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BearToy		2006-10-05 06:24:36 AM

She was Druish
Easy misunderstanding.

Persepolis		2006-10-05 06:28:28 AM

Wow. It's so hard to beleive that this still happens. Especially in a western country. But if I had to pick one, it would be australia.

Remember the race riots against the lebonese?

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leperboy69		2006-10-05 06:30:14 AM

Persepolis:Remember the race riots against the lebonese?

Ahhhh, pissed yobbos on a self-important vigilante spree.

Oxygen bandits, all of them.

Persepolis		2006-10-05 06:33:49 AM

leperboy69: Ahhhh, pissed yobbos on a self-important vigilante spree.

What set it off? I know something happened, but I don't remember exactly what it was.

leperboy69		2006-10-05 06:40:19 AM

A bunch of pissed up idiots got together for a "Reclaim the Beach!" rally after an attack on three lifesavers by youth of Lebanese descent. This was purportedly after years of similar such incidents.

It was a pretty peaceful thing until something snapped when a bunch of people from the crowd chased a man of Middle Eastern appearance into the crowd. The mob effect took place, and the crowd started rampaging.

The two main causes of it all were alcohol and far-right f*ckstains in the crowd who instigated a lot of the shiat. F*ckheads.

Wikipedia's got a pretty good summary of the events:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Cronulla_riots

leperboy69		2006-10-05 06:40:58 AM

man of Middle Eastern appearance into ~~the crowd.~~/i> a hotel.

Thenixon		2006-10-05 06:44:20 AM

BearToy: She was Druish

good thing they didn't touch her hair...
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Persepolis		2006-10-05 06:47:25 AM

leperboy69: The two main causes of it all were alcohol and far-right f*ckstains in the crowd who instigated a lot of the shiat. F*ckheads.

Did it go on for a few days? I remember by lebanese roomate being concerned for his family there.

leperboy69		2006-10-05 06:53:39 AM

Persepolis:Did it go on for a few days?

The riot itself was one afternoon and evening, but there were spill-over incidents for the next three or four days at least. Nothing on the scale as the first day, but still...what happened on that day was pretty unprecedented. Australia's never really had riots on that scale before.

clifton		2006-10-05 07:10:27 AM

Funny. She doesn't look Druish.

kronicfeld		2006-10-05 07:18:23 AM

I know what Druidian princesses want. They want money and power and I have both and you KNOW it.

Tatsuma		2006-10-05 08:23:12 AM

What the fark

How is this amusing, subby??

I bet that "lolocaust" gif made you laugh real good and you forwarded it to all your AOL friends too, right?

Again, what the fark.

dgc360		2006-10-05 08:43:19 AM

Funny, she doesn't look Druish!

labman		2006-10-05 08:56:29 AM

/obligatory spaceballs reference

Paedophile_Deluxe		2006-10-05 09:05:43 AM

Morgan, 51, who uses only one name

I think that's reason enough to keep her out. "Ohhhh, look at how special I am, I have only one name!!11"

SchlingFo		2006-10-05 09:28:57 AM

Tatsuma: What the fark

How is this amusing, subby??

I bet that "lolocaust" gif made you laugh real good and you forwarded it to all your AOL friends too, right?

Settle down, Beavis....

This is a website where we joke and laugh about death, pederasts, abortion, and necrophilia.

You're going to blow a gasket one of these days if you don't loosen up.

Persepolis		2006-10-05 09:35:18 AM

SchlingFo: You're going to blow a gasket one of these days if you don't loosen up.

You have to draw the line at racism and discrimination.

SchlingFo		2006-10-05 09:38:23 AM

Persepolis: You have to draw the line at racism and discrimination.

No, no you don't.

I lauged at the headline because I had to re-read it three times to see that it wasn't Mel Brook's bar refusing to let in a Jewish princess who was actually Druish.

The headline just screamed Spaceballs.

ChairmanKaga		2006-10-05 09:44:57 AM

Earth dog

kronicfeld		2006-10-05 09:45:48 AM

Cue persecution complex in 3...2...oh, wait.

ChairmanKaga		2006-10-05 09:47:29 AM

I am confused.... People decide to live wacky lifestyles... they claim to be a member of a religion that died out 2000 years ago... They do this for the ATTENTION.

Then when they get attention they freak the fark out?

Take off the makeup and get back to work you freakish biatch.

Persepolis		2006-10-05 09:49:24 AM

SchlingFo: I lauged at the headline because I had to re-read it three times to see that it wasn't Mel Brook's bar refusing to let in a Jewish princess who was actually Druish.

The headline just screamed Spaceballs.

I think the issue here is use of the amusing tag. Spaceball jokes are ok, because they're not supporting a racist act. The use of the tag seems to condone it. That's the difference.

