Bill Maher's Halloween costume

[jadinolf]

Man, he is ugleeeee.

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: Crimzon

Originally posted by: chambersc

Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
What a dumbass. Dude has no respect.

Originally posted by: mchammer
WTF :|

Originally posted by: FoBoT
too soon!

Originally posted by: Geocentricity
I hope Russell Crowe smashes his skull in with a phone :frown:

^^ yeah, seriously.

Originally posted by: Crimzon
You guys are behaving like lemmings.

When is it not 'too soon'? At what point does it become 'ok'? Six months? A year? Ten years? The next generation of people? When the 'people involved' have healed enough?

Everything is totally arbitrary. I thought Steve Irwin was a great entertainer/educator and I enjoyed watching his shows as much as anyone else, but if I saw someone dressed up as him tomorrow night I'd shrug my shoulders and move on instead of getting as incensed as some of you seem to be getting.

Just because our emotions mirror each others doesn't mean we're "behaving like lemmings." We just happen to be more empathetic than you and it's still too soon for some of us.

I'm plenty empathetic and I wouldn't wear a costume like that either. However, my either extends to never. You still haven't defined what 'too soon' is.

I believe I implicitly defined it as being purely subjective time period in my above post.

 

[Shortcut]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
too soon!

yah, he'll have to leave the sweet 16/halloween costume party!

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Crimzon
You guys are behaving like lemmings.

When is it not 'too soon'? At what point does it become 'ok'? Six months? A year? Ten years? The next generation of people? When the 'people involved' have healed enough?

Everything is totally arbitrary. I thought Steve Irwin was a great entertainer/educator and I enjoyed watching his shows as much as anyone else, but if I saw someone dressed up as him tomorrow night I'd shrug my shoulders and move on instead of getting as incensed as some of you seem to be getting.

My feeling is, what's the point? He's just trying to be controversial for the sake of being controversial. That is stupid in my opinion.

 

[Nik]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Crimzon
You guys are behaving like lemmings.

When is it not 'too soon'? At what point does it become 'ok'? Six months? A year? Ten years? The next generation of people? When the 'people involved' have healed enough?

Everything is totally arbitrary. I thought Steve Irwin was a great entertainer/educator and I enjoyed watching his shows as much as anyone else, but if I saw someone dressed up as him tomorrow night I'd shrug my shoulders and move on instead of getting as incensed as some of you seem to be getting.

My feeling is, what's the point? He's just trying to be controversial for the sake of being controversial. That is stupid in my opinion.

He's being controversial to get air time. If you don't like that, you must not watch television at all.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: GuideBot

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Crimzon
You guys are behaving like lemmings.

When is it not 'too soon'? At what point does it become 'ok'? Six months? A year? Ten years? The next generation of people? When the 'people involved' have healed enough?

Everything is totally arbitrary. I thought Steve Irwin was a great entertainer/educator and I enjoyed watching his shows as much as anyone else, but if I saw someone dressed up as him tomorrow night I'd shrug my shoulders and move on instead of getting as incensed as some of you seem to be getting.

My feeling is, what's the point? He's just trying to be controversial for the sake of being controversial. That is stupid in my opinion.

He's being controversial to get air time. If you don't like that, you must not watch television at all.

Do you think before you say these things? The contrapositive of that statement is that if I watch television at all, I must like Bill Maher being controversial for the sake of being controversial. Right...

 

[Oblivionaire]

This isn't about too soon, time has nothing to do with it. This is about as stupid a costume as I have ever seen. It isn't funny. It's stupid, disrespectful and tactless. 911 happened 5 years ago, but would you consider it ok to wear a costume on halloween of one of the twin towers burning? How about go as Acemcmac? So whether it happened 5 years ago or 5 months ago or 5 seconds ago, it doesn't matter. It's tasteless and disrespectful, I won't get into a tizzy about it as this is the first and last time that I will even give it a second thought, but I have no respect for Bill Maher anymore. I used to watch his show and I agreed with some of the points he made, and I used to respect him for his views, I no longer respect him anymore after this idiotic stunt.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Oblivionaire
This isn't about too soon, time has nothing to do with it. This is about as stupid a costume as I have ever seen. It isn't funny. It's stupid, disrespectful and tactless. 911 happened 5 years ago, but would you consider it ok to wear a costume on halloween of one of the twin towers burning? How about go as Acemcmac? So whether it happened 5 years ago or 5 months ago or 5 seconds ago, it doesn't matter. It's tasteless and disrespectful, I won't get into a tizzy about it as this is the first and last time that I will even give it a second thought, but I have no respect for Bill Maher anymore. I used to watch his show and I agreed with some of the points he made, and I used to respect him for his views, I no longer respect him anymore after this idiotic stunt.

Or a sailor from the USS Arizona. Too soon has nothing to do with it. Tasteless is tasteless.

 

[Corporate Thug]

i laughed a little

 

[Nik]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: GuideBot

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Crimzon
You guys are behaving like lemmings.

When is it not 'too soon'? At what point does it become 'ok'? Six months? A year? Ten years? The next generation of people? When the 'people involved' have healed enough?

Everything is totally arbitrary. I thought Steve Irwin was a great entertainer/educator and I enjoyed watching his shows as much as anyone else, but if I saw someone dressed up as him tomorrow night I'd shrug my shoulders and move on instead of getting as incensed as some of you seem to be getting.

