Nofun: Defiling the tomb of unknown soldier is not the same thing as sticking it to the man. It's defiling the memory of the person who gave you the right to stick it to the man.

I didn't see where the article said anything about vandalism. All I see is a picture of her with her mouth open and her middle finger extended. She could be yawning and pointing at something for all we know.

Communist_Manifesto: She strikes me as someone who is incredibly vapid and wouldn't want to stand up to actual authority lest they pepper spray her and beat her with billy clubs.

impaler: An unoriginal sense of humor is not a crime against humanity.

But, just to be safe, I bet you'll never see Jay Leno anywhere near the Hague.

kxs401: It was a stupid thing to do, but goddamn has the military worship in this country gotten out of control.

It's not "military worship" to show a little goddamn respect once in a while. Don't respect the military? That's fine. At least have a little consideration for the grieving widow/orphaned child who is there to visit the last resting place of someone they love. That doesn't require worship of any sort, just a little common human decency.

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There's usually nothing I hold as sacred and above being made fun of and I am among those who think we go way over the top with our hero worship of anyone who ever served in the military...

....but what the Tomb of The Unknown Soldier represents, to me at least, is off limits.

Maud Dib: Communist_Manifesto: She strikes me as someone who is incredibly vapid and wouldn't want to stand up to actual authority lest they pepper spray her and beat her with billy clubs.

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Came here for this.... thanks!!!

one0nine: There's a time and a place to do stupid shiat and joke around, and Arlington doesn't qualify for either. It's a big, huge, wide open world and there's plenty of places for her to be her douchetastic self instead of here, where people come to pay respects to their family members.

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Seriously, you humorless assholes need to relax. She is making fun of the sign, because the sign is obviously not needed in such a place. Casting the sign in bronze seems to imply humanity will never understand the need for civility and respect near the tomb, and such an insult needs to be mocked. That's okay, I understand y'all are just sexually frustrated and any hot girl reminds you of your constant rejection, so hate away.

Some words just demand caution.

Tomb is serious business.

MFK: jesus christ. I just clicked through the links in TFA that link to her employer's facebook page and the people there are just screaming, demanding an apology from this chick's employer and it got me thinking:

WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?

Seriously. This was a stupid kid making a stupid mistake like stupid kids tend to do and yet the internet is bound and determined to ruin the lives and livelihoods of everyone even remotely connected to this girl.

It's not like she killed anyone. It's not like she stole anything or committed a hate crime or any crime for that matter. She just took a stupid goofy picture and put it on her facebook page. I have profound respect for the military, especially those that gave their lives, but it's not like she was defacing tombstones or urinating on graves.

To those of you who are posting on her boss's page and commenting publicly about this: who do you think you are that you're entitled to harass her employers who had nothing to do with it and generally fark up this girl forever? It must be nice to have never done anything immature before. You're just being judgmental dicks.

Seriously, this. WTF is wrong with you people. Have a farking sense of perspective here. She took a stupid picture in front of a sign.

Maud Dib: Communist_Manifesto: She strikes me as someone who is incredibly vapid and wouldn't want to stand up to actual authority lest they pepper spray her and beat her with billy clubs.

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BWAHAHAHA, it's so perfect

smoking next to a no smoking sign.

Damn, she's hardcore, don't fark with her. She's witty. She and Tina Fey would be a great comedic act.

scottydoesntknow: Eatin' Queer Fetuses for Jesus:
Seriously, you humorless assholes need to relax. She is making fun of the sign, because the sign is obviously not needed in such a place. Casting the sign in bronze seems to imply humanity will never understand the need for civility and respect near the tomb, and such an insult needs to be mocked. That's okay, I understand y'all are just sexually frustrated and any hot girl reminds you of your constant rejection, so hate away.

And you'd also think that companies that make clothes irons don't need to put the warning "Do not iron while wearing shirt" but:



The simple fact is, someone at some point was loud and showing disrespect, thus requiring the sign. Did they want to have to put up such an obvious sign? No, but obviously some people are, and always will be, douchebags.

Now I have to take a picture of myself ironing my clothes while wearing them, just to show you how edgy I am. Thanks a lot.

I'm a far-left liberal and a lifelong Democrat and I have zero use for hyper-patriotic flag-waving name-callers. But as a combat veteran myself, and the son and grandson of career army officers, I have to say, this photo kind of puts me off. My Dad, who was a New Deal liberal Democrat (and who even voted for McGovern) wouldn't have approved, either.

