrial civilization
-- one that allows us to wallow in awe of our fabulous prosperity.
Because I sure think so. People think I'm being sarcastic when I sit down
with a great big bowl of Cap'n Crunch and gleefully shout, "God Bless
America!" But I'm not.
But Jason, I still see that icon. I had never seen any of them before,
till I started using Apple's "Safari" browser... maybe the Mac version
of IE didn't recognize them? Yours was one of the first I noticed. I
hope you have something clever planned to replace it, because I've become
fond of the way they stand out and help me find things quickly in my
bookmarks.
(Did I really just use the phrase "wallow in awe"?)
Editor's Note: Eventually, I will have to create a new one. Actually, a pornographic one might be funny... Oh, and by the way: I like "wallow in awe". If pigs can wallow in mud, then dammit, we humans can wallow in awe. (JR)
February 24, 2003 at 10:39:37
Name: Jessica
Subject: Rejected Ad
I just read the rejected personal ad and was overjoyed.
There are very few men who enjoy a girl that posesses these strong
qualities. So many guys are intimidated by a woman who is intelligent,
self-confident, and extremely good looking all at the same time. Most of my
dates are gone as soon as I start to discuss anything of interest. It
can be quite frustrating. Once again, you have proven that there really
is hope for this society. Good work! Also, in defense of Triple
Splitz-O Cups and Starving Children:
This is by far the most hilarious editorial on the entire website. The
humor obviously went over the fasting altruist's head.
- Love Jess
P.S. - For the record, New Found Glory's song "Hit or Miss" is still
great. Just thought I'd clear things up. Anyone who thinks otherwise is
going to have to answer to me.
February 21, 2003 at 16:33:21
Name: molly
Subject: Triple Splitz-O cups and starving children
E-mail: tinydancer_162004
I came upon this website by accident when searching for
ideas for the 30 hr. famine taking place at my church this weekend and I
was apalled by the essay on triple splitz-0 slurpees and starving
children. It is sad to think that there are such dumbasses out there that
think world hunger is some kind of joke. I'm glad that mr. roth is
grateful to be an American who has the privlege of eating and drinking coca
cola, but I find it unbelievable that any human being can be so
dispassionate, and I don't think that your website is funny. I challenge you to
a thirty hour famine, put yourself in the shoes(or should I say bare,
sore feet)of starving child and then see what you have to say then.
Editor's Note: I'd like to see that starving kid you're talking about wear my shoes. I'd give him a week before he's starving again. But what amazes me most about your post is that you could screw up both your e-mail address and the proper way to use spaces before and after parentheses. (Though I will say that "Tiny Dancer" is a great song.) After you're done fasting (a ridiculously unproductive exercise, unless of course you're dieting anyway) why not work in a basic college writing course? I have to say, it's really gonna be a bummer when search engines improve to the point when they stop accidentally steering people like you to sites like mine. Anyway, in the meantime, I have some breakfast cereal to eat. I'll think of the Catholic Relief Fund while I'm chowing down. "Dispassionate" enough for you? (JR)
February 19, 2003 at 22:31:13
Name: Brian
Subject: search engine keywords
Website: www.nothing-wrong.com
Jason, I really like your so-called 'search engine key-words
feature'; you do a good job and you should keep up the good work. But I
wonder why I've never seen 'bacteria to put in ass to make ass smell
better' show up on the list? Please include it next time. And make sure
not to forget 'a horse of my own design', another obvious oversight,
while you are at it.
Editor's Note: Well, nobody has found this site with those phrases yet. After all, I don't want to delegitimize such noble phrases as "how to ass fuck a camel", which people actually have typed into search engines. (JR)
February 17, 2003 at 18:20:46
Name: J.
Subject: Icon problems
Website: www.u.arizona.edu/~brennan
Jason,
I just wanted to tell you that the icon you formerly used did in fact
influence me to try Satanism. Since 1. I believe you to be infallible,
2. I understand that the NO CHRISTIANITY sign clearly implies that God
exists, and 3. if God exists, clearly Satan exists, I concluded that
Satan exists. So, I offered Satan my immortal soul (a soul I believe I
have on basis of your icon) in exchange for various
superpowers--specifically I wanted to have the Force from Star Wars.