My feeling is, what's the point? He's just trying to be controversial for the sake of being controversial. That is stupid in my opinion.

He's being controversial to get air time. If you don't like that, you must not watch television at all.

Do you think before you say these things? The contrapositive of that statement is that if I watch television at all, I must like Bill Maher being controversial for the sake of being controversial. Right...

You fail at logic.

Almost every celebrity on TV acts out at one point or another just to get some air time. They do controversial things to get on TV, to plug their show, to plug their product, blah blah blah.

 

[NFS4]

So South Park can do a show with Steve Irwin with a stingray barb sticking out of his chest (which most seemed to have no problem with), but when Bill Maher does it, it's wrong?

 

[Crimzon]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Oblivionaire
This isn't about too soon, time has nothing to do with it. This is about as stupid a costume as I have ever seen. It isn't funny. It's stupid, disrespectful and tactless. 911 happened 5 years ago, but would you consider it ok to wear a costume on halloween of one of the twin towers burning? How about go as Acemcmac? So whether it happened 5 years ago or 5 months ago or 5 seconds ago, it doesn't matter. It's tasteless and disrespectful, I won't get into a tizzy about it as this is the first and last time that I will even give it a second thought, but I have no respect for Bill Maher anymore. I used to watch his show and I agreed with some of the points he made, and I used to respect him for his views, I no longer respect him anymore after this idiotic stunt.

Or a sailor from the USS Arizona. Too soon has nothing to do with it. Tasteless is tasteless.

I agree. I said that in my post as well. However my question was (regardless to chambersc's stated impliation) is how long will 'others' consider until it is all right? In my opinion it is either alright now, or it shouldn't be accepted ever. I choose the former, but that doesn't mean I would take the opportunity if provided.

 

[fustercluck]

Bill Maher always has been tasteless, and fails as a comedian. Doesn't surprise me that he's wearing a costume like that, but it still makes me like him much less.

 

[McGyver]

so it's ok to make fun of a guy afflicted with parkinson's?

 

[slayer202]

Originally posted by: Crimzon
You guys are behaving like lemmings.

When is it not 'too soon'? At what point does it become 'ok'? Six months? A year? Ten years? The next generation of people? When the 'people involved' have healed enough?

Everything is totally arbitrary. I thought Steve Irwin was a great entertainer/educator and I enjoyed watching his shows as much as anyone else, but if I saw someone dressed up as him tomorrow night I'd shrug my shoulders and move on instead of getting as incensed as some of you seem to be getting.

when is it ever ok to make fun of someone who died? especially someone doing their job, and who isn't up for a darwin award. What if someone dressed up as your dead mother not too long after she died?

and to this jackass...

Originally posted by: Mwilding
Steve Irwin held his newborn son in front of a crocodile's open jaws. That's my reason for attaching a stingray to my shirt this halloween...

You are a moron with no common sense. That's my reason for hoping you die and never have children. grop the ****** up

 

[Rock Hydra]

Originally posted by: Shortcut

Originally posted by: FoBoT
too soon!

yah, he'll have to leave the sweet 16/halloween costume party!

:laugh:

 

[Dessert Tears]

Originally posted by: mugs
Or a sailor from the USS Arizona. Too soon has nothing to do with it. Tasteless is tasteless.

I think it may have been long enough for that - the shock effect is reduced considerably when the reference needs to be explained. I agree that it's still tasteless.

 

[Geekbabe]

LOL, Bill's very good at being impudent and irreverent and once again, he's got people talking about him.

 

[RBBRMADE]

They were talking about this on Ron and Fez today...
Some guy called in and said he was gonna dress up as a bullet-riddled Amish school girl.....

 

[kevman]

Whats up with the ugly mask ?

 

[BlancoNino]

Everyone keeps talking about Steve Irwin like he was their close relative or something. Irwin is a celebrity, and celebrities get made fun of...dead or alive. Deal with it.

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: slayer202

Originally posted by: Crimzon
You guys are behaving like lemmings.

When is it not 'too soon'? At what point does it become 'ok'? Six months? A year? Ten years? The next generation of people? When the 'people involved' have healed enough?

Everything is totally arbitrary. I thought Steve Irwin was a great entertainer/educator and I enjoyed watching his shows as much as anyone else, but if I saw someone dressed up as him tomorrow night I'd shrug my shoulders and move on instead of getting as incensed as some of you seem to be getting.

when is it ever ok to make fun of someone who died? especially someone doing their job, and who isn't up for a darwin award. What if someone dressed up as your dead mother not too long after she died?

and to this jackass...

Originally posted by: Mwilding
Steve Irwin held his newborn son in front of a crocodile's open jaws. That's my reason for attaching a stingray to my shirt this halloween...

You are a moron with no common sense. That's my reason for hoping you die and never have children. grop the ****** up

I am neither a moron nor someone with no common sense. I just don't hold c-list celebrities as sacred cows, and I like pushing people's buttons - especially whiny self-righteous f-tards on internet forums like yourself.

 

[6StringSamurai]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
I am neither a moron nor someone with no common sense. I just don't hold c-list celebrities as sacred cows, and I like pushing people's buttons - especially whiny self-righteous f-tards on internet forums like yourself.

snap.crackle.pop.

 

[moshquerade]

big deal.

 

[SoftwareEng]

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