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[Munin]

If this had been some situation with a crime committed by blacks and a comparable, similarly tasteless joke had been made, nobody here would state how "funny" it is. Selective racism at its finest.

 

[Phat Michael]

If this had been some situation with a crime committed by blacks and a comparable, similarly tasteless joke had been made, nobody here would state how "funny" it is. Selective racism at its finest.

give me some black puns about planes crashing and we can run your test.

 

[braves01]

1/10.

Lol that's being generous

 

[Stahsky]

Man, you guys can find a reason to call anything offensive

 

[Phat Michael]

Man, you guys can find a reason to call anything offensive

guys? sexist.

 

[Stahsky]

i dont know what came over me

 

[krae_man]

Video of the news report

 

[CurlySaysX]

Are people seriously offended by the fake names?
Are Mike Hunt, Ben Dover, Hugh Jass also offensive?

 

[TheOMan]

this needs to get posted again

Is...this real??? Wooooooooow.

Hu's on first?

This is the name of a decent restaurant actually - it's in a baseball stadium, no joke.

 

[IceCold]

That's their lawyer Cha Ching

take a bow son.

 

[T.O.P]

That's their lawyer Cha Ching

oh shit lol

 

[I am Michael Bolton]

Good

good troll bait.

 

[qindarka]

Are people seriously offended by the fake names?

Is that a problem? I can understand it if some of us are not offended or find this funny but don't try and tell those of us who take issue with it that we are wrong.

 

[DrForester]

What possible legal action could they take? What law is broken by some intern trolling people?

 

[IceCold]

I feel bad for you if you can't laugh at this. Comedy, and especially stand up, must suck ass for you.

 

[Slayer-33]

 

[qindarka]

I feel bad for you if you can't laugh at this. Comedy, and especially stand up, must suck ass for you.

Is it not enough that you personally find if funny without making condescending posts like this?

 

[sangreal]

I wonder how was responsible for the names - someone inside KTVU looking to get fired, someone from the transport authorities, or just a random troll who called KTVU acting like someone from the transport authority?

Edit: Ah so it was an intern.

No, they're saying an intern at NTSB confirmed the names when KTVU asked. KTVU hasn't said who gave them the names in the first place

 

[Black-Box]

Are people seriously offended by the fake names?
Are Mike Hunt, Ben Dover, Hugh Jass also offensive?

Those don't work. You don't say his name Bend Over. You say Ben Dover they don't sound the same at all.

People are offended because it is racist.

Same way you can get offended being called African American. Just because I am black doesn't make me African American.

 

[IceCold]

Is it not enough that you personally find if funny without making condescending posts like this?

Didn't mean to offend you man but seeing people get offended that people found this funny and even bringing up the Trayvon trial left a bad in my mouth.

 

[Daft_Cat]

Really?

Well, I mean..it is a little hypocritical to get on your high horse about a racist play on words when your username arguably borders on being one (phoreal)...

..but I was just fucking around. I think people are taking this whole news blooper thing way too seriously.

 

[squidyj]

Those don't work. You don't say his name Bend Over. You say Ben Dover they don't sound the same at all.

People are offended because it is racist.

Same way you can get offended being called African American. Just because I am black doesn't make me African American.

I.... what? how does it not sound like bend over? are you waiting a minute between words?

 

[Tristam]

The same people saying that nobody ever makes fun of stereotypical "black" names (for fear of retribution?) have probably cracked that stupid "Ladasha" joke at some point in their lives.

 

[Hex]

Are people seriously offended by the fake names?
Are Mike Hunt, Ben Dover, Hugh Jass also offensive?

While I agree that there is some huge over blown bits to the situation, you have to be a simpleton to really believe there is anything even close to similar about the names that you quoted and the ones in the story and the situation that it creates.

 

[Rimfya]

Wi Tu Low is 10/10

 

[The Shadow]

this needs to get posted again

Are you certain that was meant to mock an asian accent? My first impression when I saw that was that they were making a play on Flight vs. Fright (scary).

I literally had to stare at it for a couple of minutes to figure out why you even posted it.

 

[TxdoHawk]

http://tinyw.in/Zs7p

Oh, my state, of course. Stay classy, New Jersey!

