I think his wife and her boyfriend killed that census taker, and wrote "fed"

[cliffordu]

on the body to misdirect the po po....

:shrug:

Just as good as anything else I've heard......

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. I think it was Kanye.

Yo, Hannibal, eating a census taker with fava beans was cool and all I'm glad for you, but this hanging was the one of the greatest census based murders of all time.

[era veteran]

40. NOT FUNNY, MAN DEAD

The extant info is that he was a real good man too. The Nazi sites have a lot of dead census taker jokes. Shame

[AngryAmish]

61. Unfortunately, the offical ruling is that it was a really funny post, best in weeks

Sorry.

[jobycom]

2. I think the killer is Kevin Federline.

He just forgot the K.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

9. Maybe he was trying to frame Mos Def.

But got it backwards in the mirror.

[jobycom]

11. FTW.

:spray:

[EOTE]

78. Perhaps Ashley Todd was the killer.

And Mos Def is the tall black man with shiny shoes she tries to blame the murder on.

[Forkboy]

3. It was Colonel Mustard in the Library with the Rope.

[grantcart]

4. Or consumed with hatred of Ms. Bachmann he devised a brilliant but fatal formula

for discrediting her hatred of census takers by staging a murder.


Unfortunately for Ms. Bachmann Adrian Monk has retired and no one will notice the mushrooms that grew at the base of the tree from the melting ice block that the heroic census taker used to prop himself before his jumping off with a noose around his neck.

[cherokeeprogressive]

5. He was trying to write "Fed Up with Cancer" and accidentally kicked the chair out

before he could finish.

[cliffordu]

16. Fucking hiccups.

[d_b]

6. Some people say it's a Rovian trap

[LeftyMom]

7. It was the One Armed Man. nt

[AsahinaKimi]

41. Self delete *eom

[provis99]

8. I think it was an anti-government conservative..

Just felt like injecting a note of reality in here; I'm in one of my moods.

[LeftyMom]

10. That's a little far fetched. It could have been a chupacabra with rudimentary English skills.

And thumbs, you know, for the knots.

[lumberjack_jeff]

49. Maybe it was Oscar.

I always knew he'd come to a bad end.

[BlooInBloo]

13. Obviously that's the least plausible of all the theoretical possibilities.

[cliffordu]

15. But that's what half the people I was with thought until I explained it to them....

[jobycom]

14. That's just what they want you to think.

[BlooInBloo]

12. Clearly Lindsay Lohan is trying to revive her non-career.

[Quantess]

26. No, it was Britney Spears, angry at her ex, K-FED.

Only the "FED" part was visible.

[SoCalDemGrrl]

17. This joking about a Murder is highly inappropriate.. Bachmann et al

have fomented so much hatred for the "government" that it has resulted in the taking
of an innocent life and any "tongue-in-cheek" comment here on DU are highly inappropriate.

(just my 2 cents worth)

[anigbrowl]

18. I concur. DU is and should not be 4chan

You realize, folks, that due tot he popularity of this site it often comes in one the front page of a google search for any given news topic within 20-30 minutes of people posting about it here? Are these comments something you'd wish a person's friend or relative to read, never mind associate with DU?

[stuball111]

22. Some people just don't have a brain...

I agree with you, sounds like insensitive freeper talk to me. I saw a post on some freepers here not long ago, and they were talking the same way about a similar tragedy. Not what I like to see here, and NOT progressive. And if we can find their posts, they can find ours...

[redqueen]

48. Too late.

e.g. the "woody" thread

Rules? What rules?

[cliffordu]

53. Woody thread?? Do tell!!!

[jonnyblitz]

63. some female DUer claimed tom delay dancing on "dancing

with the stars" even killed her "woody" in an OP.

[cliffordu]

64. Oh, I remember that....

Very uplifting thread.

[SpookyCat]

66. What was wrong with the woody thread? I thought that was hillarious.

Is it just b/c it was slightly vulgar? :shrug: I think we need to joke sometimes.

[cliffordu]

67. That was a delightful thread. The prudes and 'eddykit' cops here

are just beyond the pale.

They all need to get laid.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

75. 4chan has a lot it could teach to DU.

It's got a better sense of humor, for example.

And moderation.

[cliffordu]

79. Do you have an unnatural appetite for that website???/

:rofl:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

83. I prefer it's more intellectual cousins.

But it has its charms.

