dressing up as Madeleine

useful_contacts · 10-01-2009 01:40PM

Sam Vimes wrote: »

So we're only allowed joke about things that have happened if enough time has passed. Right so, what's the cut off point between ok and sick?

im not the person you were arguing with first just so you know

and 50- 100 years in my view

Sharpshooter · 10-01-2009 01:40PM

It is, a little mad.

MagicMarker · 10-01-2009 01:40PM

But Hitler killed millions, surely we're going on a kill by kill basis here? Maddie is only one person.

useful_contacts · 10-01-2009 01:40PM

kickoutthejams wrote: »

SO there is an arbitrary amount of time allowed to pass before something becomes funny?
Like AIDS?

oh jesus!

did i mention aids? did i?

MagicMarker · 10-01-2009 01:42PM

useful_contacts wrote: »

oh jesus!

did i mention aids? did i?

But surely you think joking about AIDS is sick? Or 9/11, or Princess DIE!

Or are you just a big ass hypocrite?

Sam Vimes · 10-01-2009 01:42PM

abi2007 wrote: »

I wouldn't give my daughter away.. it's true that i can't really afford her but if i did give her away.. to a good home that can it would be for her good. anyway this is not about my sig!

No it's not it's about whether a joke is funny or sick. How would you like it if, for example, you lost your job because someone in your office took offence to your sig because their baby died or something?

abi2007 · 10-01-2009 01:43PM

My sig has nothing in it about babies dying!

Lockstep · 10-01-2009 01:44PM

useful_contacts wrote: »

oh jesus!

did i mention aids? did i?

Untwist thy knickers.

It's a reference to South Park when they are arguiing over when enough time passes to let AIDS become funny.

useful_contacts · 10-01-2009 01:45PM

MagicMarker wrote: »

But surely you think joking about AIDS is sick? Or 9/11, or Princess DIE!

Or are you just a big ass hypocrite?

big ass? ah you have obviously read my personal ad:D

you need to take a chill pill man, i never said anything about princess DI or 9/11 or aids, im talking about people making fun of a missing child that could still be alive

Sam Vimes · 10-01-2009 01:45PM

useful_contacts wrote: »

im not the person you were arguing with first just so you know

and 50- 100 years in my view

I know you're not the person i was arguing with first, i'm just trying to work out when it's ok to joke about something. South park says 22.3 years, you say 50. But who's right?

Or maybe it's that everyone has their own sense of humour and there is no set rule as to what's funny and what's not

abi2007 · 10-01-2009 01:46PM

My opinion about the guy dressing up as madeline is that it is sick.. I'm ENTITLED to that no matter what my sig says.

Degsy · 10-01-2009 01:46PM

MagicMarker wrote: »

But Hitler killed millions, surely we're going on a kill by kill basis here? Maddie is only one person.

Ah but we'll never know how many people Maddie has killed.
Her parents had to get rid of her to stop the carnage.

MagicMarker · 10-01-2009 01:46PM

useful_contacts wrote: »

big ass? ah you have obviously read my personal ad:D

you need to take a chill pill man, i never said anything about princess DI or 9/11 or aids, im talking about people making fun of a missing child that could still be alive

And how is it sick?

useful_contacts · 10-01-2009 01:48PM

MagicMarker wrote: »

And how is it sick?

its sick because a full grown man dressing up as a child is weird enough, but he is dressing up as a child who is missing , and the fact he was in a high profile job just makes him look even more of a spastic.

Sam Vimes · 10-01-2009 01:49PM

useful_contacts wrote: »

big ass? ah you have obviously read my personal ad:D

you need to take a chill pill man, i never said anything about princess DI or 9/11 or aids, im talking about people making fun of a missing child that could still be alive

We know you never mentioned those things, he's making the point that what you get offended by isn't necessarily what other people get offended by and if you made a 9/11 joke half the room might laugh and the other half might hate you forever.

Basically it's impossible to make one rule that covers what's funny and what's not

Sam Vimes · 10-01-2009 01:51PM

abi2007 wrote: »

My sig has nothing in it about babies dying!

No but it's talking about giving them away because you don't have the money. Very callous don't you think? Oh no wait it's a joke

useful_contacts · 10-01-2009 01:51PM

Sam Vimes wrote: »

We know you never mentioned those things, he's making the point that what you get offended by isn't necessarily what other people get offended by and if you made a 9/11 joke half the room might laugh and the other half might hate you forever.