 

[timetokill]

Are you certain that was meant to mock an asian accent? My first impression when I saw that was that they were making a play on Flight vs. Fright (scary).

I literally had to stare at it for a couple of minutes to figure out why you even posted it.

That was the newspapers supposed intent. Nevertheless they issued an apology as many people saw it as the common "asians can't say L's" joke

 

[Ceebs]

That's their lawyer Cha Ching

I was thinking more like Sum Won Su.

 

[freenudemacusers]

Those don't work. You don't say his name Bend Over. You say Ben Dover they don't sound the same at all.

are you pho real

 

[krioto]

Reminds me of a 12th man joke regarding the Chinese swimmers that won the world championships whilst looking pretty roid-ripped:

Wee Do Ping
Yae We Won

 

[Gallbaro]

Fox network affiliate KTVU referred all questions to their lawyer, Wai Yu Su.

lol

 

[ramyeon]

I feel bad for you if you can't laugh at this. Comedy, and especially stand up, must suck ass for you.

Except this wasn't said at a stand up comedy show, it was broadcast on a news report of a serious incident that left 2 people dead.

 

[Gallbaro]

Except this wasn't said at a stand up comedy show, it was broadcast on a news report of a serious incident that left 2 people dead.

Aside from that how was the play?

 

[ThoseDeafMutes]

That's their lawyer Cha Ching

You stole that joke from Ari Gold and you should feel bad.

 

[sleeping_dragon]

Reminds me of a 12th man joke regarding the Chinese swimmers that won the world championships whilst looking pretty roid-ripped:

Wee Do Ping
Yae We Won

Or the Korean dude in the London Olympic; Kim You Suk! ahahahah.

 

[Blood Diamonds]

I mean it would be worth it if the fake names in this thread were a little bit funny but they don't even get close to the ones on the news report.

 

[ChainedMaster]

Nobody can tell me that ho lee fuk was a mistake. That was intentional. However it will be impossible to prove on paper

Clearly they were all intentional. You do see how they tell a story, right?

 

[Black Mamba]

Yeah, good luck with that. Can't news stations say whatever they want as long as they have a "source" feeding them the information?

Not when the source is Bart Simpson.

 

[LQX]

What is "Bang Ding Ow" suppose to mean? I get the others.

 

[johnny_park]

Well, I mean..it is a little hypocritical to get on your high horse about a racist play on words when your username arguably borders on being one (phoreal)...

..but I was just fucking around. I think people are taking this whole news blooper thing way too seriously.

My username is a Foo Fighters song you dumb fuck.

 

[Gallbaro]

What is "Bang Ding Ow" suppose to mean? I get the others.

Really?

Bang,
Ding,
Ow.

 

[shanshan310]

Good. What fucking morons to think that airing that on a news station was okay. People died, and you make racist jokes? How unprofessional.

 

[Gallbaro]

Good. What fucking morons to think that airing that on a news station was okay. People died, and you make racist jokes? How unprofessional.

Not racist. Name play is a fine American tradition on all cultures.

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[SlipperySlope]

this needs to get posted again

Eh. I read online news all the time. Thus I'm used to stupid puns. So they've stooped to the low of online news... meh...

 

[freenudemacusers]

My username is a Foo Fighters song you dumb fuck.

man i thought were weren't using dumb fuck

 

[sleeping_dragon]

Good. What fucking morons to think that airing that on a news station was okay. People died, and you make racist jokes? How unprofessional.

Well what do you expect from a Fox News channel? I'm pretty sure it wasn't meant to be racist joke, I mean who can be this stupid right....right?

 

[MercuryLS]

Fox network affiliate KTVU referred all questions to their lawyer, Wai Yu Su.

#dead

 

[shanshan310]

Not racist. Name play is a fine American tradition on all cultures.



http://www.cartalk.com/content/staff-credits

I am aware of that. The difference is those are real names, and these are "Asian sounding words we made up that you can pronounce in an Asian accent like English words".

And "American tradition"? pfft.

 

[Boom Boom Pow]

give me some black puns about planes crashing and we can run your test.

aight, I'll bite.

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