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2011/10/10 17:04:16
Subject: This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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Sean O'Neal wrote:Critics and people who take critics seriously have spent the last month or so fawning over Drive, Nicolas Winding Refn’s heavily stylized action film about a stuntman’s increasingly risky detour through L.A.’s criminal underworld. But what these people have failed to notice is that Drive does not have enough sweet, awesome driving like those Fast And Furious movies, which has spurred at least one Michigan woman, so far, to file a lawsuit against its distributor, because its trailer promised her that it would be as kickass as that film series, yet in actuality it “bore very little similarity to a chase, or race action film ... having very little driving in the motion picture.” Also, there’s a pretty good chance it will start another Holocaust: “Drive was a motion picture that substantially contained extreme, gratuitous, defamatory, dehumanizing racism directed against members of the Jewish faith,” the lawsuit says, “and thereby promoted criminal violence against members of the Jewish faith.” More than just demanding her money back and ensuring the continued survival of the Jews, the plaintiff, Sarah Deming, is hoping to lead the way to a class-action lawsuit that you, too, can join, thereby finally bringing the movie industry to justice for its years of promoting films with trailers that try to make them look like one thing but are, in fact, another thing that is both boring and anti-Semitic.
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Oh that Ryan Gosling, always beating up the Jews and not driving fast enough, or with enough CGI. Reminds me of when people went to see Tree of Life becuase Brad Pitt was in it and complained that a Terence Malick film was long and existential.
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2011/10/10 17:06:42
Subject: This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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What the gak is going on rofl.
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2011/10/10 17:08:38
Subject: Re:This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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Mutated Chosen Chaos Marine
Sitting in yo' bath tub, poopin out shoggoths
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Is this really what the world is coming to...
Not you're fault you didn't like the movie...and their are far more racist films out their than this....
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2011/10/10 17:14:22
Subject: This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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The Neverending Story was only 102 minutes long. I wanted to be entertained until I died.
fethers! I want my money back. Also, it was racist against rock creatures with strong hands.
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2011/10/10 17:20:28
Subject: This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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Noble of the Alter Kindred
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Waterloo was not about a London railway station and did not have the Kinks feature in the soundtrack! Duplicitous bastards!!  Edit: What Kronk said sounds about right ^ 
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2011/10/10 17:35:03
Subject: This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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kronk wrote:The Neverending Story was only 102 minutes long. I wanted to be entertained until I died.
fethers! I want my money back. Also, it was racist against rock creatures with strong hands.
That would be the Lifelong Story. You're still shooting too low. I demand entertainment continue beyond my lifespan. Quick, file suit and demand reparations for every moment in time the film fails to continue!
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2011/10/10 17:39:37
Subject: This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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Humming Great Unclean One of Nurgle
Georgia,just outside Atlanta
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You know...it's this sort of nonsense that has me actually praying that the " 2012 is the END!!" fruitcakes are right...
...And speaking of "2012" , I went in expecting to view a film about the complexities of Myan culture, I got nothing but GCI and John Cusack...I want my money back.
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2011/10/10 18:03:30
Subject: This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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Mutated Chosen Chaos Marine
Sitting in yo' bath tub, poopin out shoggoths
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Kronk and FITZZ are going to be millionaires after their lawsuits go though...lol
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2011/10/10 21:27:10
Subject: This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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Daemonic Dreadnought
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On that note we should all still George Clooney to his promise of personally refunding the ticket price of batman on ice for anybody unfortunate enough to have seen it in a theater.
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Chaos isn’t a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail, and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some are given a chance to climb, but refuse. They cling to the realm, or love, or the gods…illusions. Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is, but they’ll never know this. Not until it’s too late.
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2011/10/10 21:39:08
Subject: Re:This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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Reminds me of the woman who got attacked by a squirrel outside a mall and suffered scratches, bruises, and a fracture. She sued the mall for not posting a sign outside that said "Beware of squirrels" or something to that effect...
Also there was one where a guy went walking on the beach during a thunderstorm, he got struck by lightning and lived...he sued some committee or something for not telling him that walking outside during a thunderstorm was dangerous...
Generally these suits are made by people acting like children...which I guess is to be expected in this culture...
Damn commies...
