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SirPoonga:

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Xiaou2:


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BTW, when I started hearing people talk about removing the spider on a Williams stick to play 720, I got this really funny mental image of Xiaou2 in place of the American Indian in the anti-littering campaign commercials of the 70's :)

RandyT

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   The more I think about such a comment... the more I feel offended.   Not so much as the pot shot to offer you personal satisfaction at my expense... 
(tho this shows how low a character you have)

 but rather,   First, to make fun of the indians is just the poorest tasting thing to do.   Esp for what had been done to them.

 to take that further... it could also appear to be a disregaurd for our enviornment.  And that is the very kind of thing that sets me off to no end.

  People have been knowingly destroying our enviornment for years... and no end is in sight.  In fact...  scientists words are finally starting to be heard.. but by now, it may be too late.   The evidence is there, that the global warming is changing our planet for the worst.   Soon, there will be disasterous consequences for all the permanent damages done.   And will there be people laughing then?!   

 Maybe you should take a second or two - to really 'Think' about the things you want to say and the true meanings behind them before they so effortlessly pop from your enter key.

 

NoOne=NBA=:
It was a JOKE--and a pretty funny one at that.
Yes, it was at your expense; but it wasn't hurtful or demeaning.
If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at?
You are the most vocal person on this topic; and so, were the one he thought of when this came up.

He also wasn't advocating environmental destruction, nor making ANY comment whatsoever on the original content of the ad in question.
He was making a comparison.

He merely pointed out that you are (self-admittedly) frustrated by the current trend toward using improper controls on games, and were probably beside yourself at the suggestion that a joystick, in ANY form, could even be CONSIDERED as a possible replacement for the engineering marvel that is the 720 controller.

Given your reactions to earlier posts in this thread, that conclusion is probably not far off the mark, correct?
He was using a light-hearted jab at you to point this out because he found it personally amusing, and thought others might too.

RandyT:

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BTW, when I started hearing people talk about removing the spider on a Williams stick to play 720, I got this really funny mental image of Xiaou2 in place of the American Indian in the anti-littering campaign commercials of the 70's :)

RandyT

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   The more I think about such a comment... the more I feel offended.   Not so much as the pot shot to offer you personal satisfaction at my expense... 
(tho this shows how low a character you have)

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Oh, lighten up a bit.  NoOne=NBA= has it right.  It wasn't mean spirited "I wuz just pokin ya in the ribs a little with da elbow."  :)


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but rather,   First, to make fun of the indians is just the poorest tasting thing to do.   Esp for what had been done to them.

 
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Here's a fun personal fact for you:  My grandmother's middle name (rest her soul) was  "Silverbell".  Her mother was full-blooded American Indian and we often heard the story of the fiery, raven-haired woman she was, one time even going after great-grandfather with a hatchet (I wish I was making this up. :) )  From what I have been told, I am (just barely) by "blood content" permitted to live on a reservation.

And I remember feeling so sorry for that old guy when the stupid people threw trash at him.  Made me want to cry too (of course I was just a kid the first time I saw it)  It had to be one of the most effective ad campaigns ever, and it was pure genius in that, even to this day, people can make an obscure reference to it and others remember it.



--- Quote ---to take that further... it could also appear to be a disregaurd for our enviornment.  And that is the very kind of thing that sets me off to no end.

  People have been knowingly destroying our enviornment for years... and no end is in sight.  In fact...  scientists words are finally starting to be heard.. but by now, it may be too late.   The evidence is there, that the global warming is changing our planet for the worst.   Soon, there will be disasterous consequences for all the permanent damages done.   And will there be people laughing then?!   

 Maybe you should take a second or two - to really 'Think' about the things you want to say and the true meanings behind them before they so effortlessly pop from your enter key.

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And oddly enough, you made some pretty good assumptions about who was making those statements and the motivations behind them.  "Thinking" is something that's important for everyone to do, not just people you have a problem with.

I never made a single commentary on the validity of the sentiment of those commercials.  It was a pervasive cultural symbol that most of us saw a million times (maybe literally)  and it seemed somewhat apt given how strongly you feel about the subject at hand.

I mean, I like trees.  Without them, the little fuzzy animals would die off before I had a chance to eat them.....

(IT"S A JOKE!!!)

Anyway, any other topics we can cover in this thread?  Maybe Saint can set up a sub-board for it :)

RandyT

Hoagie_one:
id like to talk more about tasty fuzzy animals

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