OTOH, the people who are complaining to her employer, fer chrissakes, are just being assholes. Those True Patriots demanding she be punished by losing her job because she was photographed acting like a tasteless idiot had better be damn sure their own glass houses are safe.

/if this had been Nixon's tomb, I would have no problem with it
//or LBJ
///or Reagan

mod3072: kxs401: It was a stupid thing to do, but goddamn has the military worship in this country gotten out of control.

It's not "military worship" to show a little goddamn respect once in a while. Don't respect the military? That's fine. At least have a little consideration for the grieving widow/orphaned child who is there to visit the last resting place of someone they love. That doesn't require worship of any sort, just a little common human decency.

i think what kxs401 meant by "military worship" is the pants-crapping overreaction to her disrespectful lulzing/attention whoring, harassing her employer to fire her, etc.

it's true, we fetishize our respect for our soldiers, like to a demented degree

bring it down to earth folks

This whole military worship is getting out of control. This type of speech is the kind thing they died for. To censor her is unamerican and wrong. No one or place was harmed.

hbk72777: smoking next to a no smoking sign.

Damn, she's hardcore, don't fark with her. She's witty. She and Tina Fey would be a great comedic act.

sarah palin is wet for you.

I would not do this out of respect for not the military, but for those that gave their lives. I support her right to do what she wants as long as it's not illegal, but then, posting this shiat on facebook, the girl deserves what she gets.

Happy Hours: Slaxl: It is a profound lack of respect but why get worked up over it? If I was there I would have quietly told her not to be a dick, and I'm not even American, but you'll be hard pressed to get me as annoyed as some people are over a picture on the internet.

I'm not sure how to explain it. Why did I get a very weird creepy feeling when I drove past Dachau in Germany? I'm not even Jewish. Dachau and Arlington are not the same thing by any stretch of the imagination but like I said earlier there are some places where you should just shut up and show some respect.

The reason I didn't stop and visit Dachau was because I didn't want to think about it. I just wanted to get away from it, but imagine if you will the outrage that would have happened if this coont had visited Dachau and done the same thing. At the same time, let's put the outrage in perspective. This isn't making national headlines. It's not news, it's Fark.

What if she had done the same to a national symbol of another country? Wiped her ass with the Union Jack while standing in front of Buckingham Palace? Some people might have a problem with that.

Maybe it's not quite as bad as holding a punk rock prayer in the most important church in the nation which is probably why she's not being sent to a gulag, but she deserves every ounce of ridicule and loathing that she is getting.

It might have been different if she had a point, but she wasn't protesting US foreign policy - she just wanted to take a shiat on a grave that is very a revered and solemn place in the US. .

When I visited Dachau (in 2001), I walked in and just had a sense that it was a place to be quiet. No one said anything about it, there were no signs requesting silence, it was just a feeling that the entire group of us had. Then we saw a man filming his son pretending to choke to death in the gas chambers. I never truly wept for humanity untiil that moment.

The_Sponge: Mid_mo_mad_man: Last time I check this was a free country and while maybe not in good taste she harmed no one doing this. Btw it's interesting that fark calls this disrespectful when the cemetery was founded as a f$&k you

Exactly.....she exercised her free speech rights, and I get to exercise mine by calling her a miserable coont.

If you can't prove she's a "miserable coont" isn't liable ? Or slander I always confuse those two

Picture intended to be funny turns out not to be so funny to some people, is funny to some others.

The_Sponge: Mid_mo_mad_man: Last time I check this was a free country and while maybe not in good taste she harmed no one doing this. Btw it's interesting that fark calls this disrespectful when the cemetery was founded as a f$&k you

Exactly.....she exercised her free speech rights, and I get to exercise mine by calling her a miserable coont.

This. Free speech does not mean freedom from hearing what others think about your free speech.

coeyagi: Mid_mo_mad_man: The_Sponge: Mid_mo_mad_man: Last time I check this was a free country and while maybe not in good taste she harmed no one doing this. Btw it's interesting that fark calls this disrespectful when the cemetery was founded as a f$&k you

Exactly.....she exercised her free speech rights, and I get to exercise mine by calling her a miserable coont.