I made a pact. I get the Force immediately if and only if Satan gets
my soul.
Satan did not provide me with the Force I do not have Force powers.
Given the nature of our deal, though (and Satan always agrees to deals,
right?), this means that Satan will never get my soul. Since this is a
necessary condition for my going to hell, this means that I am
necessarily going to heaven now.
So, I'd like to thank you and your anti-Christian icon. Because you
influenced me to try Satanism, I am now ensured salvation and eternal
bliss in heaven.
Editor's Note: See what happens when you ruffians use that "logic" mumbo jumbo? You get yourselves all mixed up! Geesh! (JR)
February 17, 2003 at 17:24:07
Name: nonya
Subject: nonya again
just a little reverse phsycology for everyone! did it work?
Editor's Note: I can't tell if the joke was on me or on you. (JR)
February 17, 2003 at 03:36:03
Name: nonya
Subject: shocked
I was searching for birthday party supplies for my child when
i clicked on your website by mistake, i read your ignorant and
rediculous article. what kind of person could possibly tell a child that they
are responsible for the problems of the world. No child could stop
malnutrition or starvation whether they are at a birthday party or not. But
maybe if you give your children birthday parties and christmas dinners
they will grow up and think about all the things they got as a child
and how some children are not as fortunate. that is the time they are
able to do something not when they are a child at a birthday party. And by
the way to the author of this article how many birthday parties did you
go to as a child and how many of them were yours?
p.s. grow up
Editor's Note: First, I want to thank you for taking me seriously and giving me such a good laugh. Nevertheless, the "shocking" thing about your comment is that as "shocked" as you are, you still think that maybe kids will grow up and then reflect about how much more "fortunate" they were than other kids. (If, by "fortunate", you mean that the existence of a free country and parents who choose to work are based on mere chance.) So you have no problem with the satirical "lessons" I suggested, you just have a problem with teaching them so early. In other words, you are "shocked" that I wouldn't postpone the guilt as long as you would. Actually, your "grow up" comment was pretty funny, too. I have a feeling you didn't think about that one too much before you wrote it, did you? (JR)
February 17, 2003 at 03:31:42
Name: Dwain Fagerlund
Subject: RE: favorites icon
E-mail: dfagerlund@crookstonlaw.com
I [sic] sense is that to you, it simply means "(there is) NO GOD" like "NO U-TURN".
[Editor's Note: For those who don't know what he's talking about, he's referring to this site's old "favicon", a little graphic (like Yahoo's red "Y") that appears in the browser's URL field. The icon was a cross with a slash through it, like a "no smoking" sign. I've since removed the icon because I decided the joke was kind of lame. (JR)]
To someone who is not atheist, it may carry the additional connotation of "GET RID OF GOD"...or..."KILL GOD". This is especially so in light of the adversarial tone of your columns, where through mocking humor, it seems like you are putting out a challenge to someone. You may say that the icon can't mean "kill god" because that would be acknowledging the existence of God.
[Editor's Note: Just to prepare you: I am about to have what's known as a "field day" with your comments. First of all, if you interpreted the icon as "Get rid of God", that's a fair interpretation. If there were a God to get rid of, I'd be all in favor of getting rid of him. But coincidentally, it just so happens that an invisible man who can create and destroy matter, exists nowhere and everywhere, created the laws of nature which he can also violate, and whose existence is known by no particular means, does not exist. But for the record, a more exact interpretation of a cross with a slash through it is: "Against Christianity". (JR)]
And that is my point -- by posting that icon and and so vigorously attacking God, you are going beyond arguing your premise that God does not exist. I suggested that your extra effort seems risky from my point of view -- because if you are wrong -- have you staked your claim so deeply that you may not feel that you can (in your own mind) extricate yourself. If your life plan is based upon the use of reason to find truth, you have to agree that you can't know everything and need to leave open the possibility of changing your mind some day if new evidence reveals itself. You seem to have closed the door and nailed it shut to any further analysis.
