sorry everybody

[shamrock_uk]

Certainly there are some wonderful stereotypes on there. The guy that has surrounded himself with assault weapons in his house, with the colourful caption "**** France" springs to mind.

[Cerek]

Originally posted by Melusine: And such fine sentiments they are... Edit: tried quoting some pics, but they don't allow direct linking. Somehow I'm not surprised - it doesn't exactly help their case. Don't get me wrong, not saying anyone *should* apologise for voting for what they believe in, it just struck me how much more pathetic and rude this site is than its counterpart...

Personally, I don't see much difference between the sentiments of the two sites. The home page of the "Sorry" site opens with a paragraph apologizing that our leaders are going to "screw over" the rest of the world for 4 more years. And I only had to go 3 pages to find guests there putting down the South, calling the other side names, and taking God's name in vain.

So I don't see a tremendous amount of difference between the sentiments being expressed by either side.

[Timber Loftis]

Did you see the guy with the sign "Take Note all Gay Liberals Who want to Marry -- Not Here Ya Queer!" ????

Talk about repressed homosexuality. If anyone ever needed a good ass-pokin it's that guy. He's on page 8.

And on page 15, there's some scantily-clad chick that looks like she's in the middle of updating her webcam site. [img]graemlins/wow.gif[/img] There's a drunk chick on page 17, too -- looks like one of the Bush girls. Then -- oh my -- page 18 and 19.

Then, the guy who says he's not sorry morality won -- so suck it. Suck what, Mr. Morality?

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I like to think our Reds on IWF are not as stupid as so many of their compatriots at Not Sorry. Well, here's to hoping. [img]graemlins/cheers.gif[/img]

[Melusine]

Originally posted by Timber Loftis: Did you see the guy with the sign "Take Note all Gay Liberals Who want to Marry -- Not Here Ya Queer!" ????

Gay Freaks, I think it was.

Cerek, I just noticed the we're not sorry site seemed extremely heavy on the "F*** you France", "**** you commie meatheads", "**** you you whining ******* pussies", "Gay Freaks" and similar subtle suggestions.
But of course it was to be expected people would go "Oh I didn't notice any difference between the two sites". [img]tongue.gif[/img] I do feel there was a difference though. One was more about "it's ok guys don't worry" and the other was filled with hysterically swearing people, which makes sense if you feel, as I do and as I SAID in my last post, that people shouldn't have to defend themselves to quite such an extent for their beliefs. So it's perhaps logical - it's easier to apologise gracefully for something you didn't really do than to defend yourself gracefully from what you consider unfair accusations.

[ 11-23-2004, 02:10 PM: Message edited by: Melusine ]

[Gab]

Originally posted by Nachtrafe: quote: Originally posted by Spelca: quote: Originally posted by Nachtrafe: Counterpoint

Some of the people there are scary! [/QUOTE]Some of the people there are scary! [/QUOTE]At least they don't show off their guns or tell other people to F off.

[ 11-23-2004, 04:17 PM: Message edited by: Gab ]

[Sythe]

Jeez I cannot view any of the counter point pics.

[Cerek]

Originally posted by Melusine: Cerek, I just noticed the we're not sorry site seemed extremely heavy on the "F*** you France", "**** you commie meatheads", "**** you you whining ******* pussies", "Gay Freaks" and similar subtle suggestions. But of course it was to be expected people would go "Oh I didn't notice any difference between the two sites". [img]tongue.gif[/img] I do feel there was a difference though. One was more about "it's ok guys don't worry" and the other was filled with hysterically swearing people, which makes sense if you feel, as I do and as I SAID in my last post, that people shouldn't have to defend themselves to quite such an extent for their beliefs. So it's perhaps logical - it's easier to apologise gracefully for something you didn't really do than to defend yourself gracefully from what you consider unfair accusations.

Your last comment makes an excellent point, Melusine. Since the "Not Sorry" site was created as a direct response towards the "Sorry" site, perhaps the members there do feel they are responding to "unfair accusations" from the "Sorry" site since the commments - including the inflammatory ones - were posted there first.

I didn't see any of the signs bashing France or Gays, but I only looked at the first 3 pages of each site. I didn't see many comments that were really bad on either site in that small sample. There were some insults and deragatory comments on each side, but nothing I would consider really "extreme". Of course, if I HAD to pick one that was worse, I would agree that that the "Not Sorry" site did seem more "defensive" and agressive in their comments.

I agree that BOTH sides have an equal right to voice their opinions. I also agree that both sides could - and should - exercise a healthy dose of restraint in their comments. I also think the people posting on either site are in serious need of a better hobby - which is why I've avoided commenting on either one till now.

[The Hierophant]

I really enjoy reading the little rants that the 'not sorry' guys scribble on their pictures. Most of them just artlessly regurgitate republican propaganda slogans. It's reassuring to know that I am so much smarter than so large a percentage of the human population.

Thank YOU ignorant, working-class rednecks! [img]smile.gif[/img]