Basically it's impossible to make one rule that covers what's funny and what's not

yes i know that, but how someone can laugh about a missing child is beyond me

df1985 · 10-01-2009 01:51PM

i worked in a nightclub in tenerife all summer and we'd always have groups of lads in different costumes comin in.seen two laads dressed as maddie.one had an everton jersey with maddie on the back,blonde wig, suspenders and high heels.everyone found it hilarious to be honest.the other guy had a morocco jersey with mccann on the back-obviously thats where he thinks she was taken.seen a couple tshirts too with stuff like "i have maddie" and "i know where maddie is" printed on them.shes long gone at this stage so no one had a problem with it.

useful_contacts · 10-01-2009 01:52PM

df1985 wrote: »

i worked in a nightclub in tenerife all summer and we'd always have groups of lads in different costumes comin in.seen two laads dressed as maddie.one had an everton jersey with maddie on the back,blonde wig, suspenders and high heels.everyone found it hilarious to be honest.the other guy had a morocco jersey with mccann on the back-obviously thats where he thinks she was taken.seen a couple tshirts too with stuff like "i have maddie" and "i know where maddie is" printed on them.shes long gone at this stage so no one had a problem with it.

so that makes it ok to laugh at it?

Sam Vimes · 10-01-2009 01:54PM

abi2007 wrote: »

My opinion about the guy dressing up as madeline is that it is sick.. I'm ENTITLED to that no matter what my sig says.

Yes you're entitled to say that of course you are. But equally people are entitled to get offended by it. And he's entitled to dress up as madeline and people are entitled to get offended by it. That doesn't mean that getting offended and calling it sick is right, just that they're entitled to say it

TPD · 10-01-2009 01:54PM

useful_contacts wrote: »

so that makes it ok to laugh at it?

Exactly

toiletduck · 10-01-2009 01:55PM

dressing up as Madeleine

Meh, I make the girlfriend do that in bed all the time. RAAR.

Sam Vimes · 10-01-2009 01:56PM

useful_contacts wrote: »

so that makes it ok to laugh at it?

No, what makes it ok to laugh at it is that imo it should be ok to make jokes about whatever we want to make jokes about. It's like the distinction between telling a racist joke and being a racist, which are not the same thing

Ciaran500 · 10-01-2009 01:56PM

useful_contacts wrote: »

so that makes it ok to laugh at it?

You seem to think so, but it just hasn't been long enough for you.

MagicMarker · 10-01-2009 01:56PM

toiletduck wrote: »

Meh, I make the girlfriend do that in bed all the time. RAAR.

You make your girlfriend dress up as a little girl?

Dude, that's sick!! Like, OMG.

chickenhawk · 10-01-2009 01:56PM

useful_contacts wrote: »

im talking about people making fun of a missing child that could still be alive

Lol Good one!

abi2007 · 10-01-2009 01:57PM

Sam Vimes wrote: »

Yes you're entitled to say that of course you are. But equally people are entitled to get offended by it. And he's entitled to dress up as madeline and people are entitled to get offended by it. That doesn't mean that getting offended and calling it sick is right, just that they're entitled to say it

Exactly.. so lets drop the discussion about my sig and stick to the thread

Sam Vimes · 10-01-2009 01:58PM

useful_contacts wrote: »

yes i know that, but how someone can laugh about a missing child is beyond me

and that's because that's your personal taste. And i'm sure there are a great many jokes that you laugh at that other people can't understand you laughing at. Ever laugh at a racist joke?

monkeyfudge · 10-01-2009 01:59PM

javaboy wrote: »

Dressing up as Madeleine is nothing new: Link

Forget Madeline... look at the awesome costume underneath. I think I just found what I want to be buried in.

df1985 · 10-01-2009 01:59PM

useful_contacts wrote: »

so that makes it ok to laugh at it?

yeah tbh.its just a joke, im sure everyone would love to see her found safe and sound but lets be realistic-wont happen.and for something that had that amount of media attention, and is still brought up in newspapers, there will always be jokes made.practically everyone has gotten an email or txt with maddie jokes at this stage.

dressing up as Madeleine

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