[Editor's Note: Have you staked your claim on the assumption that there isn't a species of pink, three-headed, super-intelligent wombats on the planet Saturn who will come to Earth one day and sprinkle the Earth's cities with cotton candy and fifty-dollar bills? Or do you not have a job? No, I don't know everything. But I don't base my life around arbitrary fantasies (even if half the world believes them), especially fantasies that contradict what is known. I don't have a problem with hedging one's bets. But at least have some evidence that there's a deck of cards in existence first, before you start shitting in your pants over whether the dealer has 21. And by the way, insurance is a bad bet in Blackjack. (JR)]
I don't think that is what Ayn Rand had in mind and I don't think she would endorse the tone you have adopted for your website.
[Editor's Note: First of all, Ayn Rand was an atheist, and yes, she did "nail the door shut" on the attempt to apply reason to the arbitrary. Secondly, I'm not religious. I don't pray to Ayn Rand and hope she's looking down at me from Heaven and smiling. (JR)]
As an attorney (by the way I don't do divorces and I am too cheap to get e-mail at home), I not only respect your right to state your opinion, but would fight to guarantee that you keep that right. Obviously our opinions on this subject differ -- but that is not the point. As a person, however, I am concerned about those who are unwilling to inquire further on these matters. You may disagree, but I think it is a short leap from your position to the Satanic. Even if that is not true in regard to you personally, by posting your challenge to God on the Web, you may unknowingly be influencing others to a negative degree far beyond what you intended. That in of itself is serious risk-taking and may way heavily on your conscience some day.
[Editor's Note: That reminds me of a good story. As a kid, some friends and I once staged a Satanic ritual. Actually, we faked the evidence that a Satanic ritual took place. I remember that a dead bird was involved, as well as a few pentagrams etched into the ground. As far as I know, we didn't influence anyone to become Satanists. But perhaps that was due to a shoddy, half-assed ritual staging? (JR)]
My point was that until you are absolutely unconditionally positive that you are right, you may want to be careful about who you are picking a fight with (I know - incredibly poor grammar - why can't we end sentences with prepositions?). My sense is that you are attempting to work out the logic of your position on your website with humorous syllogisms. Sometimes, however, logic can lead us to a false conslusion, i.e., a fallacy.
[Editor's Note: Logic leads to false conclusions only from false premises. You're the one who's using flimsy premises like "if you are wrong about the existence of God" and then drawing conclusions for action based on it. If you're really concerned about the problem of fallacies, then start by cleaning up your own premises. (JR)]
My hunch is that human intelligence is too feeble for even the smartest of us to know and understand everything. What does that leave us?
Dwain
[Editor's Note: Why is it that people who believe that human intelligence is feeble never keep their damn mouths shut about what human beings can know and understand? Please put your lack of human intelligence where your mouth is. (JR)]
P.S. A NO U-TURN SIGN ACKNOWLEDGES THAT U-TURNS EXIST BUT PROHIBITS YOU FROM DOING ONE.
[Editor's Note: And I suppose that a "no radio" sign on my car window tells burglars that my radio exists, but prohibits them from stealing it? (JR)]
February 11, 2003 at 15:10:36
Name: Doug
Subject: PETER
E-mail: radiotheatre@iamwasted.com
Well, PETER *I Love Caps Lock* STUCHLIK, you certainly have
no problem exposing your own ignorance. You actually think Mr. Roth's
mockery is pointed at war-victims?
It couldn't occur to you that what's being mocked is what people have
made of the holocaust----not the ACTUAL holocaust.
And what do you think "our culture" deserves then? You and your
website, Boo Boo?
Oh yes, I noticed your great communication skills led me to here--
http://members.tripod.com/404
--after I went to your "automated resume page." Wonderful.
February 15, 2003 at 21:50:31
Name: Bob
Subject: It's all about the oil...
I'm w/ Jason. You see clearly my-man.
February 15, 2003 at 20:06:59
Name: PETER STUCHLIK
Subject: MORE THAN SCHINDLERS LIST
E-mail: lineking@hotmail.com
Website: members.tripod.com/Line_King
FIRST OF ALL MAKING A MOCKERY OF SOMETHING AS SERIOUS AS THE
LOSS OF ONE LIFE LET ALONE THE SIX MILLION WHO DIED AT THE HANDS OF THE
NAZI'S IS TO SUGGEST THAT UNNECESSARY DEATH IS ACCEPTABLE. LET'S ROUND
UP MOCKERS SUCH AS THE WRITER OF THIS SPURIOUS PIECE, ET AL FOR THEY
REPRESENT SOMEHTING LESS THEN OUR CULTURE DESERVES. GET THE PICTURE,
BOO-BOO!
