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John Stossel
I get to meet John Stossel on Wednesday. I am peeing my pants with fanboyism. This is for me the feeling that Scrym would have if they met Miyazaki. Stossel's the media's foremost Libertarian... I will offer to have his children. I'm typing intermittently as I run around the room and bounce off walls.
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So his plane was late, my press time was canceled, and I am in a black mood. Oh, I still got to shake the man's hand and gaze into his Mustache of Justice, and he gave a terrific lecture on the villification of capitalism in the media and higher educational institutions. But I still wanted that picture of me and John Stossel for my Christmas cards. Next year, John Stossel. NEXT YEAR.
Best quotes of the night:
"Patrick Henry didn't say, "Give me safety or give me death.'"
"You'd think that I'd have a tough time defending sweat shops. Let me go ahead and give it a try anyway."
"The government says nicotine and heroin are equally addictive, but nobody's knocking over 711s to get cigarettes."
"There are only two ways of doing things in life: Voluntary and by force. Capitalism is voluntary. Government is force."
EDIT: For some reason, the picture doesn't seem to be showing up. Try this link:Here.
Oh, I see. Because I responded to a question about Christians from a Christian perspective in another thread, it's totally cool and not rude at all to sarcastically quote scripture at me when I post in a completely unrelated thread. Also, because of my religious beliefs, I must obviously be a Bush-loving redneck.
As for rudeness, get fucked. Your beliefs aren't exempted from mockery. If you have a hard time with people picking at backward, primitive ideas like Christianity, then you're not going to like these boards much.
In short, you're invited to say anything you want here. But you're not entitled to be free from offense.
The confusion came from the fact that your comment was more subdued than the usual joke along those lines - usually some form of the words smite, blasphemer, heretic, or wrath come into play. That, combined with your comment after my post in the "true Christians" thread, combined with the comment from Water, made the joke sound less like John Stossel fanaticism and more like a religious jab in my mind. So, again, sorry for the misunderstanding. Now I think I'm being misunderstood here. Please realize that I thought you had interjected a religious jab into an otherwise un-related conversation. What offends me is when people treat me differently in day-to-day situations simply because of my religious beliefs, not wisecracks about Christianity.
It's one thing if there's a discussion about religion going on. I know I'm going to be a punching bag then, and I'm fine with that. But if I'm posting in unrelated topics, I don't think expecting to be treated like human being is unreasonable. Religious intolerance isn't cool. No one likes it when Christian fundamentalists rain on their parades. So, it shouldn't take a stretch of the imagination to realize that Christians who mind their own business and don't bother anybody don't like to be harassed for their beliefs when they're just having a friendly conversation.
In short, criticize Christianity all you want, but if you think it's ok to treat someone as a punching bag in any random conversation, just because of their religion... well, fuck you too
This may be a stupid question, but is John Stossel running for office? I knew he was a journalist, but that's it. I just googled him and came up with nothing related to politics outside of his editorials. Wikipedia says nothing about his political career, either. That's the source of my confusion. I don't see why Bush would suddenly come up in response to a comment about how funny a news anchor looks.
In fact, I see no connection whatsoever between your post and mine. That's what threw me off. You see, cracks about all Christians being Bush-loving redneck idiots are very, VERY common. Also, I had just recently made that post in the Christian thread, which you started and were involved in. Your comment about Bush makes far more sense in reference to those two facts than it does in reference to my post about John Stossel. Your post made greater-than-zero sense in one context and zero sense in the other. I don't think I'm as off-base as you claim in choosing the context that makes the most sense. I'm incorrect, to be sure, but I feel my reasoning was sound. No, not everything. Your post was in response to mine. It was directed at me. I completely agree.
On that note, I'd just like to add that I would never really punch him in the face. Certain people's looks and mannerisms just rub me the wrong way, and all I can think of is punching them in the face. Mark Ruffalo does it to me, as well. It's not their fault, I don't think they're ugly men, and I would never let my actual opinion of them be affected by something stupid like that. Fair enough. I understand this as well. Believe me, I don't assume I'm memorable enough for anyone to remember what I post. See my reasoning above. Okay, but in turn, my post had nothing to do with politics, let alone Bush. Of course not. But, if you were in fact being an asshole - which I now know you weren't in this particular case - I'd have every right to respond in kind. Which I did. Ok.
EDIT: Nevermind, I cannot in good conscience be that much of a dick.
Unfortunately, I have to agree about the punching part. His face just screams "Punch me, I'm an arrogant Ass!"
He could easily remedy that by shaving that cheezy moustache. I've had facial hair myself at various times of my life, in accordance with the prevailing fashion. At the moment, I have a goatee like Spock had in the "Mirror, Mirror" episode of ST:TOS. However, the only person I've ever seen look o.k. with a moustache is Jason Lee. Okay, maybe Lawrence Chamberlain, but that's all. Only those two people should ever be allowed to have a moustache.
And as for Chuck Norris? He is always the exception that proves the rule. And Charles Bronson? He's one fugly dude. Bronson HAS to have that K & N ugly filter on his lip.
EDIT: OMG I just realized this but Jaime Hyneman looks an awful lot like Mister Roosevelt