> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 9:03 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Let Sunbeam Tech know Case Mod products with Bin Laden are > not welcome > > > On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 12:54:39PM +1100, Mathew Meins wrote: > > The Bin Laden one appears to ridicule him, from what I can see > at the URL you > > posted. I really don't know what you're complaining about. > > The Saddam one has a big nose and looks like a caricature. > What feature of the Bin Laden one is distored, exagerated, or funny?
Is that your standard of appropriateness? If something is funny, or at least making an attempt at humor? If so, then there are several racial / ethnic / sexual jokes that should be completely acceptable by your standards. Fortunately, just like decency, humor is a matter of opinion. Opinions are like a--holes, everyone has one and everyone thinks the other guys stinks. P.S. - This is also an opinion (so feel free to disagree, but please don't call the FBI on me) but I believe that the concentric circles behind Bin Lauden represent a bulls eye. If this is the case then it should now meet your standards (as if it mattered in the first place) > > Of course I didn't buy it. And of course the FBI shouldn't prosecute > them. And of course they have the right to do it. If the FBI shouldn't prosecute, and as you said, has absolutely no right to prosecute, why would you report it to them. I'm sure the FBI has more important things to do then to pressure someone into conforming to your standards of decency. > > However, they should *not* do it, and the world must be informed of > their tendancies. Knowledge is power. There are a lot of things that should *not* be done. There are many things that should not be said. Thankfully the United States is a place that allows you to say these things even if people don't agree with it. Can you be offended. Sure. Can you be disgusted. Yes you can. Can you not allow this person to repeat it. No, that is one of the things you can't do. But, feel free to stop listening. I agree, knowledge is power, but knowledge is only attained through the free exchange of ideas (even the ones you don't agree with) > > Never again will the world not know how this company thinks. > Not the most earth-shattering thing, but it is A True Thing. I like beer. Not the most earth-shattering thing, but it is a true thing. And now the world knows how I think. Who cares what people think, as long as they stay thoughts. There are several people who don't like me. It is there right not to like me, as long as it stays just a thought. Even if this badge were pro bin lauden (which I do not believe to be true) it creates no danger. Simply having a radical opinion is not grounds to call the FBI. Now if you had proof that monies earned from this badge were being sent to bin lauden, then you would have cause to call the FBI. > > Right always wins in the end. Please do not delude yourself into thinking that your actions serve some grater purpose. You are not saving my soul. You are not protecting the general public from mass hysteria. You are not protecting some innocent child from the evils of the world. Everyone on this list is capable of making decisions for themselves. If you don't like what this company is selling then don't buy it, but respect my right to make my own decisions. Don't sugarcoat your attempt to force your own morality down others throats as some type of pre-ordained destiny. When you call the FBI please make sure you get my name right. P.S - Don't bother responding since right always wins and I'm right all the time (IMHO that is) //sorry for the rant. I will get off the soap box now. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