Editor's Note: No hyperbole intended: Your website might seriously qualify as the worst website on the entire Web. The one good thing I found was the part of that house of mirrors you call your "resume" where you describe yourself as the "consumate communicator". That was actually kind of funny. (JR)
February 14, 2003 at 18:38:54
Name: Josh Edwards
Subject: joel's comment
people who actually use the word "arse" shouldn't be allowed to speak in public.
February 14, 2003 at 18:14:39
Name: Dwain Fagerlund
Subject: favorites icon
E-mail: dfagerlund@crookstonlaw.com
You must feel pretty sure of yourself if your icon means what I think it does.
Editor's Note: Thanks for reminding me about that browser icon. I've been thinking that a cross with a slash through it was kind of cheesy, so I just deleted it. Nevertheless, your comment is pretty funny. If the icon "means what I think it does"? What the hell could it mean? It's a cross with a slash through it. Please list for me the possible meanings that such an icon could have. If your list goes beyond one item, I will reward you by allowing you to handle my first divorce. (JR)
February 11, 2003 at 15:10:36
Name: Jen
Subject: The site
E-mail: nwgirlie@hotmail.com
I was so glad to stumble across your site! I've seen other
sites that share a similar point of view as yours, but they seem to come across as uneducated, or so stuck in their own beliefs that they become as bad as the people or things they are against.(If that makes sense to you, it does in my jumbled mind!) Anyway, I have told many of my friends and co-workers about your site, and I am hoping they enjoy it as much as I do. You seem to have found the perfect mixture of honesty and humor. Thanks!
February 9, 2003 at 19:51:47
Name: Anthony
Subject: Dolphin's Resources
Just wanted to say bats can see, pretty good too. I'm done wasting your time now.
Editor's Note: You forgot to mention that my phrase "je ne sais quad" was improper French. (JR)
February 8, 2003 at 18:37:02
Name: kd
Subject: emma/jessica posts & your rejected ad
So it's come to this - picking up chicks via your website?
Editor's Note: You seem to be implying that if that actually did happen, it would be a bad thing. (JR)
February 7, 2003 at 20:14:31
Name: Christine Stone
Subject: Re: Columbia
E-mail: hpuffin@bellsouth.net
Jason, I agree with your comments about the media coverage on
Columbia. I stopped watching Dan Rather back in 1986 after he brought a
plastic model of Challenger into his studio to give the blow-by-blow
details of its destruction on the evening news.
Despite the media's mawkish coverage, I must say I felt horrified when
I watched the footage. (I was aware that the shuttle was up, but not
aware of its landing date.)I experienced a lesser degree of the same
sinking feeling and nausea that I felt when I watched the Trade Center go
down. And the cause of that feeling was the thought: this is bad
epistemology concretized; America is going backwards, not forwards. And also:
we just lost some of our best--they are not replaceable.
I was at work when the shuttle disintegrated, and I was amazed at the
lack of reaction from others. One co-worker even laughed at me when I
reported feeling upset. (By contrast, back in 1986, I remember crowds of
stunned people gathering around the nearest television set.)I did see a
few older gents lapse into a thoughtful silence when they heard the
news--perhaps they were feeling some variant of what I was feeling. I'm
not sure what this says about the "public": clearly, they weren't falling
for the media's hypocrisy.
The astronauts *were* heros, and not because they got blasted out of
the sky. If you haven't read The Right Stuff, I'd highly recommend it.
Editor's Note: I saw the movie "The Right Stuff" and all I remember is an Icarus metaphor that pissed me off. It's been a while, though, so that could be a figment of my imagination. Also, I realize that the movie is someone's interpretation of the book. (JR)
February 6, 2003 at 17:14:39
Name: Erik
Subject: Astronaut
Just a few comments on the Astronaut story. I watch Fox News
and I didn't see any of what you were talking about. It seemed like
pretty straightforward coverage to me. Of course I stopped watching after
the first hour or so so they could have gotten mushy on me who knows.