SchlingFo		2006-10-05 09:51:32 AM

Persepolis: I think the issue here is use of the amusing tag. Spaceball jokes are ok, because they're not supporting a racist act. The use of the tag seems to condone it. That's the difference.

When the majority of the people in here read the headline and come away with it laughing and making Spaceball jokes, it's safe to say the "amusing tag" is appropriate.

When the only person who starts ranting about it is the one who sees anti-semitism in every corner of the room, I'd say he's the one a little off-base.

SchlingFo		2006-10-05 09:55:31 AM

And, holy shiat!!

After reading the article, that's some definite funny shiat :)

Morgan said security staff stopped her from entering and allegedly asked, "Haven't you got an X-box or a vibrator at home to keep you happy?".

and

Morgan said she felt threatened so she performed a ritual "evoking the guardians" to protect her.

She said the crowd controllers mocked her ritual.

That's freakin comedy gold right there.

Yeah, this article definitely gets the amusing tag. I would've paid good money to be there to watch this trainwreck go down.

Persepolis		2006-10-05 10:00:11 AM

SchlingFo: When the majority of the people in here read the headline and come away with it laughing and making Spaceball jokes, it's safe to say the "amusing tag" is appropriate.

So if someone makes a hilarious holocaust headline, the amusing tag is appopriate?

Technically more than one person have spoke out agaisnst this topic. Not the fact that it's submitted, but what it's about and how it was handled.

Sure, joke about it. But don't condone it, which it what it seems the use of that tag represents.

Like, HAHA! Jews can't go into australian bars. Even jew look alikes.

Thats not amusing. Hopefully not to anyone.

Spacemarinekilla		2006-10-05 10:12:21 AM

Personally, I'm a fan of any and all things that descriminate against druids.

"I said to him, 'I'm a pagan, like your people'," she told the hearing.

"I assumed because he was an Islander he was a pagan," Morgan said.

There seems to be a whole lot of silly assumptions in this story.

/lollercaust was funny

muninsfire		2006-10-05 10:12:23 AM

Jeeze, leave the druids alone. It's not like they've performed any human sacrifices lately, and they did start that nice custom of kissing under the mistletoe, so we can just leave it, y'know?

Besides, you never know when one will wildshape into a bear or something and maul you.

SchlingFo		2006-10-05 10:29:35 AM

Persepolis: So if someone makes a hilarious holocaust headline, the amusing tag is appopriate?

Depends on the article and the headline.

This article was funny, and the headline was funny. Amusing tag deserved.

Sorry, dude, but Tatsuma has the biggest persecution complex I've ever seen. Anytime a headline has the word "Jew" in it, there's a good chance he's going to go off on a rant.

I've told him time and time again that he needs to loosen up, because all that stress isn't good for a person. I don't think he's going to learn until he gives himself a coronary.

muninsfire		2006-10-05 10:32:06 AM

SchlingFo: biggest persecution complex I've ever seen.

I've seen far worse.

's downright laid back compared to, say....the "half-demon" quasi-Shinto pagan roommate I had once.

Persepolis		2006-10-05 10:36:57 AM

SchlingFo: Sorry, dude, but Tatsuma has the biggest persecution complex I've ever seen. Anytime a headline has the word "Jew" in it, there's a good chance he's going to go off on a rant.

He's vocal about his opinons, I'll give you that. But I agree with him on the majority of his objections. (And I'm Iranian, I should be trying to kill him, right?)

And in this case, based on what happened, I agree the amusing tag was in bad taste. I know if someone posted the exact same thing, but the woman was refused enterance because they thought she was Iranian, I would be very offended if the amusing tag was used, so it's no different to me here.

Palmer Eldritch		2006-10-05 10:44:02 AM

Persepolis
So if someone makes a hilarious holocaust headline, the amusing tag is appopriate?

No, but when the Iranians (IIRC) had a Holocaust cartoon contest to prove that Jews would get just as mad about that as Arabs did about the Muhammad-Bomb-Turban cartoon, and then there was no Jewish rioting whatsoever, that was amusing. Those stories probably got the ironic tag, but amusing would have been appropriate too.

Discrimination isn't funny, but Spaceballs is, and so are people being idiots. Both sides of this story sound like whackjobs (XBox? Evoking the guardians?), so that's funny. And a druid priestess getting told she looks Jewish? On Fark, that headline practically writes itself. Amusing tag stands.

Persepolis		2006-10-05 10:47:50 AM

Palmer Eldritch: No, but when the Iranians (IIRC) had a Holocaust cartoon contest to prove that Jews would get just as mad about that as Arabs did about the Muhammad-Bomb-Turban cartoon, and then there was no Jewish rioting whatsoever, that was amusing. Those stories probably got the ironic tag, but amusing would have been appropriate too.

