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Mr.Magnetichead
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Post by Mr.Magnetichead »

Why are Americans so affraid of the English language?
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remember that guy that fell out of the canoe and got fined and jail time for cussing.. :D it's stupidity.. they are only words..

edit: luckily it was thrown out, but still had to spend some time behind bars and was fined.. originally that's bad enough..
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- A state appeals court Monday struck down Michigan's 105-year-old law against using vulgar language in front of women and children, throwing out the conviction of a canoeist who let loose a stream of curses after falling into the water.
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Mr.Magnetichead wrote:Why are Americans so affraid of the English language?
pretty sure there are laws about obscenity here too. it's just that most of the time no-one can be arsed to enforce them.
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Dek wrote:remember that guy that fell out of the canoe and got fined and jail time for cussing.. :D it's stupidity.. they are only words..

edit: luckily it was thrown out, but still had to spend some time behind bars and was fined.. originally that's bad enough..
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- A state appeals court Monday struck down Michigan's 105-year-old law against using vulgar language in front of women and children, throwing out the conviction of a canoeist who let loose a stream of curses after falling into the water.
Hell, i'd get jailed for life if it was punished like that.
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Dek wrote:remember that guy that fell out of the canoe and got fined and jail time for cussing.. :D it's stupidity.. they are only words..

edit: luckily it was thrown out, but still had to spend some time behind bars and was fined.. originally that's bad enough..
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- A state appeals court Monday struck down Michigan's 105-year-old law against using vulgar language in front of women and children, throwing out the conviction of a canoeist who let loose a stream of curses after falling into the water.
shouldnt all feminists be bitching about that?
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GONNAFISTYA wrote:easily offended whenever someone:

a) Swears or wears a shirt with a swear word on it
b) Bashes anything about their country

Take your pick.

I've worn countless "offensive" shirts on planes all over Canada and Europe (and on several trains in Europe) and not a single
GFY, last year my m8s and I were riding a rollercoaster at PlayLand (near Vancouver, Canada) and got kicked out for giving the group finger to the coaster-cam.

We just wanted the group - "Fuck you" - pic that they always offer. when you get off the ride.

-> Canadians are MEGA PRUDES.
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Post by Turbine »

[FTF]Pyro wrote:
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If someone thinks that that is ofencive, they have no life.

Thas is just like someone riping of your jacket or something. It is not something extremly relegious, just a choice of traditional garments to wear.
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[FTF]Pyro wrote:
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gotta be a staged pic.. me points out the little jewish boy kicking at her, the old 80-90 denim dress..foreign military in the background... wonder where that is? Isreal maybe?
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Turbine wrote:
[FTF]Pyro wrote:
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If someone thinks that that is ofencive, they have no life.

Thas is just like someone riping of your jacket or something. It is not something extremly relegious, just a choice of traditional garments to wear.
I'd say they're intrinsically religious, in the same manner as wearing a cross around your neck is.

However, the idea of someone ripping a cross necklace off is absurd, so I agree with you on that.
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Post by [FTF]Pyro »

yeah, the kid pulling the cloth..... hes just trying to say you got something on your hood and the kid to the left is saying hello with his foot.
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Turbine wrote:
[FTF]Pyro wrote:
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If someone thinks that that is ofencive, they have no life.

Thas is just like someone riping of your jacket or something. It is not something extremly relegious, just a choice of traditional garments to wear.
You are such an idiot.
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Post by Massive Quasars »

Pext wrote: moron alert. in nazi germany, companies had the right to 'employ' jew slaves... so?

how about you geting a real oppinion...
He's right, Pext, let it go. We can disagree with their actions, but it was their right.
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Post by Big Kahuna Burger »

This brings up a much more important issue: Why aren't people dressing up when traveling on a plane?
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hax103 wrote: GFY, last year my m8s and I were riding a rollercoaster at PlayLand (near Vancouver, Canada) and got kicked out for giving the group finger to the coaster-cam.

We just wanted the group - "Fuck you" - pic that they always offer. when you get off the ride.

-> Canadians are MEGA PRUDES.
LOL, that couldn't be further from the truth. We're generally laid back about stuff like that but apparently you ran into some power-tripping moron.
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GONNAFISTYA wrote:There are millions of t-shirts with the word "fuck" on them...but they all relate to something other than Bush. The main difference with this shirt is that it bashed Bush.
To be honest, I've never seen a shirt what the "fuck" word on it.
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Dek wrote:
[FTF]Pyro wrote:
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gotta be a staged pic.. me points out the little jewish boy kicking at her, the old 80-90 denim dress..foreign military in the background... wonder where that is? Isreal maybe?
Does that look slightly photoshopped to anybody else?
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yes... usually faces aren't that blurred
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R00k wrote:Does that look slightly photoshopped to anybody else?
Aside from the blur and crappy compression, not really.
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Eraser wrote:
Dek wrote:A company has the 'right' to refuse service to anyone.
No, they don't. They really don't.
What? Yes they do :olo:
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