While watching the coverage first thing that came to my mind was that 7
people died. These people are getting all this coverage but when a
passenger jet goes down with 150 people it gets local news and thats about
it. Why is that? Well I can't speak for anyone else but I wanted to be
an astronaut well into my 20's. I didn't make it past the first hurdle
so the fact that these people made it all the way gets a lot of my
respect. Not anyone can do what they do. For other people the Space Program
represents a sort of National Pride. The USA is top in space, yeah! I
don't buy into the nationalism thing but lots of people do. So for one
reason or another these people were heroes to a lot of people. Not
because they died, not because the media made them that way, becuase they
achieved what not many people have by skill and merit.
With all of that said I think Space exploration should be privatized.
I'm a capitalist and I think things would get done faster and better by
non-government entities. That is a completely different subject though
and I won't go into that now.
Oh yeah and Fuck Off Osama Bin Laden!
Out.
Editor's Note: I have nothing against the astronauts, and yes, I respect them for having the guts and intelligence to do what they do. But the never-ending media coverage is hypocritical nonsense. (JR)
February 6, 2003 at 14:09:09
Name: kathi
Subject: mels ass
Yes, it would be nice if every man measured up to Mel Gibson
(and his ass)! But luckily for all you other men out there women are 3 dimensional humans beings that view men as humans not body parts. We get over it and settle for a nice guys that treat us with love and respect, which is getting harder and harder to find I might add. Sounds like someone out there can't take the pressure we women have to endure
24-7!
February 5, 2003 at 22:33:48
Name: emma
Subject: jason's rejected ad
except for the fact that i don't buy playgirl at all--i'm a
modern girl, and prefer getting my porn online--and i probably can't outdrink you (though i'd do my damndest), you described me. well,i'm not a former porn star. but slap my ass and call me sally if i didn't find myself enthralled by the possibility of there actually being a single, hetero (jewish?) guy out there who wants a girl who has a graduate
degree, a size d chest, a mouth like a sailor, and wit that cuts glass, and takes the words of patron saint liz phair to heart--" i want to be your blow job queen." mr. roth, if the position ever opens up, let me know...
Editor's Note: Did you see the smoke signals exiting my apartment? (JR)
February 5, 2003 at 18:04:28
Name: ANOTHER BLACK BEAUTY
Subject: DONT HATE, APPRECIATE
E-mail: CPEEZGIRL@YAHOO.COM
JASON, THANK YOU FOR DEDICATING A WHOLE PAGE TO REVEAL HOW
JEALOUS YOU ARE. YOU CANT SOLVE A PROBLEM UNTIL YOU ADMIT YOU HAVE ONE...SO YOU'VE AT LEAST DONE THE FIRST STEP!!
PEOPLE WHO HAVE TROUBLE COMPLIMENTING OTHERS ON THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS ONLY DO SO BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T ACHEIVED OR BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR OWN ACHEIVEMENTS. IT IS DIFFICULT FOR AN INSECURE PERSON TO SAY ANYTHING POSITIVE ABOUT ANOTHER BECAUSE THEY FEEL SO BAD ABOUT THEMSELVES. AGAIN THANKS FOR LETTING HALLE AND ALL HER FANS KNOW JUST HOW JEALOUS AND
ENVIOUS YOU ARE OF HER. YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL HOW SUCCESSFUL YOU ARE BY THE AMOUNT OF HATEFUL RESPONSES YOU GET FROM PEOPLE WHO DONT KNOW YOU FROM A WHOLE IN THE WALL.
POOR JASON, JUST EATEN UP WITH ENVY AND HATE. SOUNDS LIKE A PERSONAL PROBLEM YOU NEED TO DEAL WITH. YOU KNOW, THERE'S HELP FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU. I MAY DO SOME RESEARCH AND SEE IF I CAN FIND A PSYCHIATRIST THAT CAN DEAL WITH YOUR LOW SELF ESTEEM.
AND TO HALLE,,,YOU GO GIRL!!! YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. YOU HAVE PEOPLE LIKE JASON GETTIN THEIR PANTY'S ALL IN A BUNCH WITHOUT SAYING A WORD TO THEM. NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL SUCCESS!! WORK IT GIRL!!
