Do we have an ethical right to brutalize mimes and clowns?

[datasuspect]

some would say yes.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. It's not just a right, it's an obligation.

[datasuspect]

8. couldn't have said it better

[BarenakedLady]

2. Yes

Most definately.

[datasuspect]

6. you got a lot of heart

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[MrCoffee]

3. it's a moral responsibility

[datasuspect]

7. great minds think alike

[Heidi]

4. They're artists working for a living, just like you and I work for a living.

I would say "No."

[datasuspect]

5. good to see ya!

how's it going?

[Heidi]

9. My friend, it's better now that the work week is over.

Don't even ask. It's Saturday. Lemme buy you a beer. :hug:

[datasuspect]

11. i'm at work today

drinking beer

[Heidi]

12. Then, obviously, you have all of the qualifications

to become an artist. As luck would have it, I'm also at work (in my studio), having a beer. :7

[BarenakedLady]

10. Nooooooo

They are scary!!!!



:scared:

[Heidi]

14. They successfully create the illusion of scariness, BnL,

but this proves that they're artists, no? :hug:

[FloridaJudy]

13. If you shoot a mime...

...do you use a silencer?




:hide:

[Gidney N Cloyd]

15. Uncle Buck says "Yes!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eWbelibi9M&feature=related

[triguy46]

16. If we can set a good example for our young, we can put an end to clowns.

[stuntcat]

17. it is a choice for them, they were not born that way.

They put on the makeup and start acting creepy, it is NOT discrimination to want to make them pay for it.

[Call Me Wesley]

18. I

always keep my mime-rifle handy. ;)

[Orsino]

19. There is no slander in an allowed fool, though he do nothing but rail...

...nore no railing in a known discreet man, though he do nought but reprove.

[krispos42]

20. If a tree falls in the woods...

and it kills a mime, does anybody care?

[Twillig]

24. When a mime jumps off a building and lands in the street

what sound do you hear?





answer is below:
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Applause.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

21. No. "A mime is a terrible thing to waste"

Yeah, I know, it was dumb the first thousand times we heard it.


As for clowns, I like most of them. The one in the oval office, not so much.

:hi:

[deucemagnet]

22. Mimes, clowns, and David Blaine. n/t

[KG]

23. a moral imperative.

[ashling]

25. Street mime got in my face once in N.O.

fortunately my wife restrained me from doing justice upon him.

[unsavedtrash]

26. only if his name is Penny Wise!

They all float down here!