Tasteless: Maher as Irwin (may be offensive) [Archive]

Heb1228

Oct 30, 2006, 07:07 PM

What a complete ass. This is his halloween costume.

Warning, some people may not want to see the photo. (Mods, I understand if you need to adjust this, sorry for the trouble.)

http://www.thegreatsatan.com/maher.jpg

pianoman

Oct 30, 2006, 07:27 PM

how do you know that's bill maher? could just be someone who looks like him.

zap2

Oct 30, 2006, 07:30 PM

link(did it come with an article)? Or did you just find it?(If so a link to the picture please)

mashinhead

Oct 30, 2006, 08:03 PM

um hate to say it but that is pretty clearly bill maher.

zap2

Oct 30, 2006, 08:06 PM

um hate to say it but that is pretty clearly bill maher.

I agree, but it doesn't mean it happened. People can do very poweful things with PS

After looking at it again it could be someone else, I mean yes if I had to take one shot on who it was I'd say Maher, but its possible its someone who looks like him

mleary

Oct 30, 2006, 08:11 PM

um hate to say it but that is pretty clearly bill maher.

I really don't think that is Bill Maher, where is the pic from?

Prelude2Tragedy

Oct 30, 2006, 08:37 PM

http://perezhilton.com/topics/australiastic/caption_me_interesting_costume_choice_20061029.php

zap2

Oct 30, 2006, 08:46 PM

http://perezhilton.com/topics/australiastic/caption_me_interesting_costume_choice_20061029.php

I see....maybe a bit early, but as they say "Laughter is the very best medicine"

njmac

Oct 30, 2006, 09:00 PM

It's in bad taste but wow, Bill Maher has not aged well at all. He looks like he's about 80 years old and stoned.

xsedrinam

Oct 30, 2006, 09:01 PM

If it's true, he's an insensitive, pompous ***hat. Well, even if it's not true. :p

Heb1228

Oct 30, 2006, 09:02 PM

link(did it come with an article)? Or did you just find it?(If so a link to the picture please)
Sorry I should have included that, wasn't really thinking clearly at the moment I was so mad.

Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/halloween-jab-at-irwin/2006/10/31/1162056963840.html

I see....maybe a bit early, but as they say "Laughter is the very best medicine"
ever is a bit early

zap2

Oct 30, 2006, 09:13 PM

ever is a bit early

If i had to make a strong stance on it, I'd agree. Irwin was a great guy, and doesn't deserve to be mocked(atleast about his death), however some show grief differently, and some are simply arses about it!

clayj

Oct 30, 2006, 09:38 PM

Bill Maher is a schmuck. Between this and the post-9/11 "martyrs are heroes" comment, he's at about 14:58 on the fame clock.

dmw007

Oct 30, 2006, 10:08 PM

If it's true, he's an insensitive, pompous ***hat. Well, even if it's not true. :p

Well said xsedrinam- what a jerk. :rolleyes:

mleary

Oct 30, 2006, 10:14 PM

Wow so it really his bill maher - he looks like total ****. He was probably just downed his 10th tequila shot and was well into his second 8ball when this pic was taken.

Anyway any celebrit'ys death is fair game for comedians, always has been.

Counterfit

Oct 30, 2006, 10:51 PM

South Park already did it. :rolleyes:

solvs

Oct 31, 2006, 03:27 AM

Too soon IMO. I'm a fan of Maher (sometimes), but he does say and do a lot of things that bug me. He's just trying to be controversial. Definitely a low point.

(he's a libertarian BTW, politically incorrect/free market/low taxes and all, not a liberal... just in case any of you are going there)

emotion

Oct 31, 2006, 05:11 AM

South Park already did it. :rolleyes:

What was clever of South Park was that they called that someone would be stupid enough to do this on Halloween. And they were right.

DavidLeblond

Oct 31, 2006, 07:30 AM

Bill Mahr has some good points, and I agree with a lot of his politics. Although he IS a member of PETA so I've learned to take what he says with a grain of salt. :rolleyes:

emotion

Oct 31, 2006, 08:01 AM

Bill Mahr has some good points, and I agree with a lot of his politics. Although he IS a member of PETA so I've learned to take what he says with a grain of salt. :rolleyes:

Yeah cos the world need more cruelty to animals....

!!

DavidLeblond

Oct 31, 2006, 08:19 AM

Yeah cos the world need more cruelty to animals....

!!

Don't get me started on PETA. They believe the only people who should be allowed to get insulin shots are their own members. (basically if you have diabetes and take insulin, you're being cruel to animals) They fund terrorist organizations who hurt innocent people. They also don't believe in keeping pets, so they "liberate" pets from animal shelters. What do they do to those animals? They gas 'em.

Thats all I'm going to say on the subject. Its for another thread.

crap freakboy

Oct 31, 2006, 08:21 AM

WTH is Bill Maher?

emotion

Oct 31, 2006, 08:42 AM

Don't get me started on PETA. They believe the only people who should be allowed to get insulin shots are their own members. (basically if you have diabetes and take insulin, you're being cruel to animals) They fund terrorist organizations who hurt innocent people. They also don't believe in keeping pets, so they "liberate" pets from animal shelters. What do they do to those animals? They gas 'em.

Thats all I'm going to say on the subject. Its for another thread.

As soon as anyone mentions the word terrorist as an attack on any organisation I assume they're talking out of their hat (I'm in the UK so amybe it's different over there. I don't agree with any extremist moves in support of peaceful aims).