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2011/10/10 22:00:44
Subject: This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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It's people like that who force packets of peanuts to contain the phrase "May contain nuts" (despite the fact that peanuts are not nuts, they are beans) and fresh tea and coffee to carry the phrase "Contents may be hot".
We can do without their presence in our genepool.
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2011/10/10 22:12:38
Subject: This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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Humming Great Unclean One of Nurgle
Georgia,just outside Atlanta
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Avatar 720 wrote:It's people like that who force packets of peanuts to contain the phrase "May contain nuts" (despite the fact that peanuts are not nuts, they are beans) and fresh tea and coffee to carry the phrase "Contents may be hot".
We can do without their presence in our genepool.
Ah, but unfortunately it seems by and large that the world is becoming " their" Genepool...not "ours", as the stupid tend to breed in staggering numbers...while more intelligent couples either have no children...or keep the numbers low ...or so it would seem.
I suspect that in the next 40 to 60 years the majority of the worlds population will consist of slack jawed idiots...thankfully I should be dead by then. 
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2011/10/10 22:25:14
Subject: Re:This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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Lord Commander in a Plush Chair
In your base, ignoring your logic.
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What do you mean the hot coffee I ordered is hot? I demand to be made aware that the coffee is indeed hot before I order it hot!
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2011/10/10 22:31:00
Subject: This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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I have no idea what the article means regarding racism in Drive, at one point the sole jewish character mentions how a mafia family calls him a certain anti-Semitic slur to his face and the character is later killed by the main character due to being one of the antagonists of the film.
The killing of the character was unrelated to him being jewish and there were no other racial undertones in the film whatsoever...
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2011/10/10 22:32:47
Subject: Re:This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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Humming Great Unclean One of Nurgle
Georgia,just outside Atlanta
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...On the up side, even with all the warning labels and " safety nets"...people still seem to find stupid ways of getting themselves injured...so..Bravo. 
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2011/10/10 22:34:25
Subject: Re:This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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Lord Commander in a Plush Chair
In your base, ignoring your logic.
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It also makes work-man comp so hard to get.
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2011/10/10 22:38:47
Subject: Re:This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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FITZZ wrote:
...On the up side, even with all the warning labels and " safety nets"...people still seem to find stupid ways of getting themselves injured...so..Bravo.
Hmmm, the text tells me that warning labels don't always work, but there is a picture of a stick man slipping...
I shall have to watch out for slipping stick people!
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
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2011/10/10 22:39:14
Subject: This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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Humming Great Unclean One of Nurgle
Georgia,just outside Atlanta
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corpsesarefun wrote:I have no idea what the article means regarding racism in Drive, at one point the sole jewish character mentions how a mafia family calls him a certain anti-Semitic slur to his face and the character is later killed by the main character due to being one of the antagonists of the film.
The killing of the character was unrelated to him being jewish and there were no other racial undertones in the film whatsoever...
Haven't seen the film...really have no desire to,but apparently the scenes you've described are enough for the individule pursuing the lawsuit to claim " Anti-Semitism"....
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2011/10/10 22:41:04
Subject: This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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It was a pretty good film, extremely slow though.
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2011/10/10 22:41:43
Subject: This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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FITZZ wrote:corpsesarefun wrote:I have no idea what the article means regarding racism in Drive, at one point the sole jewish character mentions how a mafia family calls him a certain anti-Semitic slur to his face and the character is later killed by the main character due to being one of the antagonists of the film.
The killing of the character was unrelated to him being jewish and there were no other racial undertones in the film whatsoever...
Haven't seen the film...really have no desire to,but apparently the scenes you've described are enough for the individule pursuing the lawsuit to claim " Anti-Semitism"....
Hmmm, Batman seems strangely intent on sending the Joker to jail. I call Anti-Clowinism!
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
My deviantART Profile - Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Madness
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation |
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2011/10/10 22:42:02
Subject: Re:This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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Noble of the Alter Kindred
United Kingdom
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I shall have to watch out for slipping stick people!
Slipstick is the new physical comedy.
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2011/10/10 22:47:57
Subject: This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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Humming Great Unclean One of Nurgle
Georgia,just outside Atlanta
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Avatar 720 wrote:FITZZ wrote:corpsesarefun wrote:I have no idea what the article means regarding racism in Drive, at one point the sole jewish character mentions how a mafia family calls him a certain anti-Semitic slur to his face and the character is later killed by the main character due to being one of the antagonists of the film.
