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Tasteless: Maher as Irwin (may be offensive)
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Because sometimes it's entertaining?