Editor's Note: Although I could point out the lack of sufficient evidence for your arguments, I just checked my logic textbook and it says right here: "People who type in all caps, use phrases such as "Work it Girl!!", and use double exclamation points in succession may be discounted without further discussion." (JR)
February 5, 2003 at 17:54:34
Name: joel
Subject: this website still sucks
E-mail: white_walled_tires@hotmail.com
You posted a smart arse reply to my comment. I visited your site again the other day and not alot has changed. There is still the lame arse content and shit that is ripped from other sites. I think it is time that you gave away this 'save the humans' bullshit and got a life instead.
Maybe you should get a real job, a girlfriend or something...and most importantly, A LIFE!
Editor's Note: Three words: you came back. I am laughing out loud. Well, not while I was typing that, but soon before. (JR)
February 2, 2003 at 04:08:59
Name: J.
Subject: Email pranks
Website: www.u.arizona.edu/~brennan
Hey Jason,
If you plan on having any further prank e-mail correspondence, I'd like to recommend you e-mail info@godhatesamerica.com, of www.godhatesamerica.com. I think you'll be sickened by their website.
Oh yeah, and thanks for pissing off so many of the right people.
Editor's Note: According to that site, the Ambassador to Romania (of all people) represents America "as a fag nation". (I could have sworn that Archie Bunker said England was the "fag country".) If you want to see something really scary, watch the movie preview at this site (linked to from the one you mentioned): Fred the Movie (JR)
February 1, 2003 at 08:40:50
Name: Gregory Poniatows
E-mail: magi12@aol.com
Subject: Wisdom of the Holy See
You might be interested to know that such a concept did exist
to the Early Modern catholic. It was then referred to as "grace" and it was accumulated throughout your life by doing such things as attending church or whatever. The best part is that the Church didn't even miss out on those who feared sudden death. In such a case you could buy indulgences as a
sort of divine insurance. The way I remember it, this practice disappeared with the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation sometime in the 16th century. If you can think of a better way to cash in on guilt I'd like to hear it.
Editor's Note: Nope, that's a pretty good way. I wonder if people who pay to name stars after each other would go for some "Jesus Life" insurance? (JR)
February 1, 2003 at 21:44:08
Name: David Buchner
E-mail: buchner@wcta.net
Website: customer.wcta.net/buchner
Subject: Josh Edwards' Comment
Josh Edwards wrote several days ago:
I wish I would have found this site when it got off
the ground...
....and I realized that what *I* wish is that I would have found this site when I was in high school, because I was such a commie retard then and maybe it would have got me thinking. More "grown-up" (no offense!) sounding discourse would probably be too easy for a rebellious angry kid like
that to shrug off, but something more "edgy" and less polite, like SaveTheHumans, might get through.
....and then I remembered that there weren't websites when I was in high school, and I'm guessing Mr. Roth was too young to have or write or post these ideas in 1987.
....and then I realized that, if I was in high school right now, it wouldn't matter because all the blocking software would prevent me from looking at it in study hall anyway, and I'd be too busy looking at shit like International ANSWER or Tolerance.org or something.
Editor's Note: I will do you the honor of digging up a couple quotes from things I wrote back in high school. For all the historians out there, that means 1986-1990.
February 1, 2003 at 08:40:50
Name: Kelsey
E-mail: ke190100@ohiou.edu
Subject: Josh Edwards' Comment
Well I'll be damned! Josh Edwards is my brother! (I know
this because I'm sure that two people can't have both the same name AND email address.) I already left a comment on this site about a year ago, which proves what is important- that I found it first.
In fact, back when you had a link to the Lego bible stories, I showed them to Josh. So I don't know why it took him this long to "discover" your site.
I guess this is a "family website" after all.
My sincere gratitude and appreciation for being one of the very few things that can make me laugh-
thanks.
Editor's Note: Only one brother is allowed on here at a time. We do operate on the honor system, so I will trust you. It's just between you and God. Are you listening to me? I think you're going to hell. (JR)
January 31, 2003 at 23:19:00
Name: Jessica
Subject: not in NYC
No, I'm not the same person, just to clear that up.
Although I have seen many a drunk idiot in NYC. I just read the "animal
rights" editorial and laughed my ass off because it was so true. Keep it
coming!