The killing of the character was unrelated to him being jewish and there were no other racial undertones in the film whatsoever...
Haven't seen the film...really have no desire to,but apparently the scenes you've described are enough for the individule pursuing the lawsuit to claim " Anti-Semitism"....
Hmmm, Batman seems strangely intent on sending the Joker to jail.
I call Anti-Clowinism!
That's it...I'm calling my lawyer...why the next thing you know the Dark Knight will be persecuting Captain Spaulding..and I simply won't stand for that.
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2011/10/10 23:52:34
Subject: Re:This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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The Dread Evil Lord Varlak
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Even if they won, wouldn't they just get $10 back? Seems kind of pointless, really.
Also, people who complain that movies don't have as much driving in them as those Fast and Furious movies need to be exiled from society.
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“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
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2011/10/11 00:21:42
Subject: This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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Noble of the Alter Kindred
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Wait until my forthcoming biopic of a well loved Looney Toon character, "Fast and Furrious" comes out.
Then the gakk really will hit the fan.
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2011/10/11 00:34:55
Subject: This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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FITZZ wrote:Avatar 720 wrote:It's people like that who force packets of peanuts to contain the phrase "May contain nuts" (despite the fact that peanuts are not nuts, they are beans) and fresh tea and coffee to carry the phrase "Contents may be hot".
We can do without their presence in our genepool.
Ah, but unfortunately it seems by and large that the world is becoming " their" Genepool...not "ours", as the stupid tend to breed in staggering numbers...while more intelligent couples either have no children...or keep the numbers low ...or so it would seem.
See that's why I'm going to have as many children as possible. I shall single handedly save the human race!
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2011/10/11 00:53:35
Subject: Re:This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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sebster wrote:Even if they won, wouldn't they just get $10 back? Seems kind of pointless, really.
Also, people who complain that movies don't have as much driving in them as those Fast and Furious movies need to be exiled from society.
I've seen people drive back to stores for prices being out by 50 to 2 pence. Yes, 2 (only happened once though, but that kind of hurrrr durrrr gets burned in to memory). The cost in petrol? Probably a lot more.
It's the principle of the thing!
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Prestor Jon wrote:Because children don't have any legal rights until they're adults. A minor is the responsiblity of the parent and has no legal rights except through his/her legal guardian or parent.
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2011/10/11 02:37:08
Subject: This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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Humming Great Unclean One of Nurgle
Georgia,just outside Atlanta
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Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:Wait until my forthcoming biopic of a well loved Looney Toon character, "Fast and Furrious" comes out.
Then the gakk really will hit the fan.
... ..Your subtlety is not wasted Chibi...absolutely priceless.
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2011/10/11 03:11:14
Subject: Re:This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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MrDwhitey wrote:I've seen people drive back to stores for prices being out by 50 to 2 pence. Yes, 2 (only happened once though, but that kind of hurrrr durrrr gets burned in to memory). The cost in petrol? Probably a lot more.
It's the principle of the thing!
I've got a rule of thumb that any time someone defends something by saying "it's the principle of the thing" they're almost certainly being completely ridiculous.
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“We may observe that the government in a civilized country is much more expensive than in a barbarous one; and when we say that one government is more expensive than another, it is the same as if we said that that one country is farther advanced in improvement than another. To say that the government is expensive and the people not oppressed is to say that the people are rich.”
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2011/10/11 04:43:39
Subject: This Week in Silly Lawsuits
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Damn right I would drive back to the store!
There is no way I would let Wells get his grubby mitts on my tuppence!
Also there is a good precendence of what might happen. Look at the run on the bank it caused in Mary Poppins.
You just can't be too careful about these things.
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2011/10/11 05:04:10
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Lord Commander in a Plush Chair
In your base, ignoring your logic.
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sebster wrote:MrDwhitey wrote:I've seen people drive back to stores for prices being out by 50 to 2 pence. Yes, 2 (only happened once though, but that kind of hurrrr durrrr gets burned in to memory). The cost in petrol? Probably a lot more.
It's the principle of the thing!
I've got a rule of thumb that any time someone defends something by saying "it's the principle of the thing" they're almost certainly being completely ridiculous.
What makes you say that, some sort of principle on the matter?
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