Comments on: Is this that signature British wit I keep hearing about?

By: Danimal

Danimal — Sat, 22 Nov 2003 02:21:41 +0000

I don’t see the harm in some innocent statue toppling. These people spent weeks creating tons of posters, a giant statue, and organizing to get lots of people out to protest an obvious evil. Who are we to complain because they didn’t have a more clever idea? There is room on the left for both clever editorials and brute symbolism. In this case, I don’t see how this is extremist behavior or that it hurts the liberal cause. The only people who would be offended by this are right-wingers who hate the left anyway.

By: Kynn Bartlett

Kynn Bartlett — Fri, 21 Nov 2003 07:22:50 +0000

I like the toppling statue.

And you know, the good slogans on signs have been used for years now, and didn’t accomplish jack shit.

–Kynn

By: JoeW

JoeW — Fri, 21 Nov 2003 03:18:36 +0000

The British haven’t done anything original in fifty years. Well, except creating a relatively succesful multicultural social democracy.

By: greg

greg — Thu, 20 Nov 2003 21:02:50 +0000

I thought it was hilarious. Sorry to hear you guys get your feelings hurt. Feelings hurt? Huh?? The image of a toppling Bush statue was sorta funny the first hundred times I saw it, but after I saw it done here, here, and here, I was hoping for something a little more original.

By: The Real FDR

The Real FDR — Thu, 20 Nov 2003 20:56:10 +0000

You know what ronnie? Why dont you blow me instead. Or do trolls just wait around for their moms to do that?

By: The Real Ronnie

The Real Ronnie — Thu, 20 Nov 2003 20:49:41 +0000

I thought it was hilarious. Sorry to hear you guys get your feelings hurt. Maybe Santa will bring you a nice hanky for Christmas.

By: Earnest

Earnest — Thu, 20 Nov 2003 20:16:31 +0000

Few people know this, but I’ve been the biggest proponent of the “zing” during these dark days of the zing. I’m glad to see that it’s making a comeback.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 20 Nov 2003 19:34:24 +0000

view the pic here:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005A1T1.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

except while the Bush statue has a mini tony blair in his pocket, MJ’s statue has a 12 year old and some Xanax.

Zing!

By: greg

greg — Thu, 20 Nov 2003 19:10:53 +0000

But crazy extremists are always what make the news.

True. Kinda like whenever there’s a gay rights rally, the news crews always end up showing the small group of embarrassing leather queens making out with each other instead of the hundreds of perfectly normal people.

By the way, am I the only one who thinks this Bush statue looks like the statue from the cover of one of Michael Jackson’s albums? Maybe it’s just because he’s been the only thing on the news lately…

By: andrew

andrew — Thu, 20 Nov 2003 18:51:25 +0000

But crazy extremists are always what make the news. The news stopped being news long ago. Why do things like school shootings and child abuductions monopolize media time? They’re really almost non stories. People like the shocking and extreme.

Most likely the people running this protest were crazy extremists. That’s just the way things work.