- love, Jessica
"Going to church doesn't make you any more Catholic than going to
McDonalds makes you a hamburger."
Editor's Note: I think that article is one of Aaron's. Glad you liked it.
January 29, 2003 at 21:54:18
Name: alifathima
E-mail: mesweety03@rediffmail.com
Website: www.worldwidehometypists.com/members/ap656/
Subject: Global Opportunity -- Massive Income
Find a Work at Home Job:
Hundreds of Home Employers in need of honest workers to assemble
products, stuff envelopes or type ads on the internet. Get them at the Work
at Home Directory.
Editor's Note: Haven't you ever heard of spam? It's a lot easier than posting to random websites. Just a tip from one marketing person to another. (JR)
January 28, 2003 at 01:23:19
Name: Kevin
Subject: Some background info
J,
I should have prefaced my last post with some relevant info. The USA
PATRIOT Act (the acronym for Uniting and Strengthening America by
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism) was
signed into law on Oct. 26, 2001. Ostensibly an anti-terrorism bill,
the law also gives the government unprecedented power to spy on Americans
who've committed no crimes. It lets the FBI do what's called a "roving
wiretap" to access your Internet, cell phone, and home phone without -
and this is vital - independent judicial oversight. Furthermore, it
lets the Feds break into your office or home without a warrant and without
notifying you if they've been there or not under the Act's "sneak and
peek" clause. Also, the Feds can arrest any American they want and hold
them for up to 30 days without offering a phone call, an attorney, or
charging the arrestee with a crime. In other words, bullshit, bullshit,
bullshit.
Total Information Awareness is an outgrowth of the Pentagon's DARPA
project. It's a military database that will collate every American's
credit reports, medical records, internet-surfing habits, student
transcripts, job information, etc. It will then data-mine all of this private
information in order to determine who fits the profile of a terrorist. The
man in charge is Admir. John Poindexter, the mastermind of Iran-Contra
who routinely mistakes the Constitution for toilet paper. I'll refrain
from stronger comment, but c'mon, folks. This is America, not the USSR.
Editor's Note: I was aware of the existence of these things, but don't know enough about them to form an intelligent opinion. I still need to learn more, because I don't think it's as clear-cut as you make it seem. (Or rather, it will be clear-cut with more information.) I know that before September 11, the FBI was not allowed even to save newspaper clippings or pamphlets related to a particular group (e.g. a Muslim extremist group) without specific evidence of a crime. I don't think we should necessarily wait until our skyscrapers get destroyed before starting to compile a scrapbook. That doesn't mean I think we should be wiretapping people for no reason, but neither does it necessarily mean that warrants are an appropriate tool for fighting terrorism. (JR)
January 27, 2003 at 20:24:48
Name: Jessica
Subject: in love with savethehumans...
I just want to say that I am in love with this site.
Jason Roth is absolutely brilliant. It is not very often that one can encounter this sort of intelligence and humor all in one place. There is not one thing here that I do not agree with. Keep up the good work!
P.S. Being a fan of Ayn Rand, it is nice to see someone who is also familiar with her opinions.
Editor's Note: Just wondering. Are you the same "Jessica" I met in NYC who referred to me as the "drunk guy"? If so, I understand. My absolute brilliance isn't always easy to identify. (JR)
January 27, 2003 at 16:47:08
Name: Kevin
Subject: Where's the beef?
J,
Alright. It's been long enough. It's high time you wrote an article
about the Homeland Security Bill, Total Information Awareness, and the
PATRIOT Act. For someone who claims (rightly) that individual rights are
sacrosanct, I don't see nearly enough hell-raising from you about the
Soviet-style government surveillance on the horizon.
Editor's Note: Is it just me, or does this sound more like a demand than a request? Anyway, the answer is that I'm probably too ignorant about those things. I need to read more about them and get back to you. (JR)
January 27, 2003 at 02:50:27
Name: Josh Edwards
E-mail: madeddie00@yahoo.com
Subject: savethehumans....
I wish I would have found this site when it got off the
ground...I am only a recent initiate to the save the humans world...but I
think this is the best site ever. I think that someone needs to tell
people to start thinking on their own...it may as well be JR.
