Apparently, joking about nuking a suburb with a tendency to elect teabaggers is in poor taste.

[lightningandsnow]

Agree or disagree?

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[Capn Sunshine]

1. about joking, nuking or teabaggers?

each have their own poor taste merits

[Chan790]

2. Nah, I think you're good on that one.

It's not like they're real people. Teabaggers don't have feelings...or reproductive organs.

[MiddleFingerMom]

3. Depends...

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... if it's someone who might actually bring have the ability or
power to cause harm to people in one way or another... it's
EXTREMELY poor taste -- not to mention potentially fucking
SCARY... in all SORTS of ways.
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Letterman (or the guy at your office watercooler)... OK.
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But have you forgotten Reagan's quip about "the missiles are
on their way"?
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[krispos42]

4. It's in terrible taste

The fallout and environmental consequences down-wind from the ground-zero of ignorance would affect other, normal, intelligent people hundreds of miles away.


No, you want a train full of artillery shells to catch fire and explode in the middle of the suburb. No fallout, small mushroom cloud, and they're ironically killed by the military-industrial complex they support and rescued by the socialist emergency services they despise. Added kicker: the wounded will spend years fighting insurance company "death panels" but will still say it's better than (gasp!) socialized health insurance.

[taterguy]

5. Since when do suburbs have train tracks nearby?

[Bucky]

8. The suburb I teach in has train tracks nearby. So, to answer your question: since 1988 at least.

[TZ]

6. Uh my dad lives in a notoriously red area

So yeah, I think its in incredibly vile taste. In fact I think joking about nuking anything is in vile taste...I'm freaking tired of the "bomb the middle east off the map" mentality myself...:puke:

[Bucky]

7. Context is everything. Just saying "Hey, let's blow up Oakwood Terraces" isn't funny.

But then, that's the difference between good humor and shock humor. They both can convey horrible ideas, but one creates an interesting contrast while the other is just crass. Which were you?