Bottom line: It's possible to debunk any organisation.

Clearly for another thread though.

ziwi

Oct 31, 2006, 09:47 AM

Attention Whore - and he always does it with bad taste and by saying the wrong things - but he is making a living off of it - alot of celebs do it seems...

Counterfit

Oct 31, 2006, 01:51 PM

As soon as anyone mentions the word terrorist as an attack on any organisation I assume they're talking out of their hat (I'm in the UK so amybe it's different over there. I don't agree with any extremist moves in support of peaceful aims).

Bottom line: It's possible to debunk any organisation.

Clearly for another thread though.
Just do some reading about the Animal Liberation Front.

As for Maher, he lacks tact. And he wonders why more people prefer watching Conan O'Brien. :rolleyes:

emotion

Oct 31, 2006, 01:58 PM

Just do some reading about the Animal Liberation Front.

I'm well aware of that organisation.

Bern

Oct 31, 2006, 03:55 PM

Bill who?

Obviously just some yocal without the international status as Irwin.

OnceUGoMac

Oct 31, 2006, 04:32 PM

Just do some reading about the Animal Liberation Front.

As for Maher, he lacks tact. And he wonders why more people prefer watching Conan O'Brien. :rolleyes:

Why would he care if people watch Late Night? They're not in competition with each other.

Counterfit

Nov 1, 2006, 12:33 AM

Why would he care if people watch Late Night? They're not in competition with each other.

I had heard somewhere that he was annoyed that Conan has a degree from harvard, but most of his jokes don't really involve any thinking on the part of the audience.
For all I know, that could be (and probably is) a complete fabrication.

xsedrinam

Nov 1, 2006, 12:45 AM

Conan reminds me of Howdy Doody without the freckles but not as funny.

Counterfit

Nov 1, 2006, 02:24 PM

Conan reminds me of Howdy Doody without the freckles but not as funny.

Pff, Conan's the funniest guy on late night TV.

camomac

Nov 1, 2006, 04:43 PM

what bad taste. i mean i made fun of the croc guy sometimes (when he was alive), but to mock somebodies death that is just wrong.

xsedrinam

Nov 1, 2006, 05:48 PM

what bad taste. i mean i made fun of the croc guy sometimes (when he was alive), but to mock somebodies death that is just wrong.
And it's more than border line, sadistic intent to actually make light of "how" an individual perished. To mock one's death would be one level of insensitivity, but purposefully and with forethought, to make fun at the process would be, imo, the ultimate in attempting to demean the dignity of a life. There's no misconstruing the colors Maher has shown.

Aeolius

Nov 1, 2006, 07:50 PM

MarkCollette

Nov 1, 2006, 08:05 PM

I've seen at least 3 people with that costume this Halloween. Helps sort out the complete bastards. Not that I'm personally offended... since it's pretty damned hard to offend me.

solvs

Nov 1, 2006, 08:22 PM

Not that I have an opinion on the matter, but if I was driving down the highway and saw Bill Maher trapped in a burning car on the side of the road, I would slow down, stop, make sure he was locked inside, then continue on my way...smiling.

Wow. It was a jerky thing to do, but geeze. All the guy did was wear an outfit to shock people. Apparently it worked.

Maybe if people didn't overreact and just said it was tasteless, he wouldn't bother to do stuff like this.

danidoll521

Nov 1, 2006, 08:51 PM

Wow. It was a jerky thing to do, but geeze. All the guy did was wear an outfit to shock people. Apparently it worked.

Maybe if people didn't overreact and just said it was tasteless, he wouldn't bother to do stuff like this.

How can people not overreact to something like this? It is far worse than tasteless, it is insensitive and just plain horrible. Rather than pay respect to Irwin and his family's loss, jerks like Maher make fun of his death and show how insensitive and inhuman they really are.

Aeolius

Nov 1, 2006, 09:17 PM

Maybe if people didn't overreact and just said it was tasteless, he wouldn't bother to do stuff like this.

He once equated the disabled with dogs. That put him on my unforgivable list right away.

wallock

Nov 2, 2006, 07:55 PM

Bill Maher is actually incredibly intelligent - the whole PETA thing isn't my cup of tea, but as an animal nut, they have made progress in reducing cruelty.

Have you ever watched his show? He cares a hell of a lot more about America than the Bush administration does...

About his costume, sure it was bad taste - but I've seen it a dozen times this Halloween (it's all because of the South Park show).

Aeolius

Nov 2, 2006, 08:05 PM

(it's all because of the South Park show).

Why people watch that drivel is beyond me.

solvs

Nov 3, 2006, 12:58 AM

How can people not overreact to something like this?
He once equated the disabled with dogs. That put him on my unforgivable list right away.
Again, disgusting. But you'll forgive me for not wishing him dead. He's just an entertainer/satirist trying to push the envelope and piss people off for attention. Criticize all you want, but lowering yourselves to that level doesn't make you any better.

Why people watch that drivel is beyond me.
Because sometimes it's entertaining? ;)

cuts

Nov 3, 2006, 01:13 AM

wallock

Nov 3, 2006, 10:04 AM

i'll say this as an Australian: steve irwin probably wouldn't mind someone making jokes about his death. i don't know why, but it seems to be the way we do things down here.... maybe it's the beer....:p

That's my attitude - I have a feeling he would be happy about the controversy, because it just brings more attention to his causes...