Olympics Opening Ceremonies
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When I think dumb troll jobs I think of you
I haven't been around as long as most, is the bacon thread lock a new high/low? Got a kick out of that.
Would you let your kids go up on stage and do that performance with drag queens?
A thread on bacon got locked??? WTF? . Was it after I announced, quite bravely, that bacon was merely o.k. and nothing special. Forgive me for I have sinned.
No, although I still think you should be drawn and quartered for such heresy. Completely separate thread about bacon costing too much. You can see how such a taboo subject would lead to controversy
It was bad enough that I plan on bringing it up incessantly
I'm just rolling along with "it's artsy". The big suspense is who will be the masked torch guy. I'm lost but still hanging.
Can't say I've ever thought of it.
Context matters though.
If the child isn't sexually objectified or exploited, and the performance isn't inappropriate, so it's really just a child that is participating in a performance that also included drag queens...I couldn't care less what age the child is.
If it's a sexualized performance, then a kid probably shouldn't be involved.
I saw a 30 second clip of the actual performance in question and they are all just posing.
It's distasteful. It's odd. It isn't something I think was beneficial to have. But based on the clip I saw and the image posted in this thread, there is no evidence that the child is being prepared for sexual exploitation.
I can't imagine being bored enough to watch an Olympics opening or closing ceremony.
I guess I didn’t realize how “French” this would all be. Coming in on boats? Super lame. Drag queens mocking Christianity? Oooh, how edgy.
Literally the only good part was LeBron (who I’m not a fan of), waving Old Glory like he’s 17ing George Washington crossing the Delaware.
Literally the only good part was LeBron (who I’m not a fan of), waving Old Glory like he’s 17ing George Washington crossing the Delaware.
Well you just missed the social commentary that there are 200+ statues of men in the city and only about 45 of women so you are missing out.
All I’ve learned while watching against my will is that I would totally fail a geography test since about 1 out of 7 countries I’ve never heard of
My kids are sitting here complaining about the lady gaga song, being confused about what the book tearing segment was about, and pausing the broadcast to guess how many athletes are from each country as the countries are introduced.
I wouldn't take them to watch drag or women in lingerie.
I also don't view the people below as wearing lingerie.
Further, if scantily dressed women is a concern, shield your kid's eyes from most all track athletes, swimmers, divers, and volleyball players.
I had left it on the tv this afternoon and my girls who are 11 came and told me what was going on so I went back and watched. It’s just over the top crap that was meant to raise eyebrows and judging by this thread it did. It was totally unnecessary but they knew what they were doing.
Chinas militaristic parade was more offensive than reinacting the last supper with transvestities ? Just trying to understand your post.
I saw 30 seconds of it and there were standing still and posing.
I wouldn't want my kids to participate because the topic of the performance was odd and distasteful.
Now answer my question that you replied to but ignored- what were the performers doing, if not acting? You criticized me calling it that, so what should it be called?
All those people are acting.
I just told you, you jerk, I haven't seen that yet. I edited to say that I haven't seen that yet. Perhaps you didn't see the edit and aren't being your usual self. Still, the whole damn thing in China was an announcement that they were going to militarily threaten the entire world. It was absolutely the equivalent of Hitler's Mein Kampf. So yeah, it was a hell of a lot more threatening than a few FRENCH transvestites when you get down to it. What exactly scares you about French Transvestites? .
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I'll admit I wasn't brave enough to come out of the closet and have your back on that take with this bunch but stop dumping that shlt on every menu offering there is. With my scrambled eggs and on a BLT only! Gets me more PO'd than someone lying about their golf handicap** (speaking of locked threads)
Watching this opening ceremony I’m shocked, shocked I tell you, that this country is known for surrender.
Why are you melting down ? I asked if it was your opinion that a militaristic Chinese parade was more offensive than reinacting the last supper with transvestites, so I take that as a yes.
It’s men acting like oversexualized women. If you want to call that performance art then be my guest.
Not locking down this thread tells you all you need to know about the owner of this site and specifically, the moderator(s).
Seriously just go back to Genes page.
Oh, and the fact that China has followed up by doing exactly that makes it even more threatining.
And that is why the term has lost impact and meaning- it is used way too frequently without any regard to ensuring it actually applies to the situation.
While I'd like to think I'm fairly worldly I've been doing a lot of Googling tonight.
Still haven't seen it. French transvestites don't scare me. Why do they scare you? Now a militaristic China scares the hell out of me. For the record if that's what the transvestites did then yes, it is really, really offensive. As a life long Christian it is extremely offensive. I grew up in an era though, where being offended was not that big of a deal, you shrugged it off and got on with the real world. Just words. China's obvious threats, backed up with real world sticks and stones.....that is another matter entirely.
That red white and blue chick was see thru, yes? Or just my 14 year old self seeing things
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