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Originally Posted by C6REW
Blxxdy hell guys,
Aren't we getting just a teeny weenie bit offensive now!
For goodness sake back off. I have already made it clear that we obviously differ.
Of course pain and suffering are not a joke. But you still don't get the fact that here in the UK for most of us, this is funny. The fact that the original article was written by an American means some of you also find the same.
Lighten up a bit and do some serious chilling. For goodness sake don't start trying to make accusations about my character that you have absolutely no idea about. That is rather foolish for a forum that in general is for people who perhaps have a little more understanding and intelligence.
Go have a beer and if you are ever near Devizes, Wiltshire which is just down the road from Stonehenge, let me know and we can have a beer together.
Hopefully this will be the end of the matter, which makes me realise I best not put any jokes on mobile read in the future as I obviously do not understand the cultural differences between us. But hey that's life.
Best regards
Chris
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Originally Posted by Sparrow
As a general instance of a (so-called) daft lawsuit, this story might be considered funny (especially in the UK where we're still quite prudish about sex and sex workers).
If you think of the article as a specific instance of someone who is actually suffering, then it's not funny.
But then, is seeing someone with their arm trapped in a printing press entertaining? I watched it all the way through with a sort of gruesome fascination. Public executions attract enthusiastic crowds around the world. Sarah Palin enjoys shooting moose. Killing fish is a very popular hobby. Maybe, as a species, we just aren't as enlightened as we like to pretend we are (I know I'm not, but don't tell anyone  ).
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No one said it or even implied it?? Really??
The last time I remember someone telling me to "chill out" about something like this was in the 90s when I went to a party. A couple of men there thought it would be ever so funny to hold a kitten down on a lit barbeque. When I made a big deal about it and took the kitten away from them, I heard something to the effect of "oh, chill out, boys will be boys" or some such garbage. I took the kitten to the vet, and paid about $5,000 in medical costs for it. I never spoke to any of those people again, and don't plan to.
Now, C6REW thinks the story about the woman is funny. You apparently think the lawsuit was daft (unless I am missing what you were saying). I would just really love for one of you to tell me what part of it is funny??
I'm glad that laughing at someone else's pain is not a cultural phenomenon ... even though C6REW would have me believe that it is true of "most" of the people in the UK. It's probably true of a lot of the people here in the US as well, it was certainly true of those stupid jerks at that party.
And, no, C6REW, I don't think I would like spending time socially with people like that. So, you go ahead and drink any number of beers in Wiltshire with like minded people.