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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 09/22/2008 : 07:29:33
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I happened across this. It's nothing new -- I'd read it not long after Ham's Holistic Hallucination opened, but getting a refresher on it was even more fun than the original visit. | “THREE-O-NINE! THREE-O-NINE!” I crudely affected like an overgrown toddler, exuberantly waving the hotel room key card overhead, and cradling a small, foam-rubber Tyrannosaurus Rex. I adjusted the thick, foreign prescription bifocals strapped to my head, and steamrolled to the front of the line—purblind and unconcerned with normal etiquette. I wasn't about to wait around in the Godforsaken lobby of a Cincinnati EconoLodge while the biggest story since creation started without us. |
Now, it seems, that to keep things fair & even, Dougie is going to do, or perhaps has done, an interview with PZ. I look forward to reading of it and hope the Prof. has as much fun as his interlocutor.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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the_ignored
SFN Addict
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 Posted - 09/22/2008 : 07:37:25 [Permalink]
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I find it perfectly funny, except for the fact that those who are mentally handicapped and those who know and help them may take some justifiably real offense to that kind of a stunt.
You know what the result of that would be...the xians going on about how it's an example of the "immoral" atheists/darwinists, etc.
Too bad, because the idea is itself pure genius, just not quite thought out in regards to the potential consequences.
I would've maybe just pretended to be a "rapture ready" conspiracy type loon and see what happens.
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>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
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> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
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> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 09/22/2008 : 07:56:23 [Permalink]
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Update: It's already been done, and not a bad interview, I might add.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 09/22/2008 : 09:17:01 [Permalink]
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This is great stuff if your a fan of Gonzo journalism. I'm not sure if there was any fiction in the narrative like most Gonzo, but it certainly felt Gonzo.
“When I spoke with one of the museum's PR hacks down in Houston,” I explained, “I was forced to regale him with a tale about LaPost's dissatisfaction bouncing around ‘the heathen Saskatchewan press.' ”
“Saskatchewan! I don't know anything about Saskatchewan! What if they ask me? What if they ask about the wheelchair? What if they fire up torches and sic those fucking dogs on us?”
“Pull it together,” I hissed, violently grabbing him by the lapel. “Tell them about the joys of fucking moose! Tell them you were high on crack and you ran me over with your vintage Buick—I don't care; just end it with a goddamn ‘Praise Jesus' and we'll be fine!”
“What else should I know?” he prodded with heavy breath. “What else did you talk about?”
“You know,” I said. “Special people doing special things… Asperger's by Proxy… Dougie loves Jesus and he can go to the bathroom all by himself… stuff like that.” Bunting's head bobbed up and down for a while, like I'd given him a lot of information. “Don't tell them anything,” I said returning to more pressing matters. “We're the reporters here—we'll be asking the questions. We need to own the situation, goddamn it!” |
The Dougie act is inspired given the latitude allowed to "special" people. Plus, "Asperger's by Proxy" should have been a tip off to anyone with half a brain which in and of itself demonstrates the idiocy of the Ham people for even letting them in. |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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Whilst on a browse of Pharyngula,
