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Robbien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 06:58 PM
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Huge disappointment as Bush assassination revealed to be a hoax
Channel 4, Britain's premier porn station until the creation of Channel 5, has apologised for a stunt described by the White House as 'not funny'. A film made by the channel depicting the shooting of trigger-happy twit George W Bush had prompted mass rejoicing in hundreds of cities around the world.

"He's dead and no pretzels were harmed in the process!" some chanted.

"Our city is safe from the American Idiot!" shouted residents of Baghdad, Kabul and New Orleans whilst dancing deliriously in the streets.

Sadly the joy was short-lived after it was revealed that the film was not really real at all.



"It's fake, I'm afraid," said a TV boss at the station. "We thought the fact that there was a shooting without Dick Cheney being anywhere near the incident would have set alarm bells ringing. Sadly, some people have got carried away with it.

Copycat incidents are now being reported with internet video site YouTube being inundated with homemade films of other world leaders 'being killed'. Recent uploads include grainy footage of what appears to be Tony Blair having the crap beaten out of him on a night bus by a teenage gang of happy slappers.

http://deadbrain.co.uk/news/article_2006_09_01_4959.php


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FlavaKreemSnak Donating Member (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 07:02 PM
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1. I think we have to all at least pretend like that didn't make us laugh

I mean, the thing we have to say is that it is just terrible that anybody would even think anything like that and it is most certainly is not funny and there is not one single person who read it that happened to be like drinking a coke or something and sprayed their screen because a person like that should be ashamed of themselves because we are a country at war and it is in very bad taste.
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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 07:06 PM
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3. can I borrow that towel when you're done cleaning your monitor...?
Edited on Fri Sep-01-06 07:06 PM by mike_c
Thanks.
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 08:23 PM
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17. You're right. I didn't laugh at all
Not one bit. No sir. Didn't do it.

Nope.


Not at all.


Not once.
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orpupilofnature57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 07:04 PM
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2. Only the good die young ,Shrub would look at home in a Bunker. eom
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magellan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 07:10 PM
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4. I can't bear it!
:spray: :rofl:
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 07:16 PM
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5. I believe the demise of bush is best left to the hands of God.
May bush receive the same mercy he showed to the children of Baghdad the first night the bombs fell.

Aside from that, I had to snicker at this post. :D
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 07:23 PM
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6. Precious Pupp snickers
Edited on Fri Sep-01-06 07:25 PM by Solly Mack
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kurth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 07:30 PM
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7. Bush will live to 100 in excellent health and luxurious comfort
under extreme protection at taxpayer expense.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 07:32 PM
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8. hmmmf.
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 07:37 PM
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10. I vote for the hundred years old
In a Federal SuperMax Penitentiary.

Don
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 07:40 PM
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11. Nope...he only gets ten years of Secret Service protection
after he leaves office.

That law was changed, and Clinton is the last President who will receive lifetime protection. :)
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kurth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 09:53 PM
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18. Good. Let Halliburton protect the asshole
against wannabe assassins, egg throwers, mothers of dead soldiers, and the rest of the world.
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 07:34 PM
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9. Happy slappers!? I'm guessing this doesn't mean what I'd
imagine that it means - 'cause to me, happy slapping isn't something you (usually) do on a bus...
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 07:53 PM
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13. Nothing "happy" about it. It's cruel stuff...
Edited on Fri Sep-01-06 07:54 PM by mcscajun
And it's assault, plain and simple.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4539913.stm
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 10:43 PM
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19. One should be careful who you slap.
If anyone would walk up and slap me, I would put my Army training to good use.
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Robbien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 07:57 PM
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14. Wasn't too sure about it either, but Wikipedia has the answer
Happy slapping is a fad in which an unsuspecting victim is attacked while an accomplice records the assault (commonly with a camera phone or a smartphone). The name can refer to any type of violent assault, not just slapping. Within the UK, where the term is much more used than the US, it is associated with the chav sub-culture.

Happy slapping filming attacks seem to be common in modern bullying, and not unique to happy slapping. The core defining feature of happy slapping is an effort by the attacker to make the assault seem like play , though some happy slappers have indulged in extreme violence.

Often those found performing such activities will say they were just "happy slapping", asserting that they were just kidding

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_slapping
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Jazzgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 07:42 PM
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12. Oh shit!
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 08:14 PM
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15. Has there been a fictional account of any assassination attempt
...on Dubya written?
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Robbien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-01-06 08:16 PM
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16. The Brits have a new film where Bush is killed
The US corporate media have their panties in a twist about it.
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