[stuball111]

20. And mine makes 4 cents...

Some pretty stupid and insensitive posts here about a man who lost his life... something you'd more likely hear in Freeperland...And the dumbasses who post that crap don't realize that the internet world is watching, makes a poor impression for real progressives who have a heart.

[cliffordu]

52. And you prove you have a heart posting drivel like this??

Nice try.

[blondeatlast]

56. Outr motivation for respect should not be based on "what the neighbors think."

The tone of this thread creeps me out, but I'm not certain that your post rises above the wretchedness.

[LeftyMom]

21. .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_humor

[stuball111]

23. It is black....

But some of these posts are definitely not humor....and I wonder if his family would approve? Wouldn't look good on "liberals" would it?

[LeftyMom]

25. Oh ffs, ignore the thread if it bothers you so much.

I'm sure whatever family the guy had isn't sitting around googling to see if complete strangers are being irreverent somewhere on the internet.

[anigbrowl]

28. He could well have friends or distant family looking for more information

and DU usually comes in near the top page on Google searches.

This is a real person, not some punchline for your lame joke:

[LeftyMom]

30. Is being offended some kind of hobby of yours?

If the thread offends you so damned much either:

1. alert on it and let the mods decide if it's inappropriate

or

2. stop kicking it by posting to it how offended you are and how naughty people are for making jokes you don't like.

[stuball111]

31. So.. you approve of some of these "jokes"?

In a forum dedicated to progressive ideas?

[LeftyMom]

32. I know what black humor is and what psychological needs it meets.

If you think this is bad, never take a job that involves routine exposure to human suffering (hospital, police, social services, etc) because the jokes those people crack as a coping mechanism for their stress and anxiety will cause your head to explode or something.

[stuball111]

34. So.. these people writing this crap are "stressed out"?

I know "black humor" and it has its place, but not on a public forum, is all I am saying, especially about a tragedy that no one knows anything about yet.

[LeftyMom]

35. By the current political situation and the weird hysteria of the right?

I think that's readily apparent.

[stuball111]

38. So... watching TV and sitting at a computer ...

Causes the same psychological stress as being in an emergency ward in a hospital? I will admit Beck and O'Reilly used to get me going, but since I put them on "ignore" I feel a whole lot better. I'd rather have my attention on sane, rational, compassionate discourse.

[cliffordu]

58. I like it when people pretend to be mods and inflict themselves on the rest of us./

Put me on your ignore list if you don't like what I post. Apparently there's a group around here who do therapy over it.

[uppityperson]

77. esp

2 month old ones

[cliffordu]

81. Yep, and then there's that.....

I'm still working with thee misdirection angle on the 'feds' on the body -

I don't think anyone feeling THAT way would advertise their hatred....good way to have the FBI up your booty with a flashlight....

[Berry Cool]

45. Would you like to die a horrible, agonizing death, and then have people laugh and make jokes?

Because it makes THEM feel better?

If you wouldn't, maybe you should think twice about defending to the death yours and everyone else's right to laugh at the deaths of others.

Every day I see DU'ers cracking jokes over people who died in horrible ways...murder, industrial accidents, freak accidents...and then anyone who criticizes it gets scolded for being a killjoy. As if other people NEED to die just in order for some people to be entertained.

Talk about the objectification of others and not treating them like real live human beings. It's disgusting.

[cliffordu]

59. I was mocking the peruile speculation about his death around here. Not the death itself.

Too bad the reading comprehension is so low these days. Get over yourself.

[stuball111]

74. I got the gist of your post, clifford,

and the point of it,and it was a good post. It was a couple other peoples posts that were kinda rude, that people didn't like, rather lame I thought. And my reply was to a person who had a good point, that we abhor the way the right makes shit up, like Beck and all, and plays the blame game. As for speaking up on it, I'll continue that when I feel people are pushing the envelope. None of my posts got personal and resorted to name calling of individuals here. Personal attacks are pretty chickenshit if you ask me, and I've had it happen to me here. I respect your input on these pages and enjoy reading them.

[cliffordu]

80. Ah, my bad.

Sorry....

[SpookyCat]

68. Actually, yes.

My greatest joy in life is making people laugh. If my death is in anyway humorous, (and god willing it will be) I HOPE people make jokes at my funeral. It's a great coping mechanism and would honor my memory more than wailing and lamentation.