I agree with you there, but there was no persecution that actively happened there. No one refused rights because of their race or religion. If, say, the Iranians went a killed a jew over the cartoons, then the amusing tag would not be appropriate. It was appropriate, because nothing bad that was expected happened. The article was about, "Look, they tried to be racist, and it didnt work" That is amusing. Not so in this case.

Discrimination isn't funny, but Spaceballs is, and so are people being idiots. Both sides of this story sound like whackjobs (XBox? Evoking the guardians?), so that's funny. And a druid priestess getting told she looks Jewish? On Fark, that headline practically writes itself. Amusing tag stands.

I could say the headline is amusing. But it was my understanding that the tag applies to the article and not the headline.

Tatsuma		2006-10-05 10:47:54 AM

Persepolis: I think the issue here is use of the amusing tag. Spaceball jokes are ok, because they're not supporting a racist act. The use of the tag seems to condone it. That's the difference.

Exactly. I have a problem with the fact it has an "amusing" tag, not because people make jokes about it.

And in this case, based on what happened, I agree the amusing tag was in bad taste. I know if someone posted the exact same thing, but the woman was refused enterance because they thought she was Iranian, I would be very offended if the amusing tag was used, so it's no different to me here.

Very same thing!

I would have been as outraged if it had been someone of arabic descent stopped from entering a bar because that person looked "palestinian" or "lebanese" or anything

Discriminating people based on race, or religion, or ethnicity is never cool

/unless it's the dutch

Palmer Eldritch		2006-10-05 11:05:01 AM

Persepolis

I could say the headline is amusing. But it was my understanding that the tag applies to the article and not the headline.

I was saying the Amusing tag works not because the headline is amusing, but because on Fark that's the first thing that everyone would think of. In the queue there's another version of this article submitted with an almost identical headline joke submitted about 15 minutes after this one.

anal brazil men		2006-10-05 11:05:19 AM

If submitter used the "Scary" or "Asinine" tag, I would be offended as a Mel Brooks fan.

Paedophile_Deluxe		2006-10-05 11:08:42 AM

ChairmanKaga: I am confused.... People decide to live wacky lifestyles... they claim to be a member of a religion that died out 2000 years ago... They do this for the ATTENTION.

Then when they get attention they freak the fark out?

Take off the makeup and get back to work you freakish biatch.

As a Zoroastrian, I am very offended by your remarks.

Persepolis		2006-10-05 11:11:11 AM

Palmer Eldritch: I was saying the Amusing tag works not because the headline is amusing, but because on Fark that's the first thing that everyone would think of.

anal brazil men: If submitter used the "Scary" or "Asinine" tag, I would be offended as a Mel Brooks fan.

I still say the tag has little to nothing to do with the headline. I feel the Asinine or Dumbass tag could be used, and have a Space Balls headline and it would work. (And people would post "Nice headline, subby!" and all would be right in the farkdom.

If the tag refered to the headline, then every tag would be amusing, because practically every headline is submitted in the hopes that it's entertaining.

Persepolis		2006-10-05 11:11:53 AM

Paedophile_Deluxe: As a Zoroastrian, I am very offended by your remarks.

NO WAI!!!

Persepolis		2006-10-05 11:12:50 AM

wait you can't be, if you were, you'd realize the religion has never died out.

Trixy little hobbitssss

jerry2a		2006-10-05 11:18:08 AM

These are not the druids you are looking for. Move along.

mandrsn1		2006-10-05 11:18:32 AM

Only in America

muninsfire		2006-10-05 11:19:54 AM

mandrsn1: Only in America

Yeah, curse those Australians, sneaking the entire continent into America like that.

Rev.K		2006-10-05 11:20:07 AM

KEEP FIRING, ASSHOLES!

heap		2006-10-05 11:20:19 AM

Persepolis: I agree the amusing tag was in bad taste

which is exactly why it fits in around here.

Shellbullet		2006-10-05 11:20:22 AM

/obligatory WoW reference

SchlingFo		2006-10-05 11:20:41 AM

Persepolis,

If the tag refered to the headline, then every tag would be amusing, because practically every headline is submitted in the hopes that it's entertaining.

You're telling me that an article with X-boxes, vibrators, and Druidic invocations all to get a 15 year old kid home from a bar isn't amusing?

I'm raising the bullshiat flag.

Tatsuma		2006-10-05 11:20:44 AM

mandrsn1: Only in America

I'm going to assume you made a sarcastic post-modern comment about ignorance in the Western societies and how it translate into asinine comments destined toward the wrong individuals, rather than you being completely farking ignorant.

C-Nut		2006-10-05 11:22:11 AM

Great. Just what we needed... a Druish princess!

muninsfire		2006-10-05 11:22:20 AM

Tatsuma: I'm going to assume you made a sarcastic post-modern comment about ignorance in the Western societies and how it translate into asinine comments destined toward the wrong individuals, rather than you being completely farking ignorant.

Perhaps he messed up "Australia" and "America" because they both start and end with 'a'?