Cory Santos Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1035608/French-betting-ad-mocks-JFK-assassination.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Brancato Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 I think it’s funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paz Marverde Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 I think it's disgusting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph McBride Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 At least it shows the Dallas police being involved in the assassination. Sometimes satire brings out the otherwise "unspeakable." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Bulman Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 (edited) I'm offended but amused. Could it really draw attention to the silliness of the single bullet Theory? Or will people laugh off the execution of JFK? Edited July 1, 2018 by Ron Bulman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paz Marverde Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 6 hours ago, Rich Pope said: I agree. I think it is disgusting, too. Thank you, Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Varnell Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, Paul Brancato said: I think it’s funny Amusing...nothin' sacred in my book...speaks to the enduring place of the JFK assassination in pop culture. Edited July 1, 2018 by Cliff Varnell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ecker Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 I imagine the French, like most foreigners, thought that the Warren Report was a joke back in 1964. You had to be an Ugly ("It couldn't happen here") American to believe it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Harper Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 5 minutes ago, Ron Ecker said: thought that the Warren Report was a joke I'm afraid to disappoint those who think otherwise, but I agree with those who are not offended. Eventually, ideas that are unsustainable leave themselves open to satire and irony and mockery. I'm thinking of Marx's phrase that history repeats itself, first as tragedy and then as farce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paz Marverde Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 26 minutes ago, Robert Harper said: I'm afraid to disappoint those who think otherwise, but I agree with those who are not offended. Eventually, ideas that are unsustainable leave themselves open to satire and irony and mockery. I'm thinking of Marx's phrase that history repeats itself, first as tragedy and then as farce. Unfortunately, it's not satire. It's a commercial ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Andrews Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 We could do a commercial spoofing the OAS attempted hit on De Gaulle, but then both countries would go WTF!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Varnell Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Rich Pope said: Why don't you guys make fun of the crucifixion while you're at it? You mean like Monty Python's "Life of Brian"? 1 hour ago, Rich Pope said: If nothing is off-limits...throw Hitler and the concentration camps in with your twisted sense of humor. You mean like Mel Brooks' "The Producers," or a number of "Seinfeld" episodes, like the time Newman busted Jerry making out at the theater during "Shindler's List"? Edited July 2, 2018 by Cliff Varnell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Varnell Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 26 minutes ago, Rich Pope said: Cliff, People who have any semblance of class or clarity don't make fun of tragedy. Any comedian who espouses the theory of "nothing is off-limits" is lazy at his craft.That includes Monty Python, Mel Brooks and Jerry Seinfeld. In addition, a commercial that incorporates the assassination of JFK lacks inventiveness and ingenuity. If you believe there is anything funny about the assassination of our nation's President, you don't belong on this forum. Spare us the self-righteous moralizing. This is funny: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Bulman Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 22 minutes ago, Rich Pope said: The Dallas Police may have been the epitome of Keystone Cops but they were not involved in the assassination. Thank you for the belly laugh Rich! If the execution of Tippett and Oswald are not part of it I don't know what is. They were not accidental happenings stumbled upon by keystone cops. Have you never watched the video? Watch Fritz get out of the way, he's not protecting anybody, nor does he have anyone assigned (his responsibility) to do so immediately behind him. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ruby+shoots+oswald+video&view=detail&mid=BB7457E3BA67670428BFBB7457E3BA67670428BF&FORM=VIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Brancato Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 4 hours ago, Cliff Varnell said: You mean like Monty Python's "Life of Brian"? You mean like Mel Brooks' "The Producers," or a number of "Seinfeld" episodes, like the time Newman busted Jerry making out at the theater during "Shindler's List"? Exactly - you pulled up all the right references. It was a gimme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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