Did you see Graham Chapman's funeral? There was a snippet when John Cleese was speaking and he said something like "and the bastard still owes me 20 quid." something like that. The pan of the crowd showed appreciative laughter.

BTW...the purpose of this thread was pretty clear I think in the title. You did not have to click it if it would offend you so much.

[cliffordu]

57. You are the punchline for my lame joke.

[anigbrowl]

70. Really. I thought you were mocking 'peurile speculation'.

[cliffordu]

72. You say potato, I say potatoe....

Ain't I on your ignore list???

Can we fix this?

[stuball111]

33. Sorry... I can't ignore ignorance...

I made a decision long ago that I'd do my part to help stomp it out. And besides, It has no place here FFS!

[LeftyMom]

36. Oh ffs.

People you don't know are making jokes that might offend totally hypothetical people who might someday find said jokes on the internet, should they look, and by golly, you're going to let them know what meanies they are.

Scolding people on the internet is not exactly storming the beaches at Normandy. But hey, if you choose to think you're stomping out ignorance instead of just being a busybody, go for it. :patriot:

[stuball111]

37. No thanks...

I'm whipping a dead horse here, obviously...you seem to get a kick out of scolding me, over a difference of opinion. And I have been nice about itO8)

[cliffordu]

60. You are not the one to decide that, regrettably

[uppityperson]

76. I never welcomed you to DU 2 months ago when you joined.

[stuball111]

84. Are you welcoming me now?

:hi:

[stuball111]

86. Or is the time elapsed since joining DU...

important or somehow relate to the time and experience one has spent on the left of the political spectrum to some here in this chat room?

[cliffordu]

55. Yep, exactly. I was mocking the thousand UNINFORMED guesses as to what

happened, not the death.

These putzes can't tell the difference.

[cliffordu]

54. Why put liberals in quotes??

And, as an aside, are you the new morals squad?? the sensitivity police? the Political Correctness Committee???

:hurts:

[anigbrowl]

27. Stop making excuses. You can go to 4chan or FR if you want to engage in that.

:puke:

[LeftyMom]

29. FR? So now people are conservative disruptors if they make jokes you don't approve of?

Get a grip.

[anigbrowl]

71. Here. You;ll feel right at home.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2346709/posts?q=1&;page=1

[Hepburn]

24. +1...n/t

[Stephanie]

43. The joking is completely innappropriate, and so is speculation

Nobody knows what happened to him. It's irresponsible to assign blame when no facts are known. Having said that, this is possibly the most offensive thread I've ever seen at DU, and I pray the man's family don't turn it up on the Google.

[cliffordu]

85. THE most offensive thread???

Thanks!!

[cliffordu]

51. My dad said my whole life was innappropriate.

I'm joking about the thousand idiotic opinions of what happened, not the death.

Too bad you can't tell the difference.

[anigbrowl]

19. What wife? He was a single parent. Please stop this nonsense.

[Dorian Gray]

39. Holy hell

conjecture is going to kill us all!

[Solomon]

42. Apparently a lot of people don't get it.

The poster is not joking about the death but joking about the deniers around here.

The people who search under every rock for some reason other than the obvious one.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

44. On the other hand...

It would be a way to totally throw local law enforcement off your trail.

But on the OTHER other hand, it invites (demands) massive police scrutiny, increasing the chances that you're going to get caught.

But I could see some half-wit genius doing this...

[Berry Cool]

46. There ARE people here joking about the death.

And you also see people like that on other threads about guys who die by falling into industrial machines on the job and the like.

[BlooInBloo]

50. Nah, they get it. The "benefit of the doubt, wait for all the facts to come in"-ers....

Know that they're almost certainly wrong (again). So they're trying to get ahead of the curve, and make up reasons to pre-emptively scold people to cover their almost-certain wrongness.

[cliffordu]

65. And I just like poking my finger in things.

'Morning Bloo. Howarya??

[cliffordu]

62. Thanks for explaining that to the thicker of our bretheren and sisteren here

at the Democratic Underground garden party and Political Correctness Clusterfuck Satori Center.

[Roland99]

47. I tend to agree. And I'm disgusted at some of these replies.

asshats.

[StopTheNeoCons]

69. OP = stupid post, waste of time and energy...nt

[cliffordu]

73. I'm.....So ......Crushed........

[burning rain]

82. It was Arkancide, man.

.