Is Anyone Else Surprised...

jordinm302 wrote:

TaraInDC wrote:

LusciousJohnnyD wrote:

TaraInDC wrote:

LusciousJohnnyD wrote:

TaraInDC wrote:

LusciousJohnnyD wrote:
Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, blacks, Asians, old people, fat people, Scots, potheads, liberals, Italians, Indians, Romanians, Hispanics, blondes, hillbillies, drunks, gays, Irish are all OK, but gun owners are beneath them. :roll:

Not what I said. This isn't about whether I agree with the sentiment or not. 'Humor' this clumsy isn't in the spirit of the show whoever the target is.

2/3 of the people who play this game didn't have a problem with the humor. And if it was, people should be complaining about other jokes put in TSTO. So since that hasn't happened, it is about gun owners' self-righteousness.

Sounds like you're the one being self-righteous here. I'm not complaining that the game made fun of the NRA, but the way in which the game did it, which is out of the ordinary for the series' usual tone.

OK, let me start over. 2/3 of the people who play this game didn't have a problem with the humor. So the majority had no problem with the way it was done.

And since you mentioned it, I'm a Christian, Scot, Irish, and a liberal. So if I was as self-righteous as you claim, I would be bothered with how Flanders, Lovejoy, Willie, Quimby, and O'Flanagan are represented in the game. But that isn't the case.

Care to take any more blind stabs in the dark.

You just informed me in no uncertain terms that anyone who has a problem with the quest is, in your opinion, a 'self-righteous gun owner.' I'm not. So who's taking blind stabs in the dark?

2/3 of the people who responded a poll had no problem with the humor. And how is that evidence of anything at all?

I would say that the majority of the people who have commented on this 13 page long thread also don't have a problem with the humour either. The evidence may not be scientific but it's all we have and it's all pointing to most people not being offended at all by this quest line.

Do you have any evidence to prove the contrary, other than the minority of people voicing frustration in comment boards??

I don't really care about the numbers: my point is that it doesn't prove what he seems to think it does. He seems to take it to be evidence that this is good satire, and that anyone who dislikes it is a 'self-righteous gun owner.' I'd tend to think that it's better evidence that the people who responded to the poll agreed with the quests's sentiment to the point that they don't care about the ham-fisted writing. Some people like being told they're right. I think that bad writing is bad writing. And I really don't appreciate the 'if you're not with us you're agin' us' implications of the assumption that I must be a gun owner if I don't like the quest's writing.

LusciousJohnnyD wrote:

TaraInDC wrote:

LusciousJohnnyD wrote:

TaraInDC wrote:

LusciousJohnnyD wrote:

TaraInDC wrote:

LusciousJohnnyD wrote:

TaraInDC wrote:

LusciousJohnnyD wrote:
Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, blacks, Asians, old people, fat people, Scots, potheads, liberals, Italians, Indians, Romanians, Hispanics, blondes, hillbillies, drunks, gays, Irish are all OK, but gun owners are beneath them. :roll:

Not what I said. This isn't about whether I agree with the sentiment or not. 'Humor' this clumsy isn't in the spirit of the show whoever the target is.

2/3 of the people who play this game didn't have a problem with the humor. And if it was, people should be complaining about other jokes put in TSTO. So since that hasn't happened, it is about gun owners' self-righteousness.

Sounds like you're the one being self-righteous here. I'm not complaining that the game made fun of the NRA, but the way in which the game did it, which is out of the ordinary for the series' usual tone.

OK, let me start over. 2/3 of the people who play this game didn't have a problem with the humor. So the majority had no problem with the way it was done.

And since you mentioned it, I'm a Christian, Scot, Irish, and a liberal. So if I was as self-righteous as you claim, I would be bothered with how Flanders, Lovejoy, Willie, Quimby, and O'Flanagan are represented in the game. But that isn't the case.

Care to take any more blind stabs in the dark.

You just informed me in no uncertain terms that anyone who has a problem with the quest is, in your opinion, a 'self-righteous gun owner.' I'm not. So who's taking blind stabs in the dark?

2/3 of the people who responded a poll had no problem with the humor. And how is that evidence of anything at all?

When you don't object to anything else the Simpsons do until they lampoon gun owners, you are self-righteous.

I am not a gun owner. So your your point is invalid. What I am objecting to is the way in which this issue was handled: if any other group had been given the same hamfisted treatment I would find it just as distasteful, because it's weak, lazy writing.

Then you're either a liar or too scared to admit your true reason in disliking it. Both of which would be more believable than someone having a problem with the humor displayed by The Simpsons. If that disturbs you, try reading some Wayne LaPierre quotes.

There you are again: self-righteousness.