If you can't prove she's a "miserable coont" isn't liable ? Or slander I always confuse those two

It would be libel, if she was a person of import and your scathing commentary would damage her reputation. Random internet chatter from random people of no import about people of no import means nothing.

Even if it caused her economic harm?

Mid_mo_mad_man: This whole military worship is getting out of control. This type of speech is the kind thing they died for. To censor her is unamerican and wrong. No one or place was harmed.


I dunno. People sure seem to be taking this personally.

Maybe their feelings were harmed?

wookiee cookie: mod3072: kxs401: It was a stupid thing to do, but goddamn has the military worship in this country gotten out of control.

It's not "military worship" to show a little goddamn respect once in a while. Don't respect the military? That's fine. At least have a little consideration for the grieving widow/orphaned child who is there to visit the last resting place of someone they love. That doesn't require worship of any sort, just a little common human decency.

i think what kxs401 meant by "military worship" is the pants-crapping overreaction to her disrespectful lulzing/attention whoring, harassing her employer to fire her, etc.

it's true, we fetishize our respect for our soldiers, like to a demented degree

bring it down to earth folks

I agree that the reaction was overblown, but it IS the internet after all. I could make a bland statement about the weather that would send someone into a frothing blind fury. If you post something like that online, you should probably expect a little outrage.

It was in poor taste, that's about it.

/And if poor taste were a crime.....

Also, the fact that her employer is apologizing is only lending legitimacy to the outraged morons with no sense of perspective.

Shove 'em all in the Total Perspective Vortex, I say!

scottydoesntknow: Eatin' Queer Fetuses for Jesus:
Seriously, you humorless assholes need to relax. She is making fun of the sign, because the sign is obviously not needed in such a place. Casting the sign in bronze seems to imply humanity will never understand the need for civility and respect near the tomb, and such an insult needs to be mocked. That's okay, I understand y'all are just sexually frustrated and any hot girl reminds you of your constant rejection, so hate away.

And you'd also think that companies that make clothes irons don't need to put the warning "Do not iron while wearing shirt" but:

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The simple fact is, someone at some point was loud and showing disrespect, thus requiring the sign. Did they want to have to put up such an obvious sign? No, but obviously some people are, and always will be, douchebags.

Never put salt in your eyes.

Never put salt in your eyes.

Never put salt in your eyes.


Danny I'm killing my eyes.

I'm killing my eyes, Danny.

I'm killing my Danny.

...

Kill Danny.

scottydoesntknow: obviously some people are, and always will be, douchebags

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?

And the sign said anybody caught trespassin' would be shot on sight
So I jumped on the fence and-a yelled at the house, "Hey! What gives you theright?"
"To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in"
"If God was here he'd tell you to your face, Man, you're some kinda sinner"

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?

And the sign said, "Everybody welcome. Come in, kneel down and pray"
But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all, I didn't have a penny to pay
So I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own little sign
I said, "Thank you, Lord, for thinkin' 'bout me. I'm alive and doin' fine."
Wooo!

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?

Most hated person on the internets? That's funny, she doesn't look like GaryPDX.

/Just for S&G's, let's see if it works like Beetlejuice
//GaryPDX, GaryPDX, GaryPDX
///Has the thread been shat upon yet?

Rich Cream: Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?

And the sign said anybody caught trespassin' would be shot on sight
So I jumped on the fence and-a yelled at the house, "Hey! What gives you theright?"
"To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in"
"If God was here he'd tell you to your face, Man, you're some kinda sinner"

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?

And the sign said, "Everybody welcome. Come in, kneel down and pray"
But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all, I didn't have a penny to pay
So I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own little sign
I said, "Thank you, Lord, for thinkin' 'bout me. I'm alive and doin' fine."
Wooo!

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?

Why do you hate property rights? :P

Smackledorfer: Why do you hate property rights? :P

No, no. It's about open borders.

Rich Cream: Smackledorfer: Why do you hate property rights? :P

No, no. It's about open borders.

You might want to reread it. It certainly looks house-related. Also I'm just poking fun.

Eatin' Queer Fetuses for Jesus: Zeppo Nightshade: My father was in WWII.
He would not have chuckled.

Which concentration camp did he guard?

10/10! Would LOL again.

Smackledorfer: Rich Cream: Smackledorfer: Why do you hate property rights? :P

No, no. It's about open borders.

You might want to reread it. It certainly looks house-related. Also I'm just poking fun.


Obviously there are those who can dish it out but not take it.