Heath Ledger's dead

[rabid_fox]

Probably. And to be fair, I am an outstanding sort of person. Like Mary Poppins, only modern and less interested in etiquette.

[Doc Sigma]

Dude, quitting smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I've done it hundreds of times!

/with all due respect to Mark Twain

[Tom Flapwell]

Gay Activists Blast Radio Host Who Mocked Ledger's Death
A U.S. radio host who mocked Heath Ledger's death live on air a few hours after his passing has been slammed by gay activists. During his Tuesday show, Fox News Radio presenter John Gibson played an audio clip from the movie Brokeback Mountain in which Jake Gyllenhaal's character says to Ledger's, "I wish I knew how to quit you." Gibson then told his listeners, "Well, he found out how to quit you." Later in the broadcast, Gibson played another Brokeback Mountain clip, this time of Ledger's character saying, "We're dead." The host then mockingly repeated, "We're dead," before playing the clip again. Gibson, who is on record as criticizing Brokeback Mountain as a "gay agenda movie," went on to label Ledger a "weirdo" who had "a serious drug problem" and speculated as to reasons why the actor may have taken his own life. Ledger, who was found dead in his New York apartment on Tuesday, is not thought to have committed suicide, according to authorities and his family. Rashad Robinson, a spokesman for The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), says, "Gibson's remarks are vulgar and disgusting. It's sickening that Gibson would exploit Heath Ledger's tragic death to promote such hurtful intolerance. And to do so at a time when family and friends are grieving shows a level of insensitivity that is beyond the pale." On his Wednesday show, Gibson refused to apologize for his comments, explaining they were just "a little Brokeback Mountain joke" and there is "no point in passing up a good joke."

Maybe not, but there is a point in passing up a cruel, tasteless joke.

[Bocaj Claw]

Offensive jokes are one thing but offensive jokes that aren't funny, thats going too far.

[rabid_fox]

Any joke that isn't funny sends me into a raccoon-punching frenzy.

They know me quite well at the local wildlife park. Crazy Old Punchy, they call me.

[Arloest]

The Westboro Baptist Church is picketing Ledger's funeral of course.

[Hanging Tree]

You would think that the Westboro Baptist Church would support the movie since it shows gay cowboys to be immoral and scared. Not an image the brave gays of Texas want to display.

[Comrade K]

The Westboro Baptist Church is picketing Ledger's funeral of course.

Perfect for Napalm.

There unfortunately isn't a hell for them to burn in, gotta do it here.

A taint on the world, they're no better than terrorists or the nazis.

[Hanging Tree]

I'm pretty sure they aren't as bad as terrorists or nazis. Suicide bombing markets and trying to kill all the Jews in the world kind of top protesting funurals.

[Kazapsky]

The picket isn't exactly a good thing either, but it does come up short of outright violence.



Wow, I can't believe I just agreed with HT on something.

[rabid_fox]

Freedom of speech, I suppose. Westboro have every right to be as loud as they want.

[Comrade K]

Freedom of speech, I suppose. Westboro have every right to be as loud as they want.

Indeed, it's what I'd like to see happen, not what should.

[rabid_fox]

We don't have freedom of speech over here. It's much more more pleasant without it.

[gforce422]

The Westboro Baptist Church is picketing Ledger's funeral of course.

Those people make me want to throw up. I consider myself a Christian, and to see that these people are toting a "Christian" label makes me furious. They are no Christians. They are disillusioned, hateful, religious fanatics.