January 25, 2003 at 21:26:05
Name: Tom
Subject: The Nuclear Crisis
I have a solution to the Iraqi Nuclear Weapons problem. We
all know that Saddam Hussein has nuclear weapons, so instead of him
destroying them, why doesn't he have a special lottery in which people around
the world can buy tickets for the chance to win one of his nuclear
weapons?! Can you imagine it! Bush would probably buy all the tickets...
January 25, 2003 at 05:38:44
Name: theDave
Subject: prejudice
Wonderful article. Almost as tired of this kind of crap as
the "all people should be the same" bull.
No race should have to justify themselves before another. And if you
cant be proud of being black or muslim or hispanic or poor white trash
regardless of the prejudice, then we deserve whatever hollywood dishes
out.
Cinema evokes a certain response from its audience and it is an
individuals choice on how they respond to the stimulus.
Placing merits on a persons morals, honesty and integrity is what I
make my judgements on regardless of my prejudices.
January 22, 2003 at 16:21:57
Name: Doug
Subject: Ummmm....
I would like to submit this link without comment.
www.gamedesigner.net/news.phtml?id=41
Let it load before you watch.
Editor's Note: Awesome. (JR)
January 22, 2003 at 09:35:34
Name: wicci
E-mail: wiccidoodle@aol.com
Subject: the drunk list
well,i agree with this,and shared it with a lushy friend of
mine..:\..lol
abd the death clock,it is olny calculating..dunt worry...muhahahaha
January 22, 2003 at 07:37:03
Name: Erik
Subject: Just Married Unseen Movie Review
Watching football over the weekend I ran across a really
stupid movie preview of "Just Married". It said its the #1 movie in America
which I just checked and it wasn't. This is the top 3 movies for the
weekend. "Kangaroo Jack", "National Security", and "Just Married". 3 Shit
movies. So they not only lied about being the # movie in America but
got beat out by SHIT. They beat LOTR by 1.4 million but its been out for
a month and its been seen by pretty much everyone who is not just
waiting for the DVD. So that pissed me off.
Here is the unseen movie review ( TM ).
Two aging teen TV actors get married and go to Europe for the
honeymoon. The better jokes are all on the previews so we know this. They rent a
tiny eurocrap car. The stupid guy tries to plug a 110 volt plug into a
220 outlet even though the plugs are a different size. The stupid guy
hits his new wifes head on the door as he is carrying her in the room.
So we know these jokes up front. There will also probably be some rude
anti-American Eurotrash situations for good measure. Then they will get
pissed at eachother for awhile and then make up at the end and live
stupidly ever after.
Editor's Note: I'd like to see that kangaroo try to deal with those European outlets. (JR)
January 20, 2003 at 11:19:16
Name: Sean
E-mail: seanlarmee87@hotmail.com
Subject: fight for peace
This war against "terrorism" is a bunch of crap. when is the
last time you heard Bush mention Osama Bin Laden. All he wants is oil
and he is sending my generation to get killed for it. Since America has
a hunger for violence, destruction, and total power we should focus on
Korea, since right now they are the biggest threat in my eye's. What we
should do is spend that 200 billion on fixing the economy Bush
destroyed (and no a war isn't the smart way to fix it.) We should spend it on
getting people off the streets, and most importantly fixing the
enviroment. yell for peace, speak your mind, and stay safe.
Editor's Note: Of all the idiocy contained in your post, perhaps the stupidest thing is the final sentence. Why don't you clear out some of those catch phrases out of your head and leave a little room for remembering that pair of towers falling to the ground? (JR)
January 18, 2003 at 15:09:19
Name: savannah
Subject: disgusting
Your "10 ways to amuse yourself with a homeless person"
article is disgusting. Maybe you and I were lucky enough to be born into
fortunate families, but not all of us are. only an idiot would post such a
ridiculous article on a website. Feel free to comment on my opinion,
moron.
Editor's Note: Haven't you ever played the Homeless Game while promoting one of your porno videos on the Howard Stern show? I love that game. Sure, it makes fun of homeless people, but it's funny. Actually, revise that: it makes fun of homeless people, so it's funny. (JR)
January 18, 2003 at 13:26:12
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