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RB TexLa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 11:52 PM
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Two kids talking about the writers strike in line at the 7-11

One said they should give the writers whatever they wanted the other that they should just go back to work. Both agreed that something better be done quick to save the television season and keep new shows on the air. Guess if it's a prolonged strike these two could be blowing a few of their teachers and class mates away. I'll try to remember what they look like for when their YouTube video comes out after the shooting.
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 11:54 PM
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1. Sad... I might have explained to them why this is important
and why the shows are secondary
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jgraz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 11:55 PM
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2. Very unfortunate word wrap cut the line at "blowing a few of their teachers"
Took me a while to realize what you were talking about. :rofl:
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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 11:56 PM
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3. mustn't interrupt the bread and circuses....
Sad.
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BleedingHeartPatriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 11:56 PM
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4. 12,000 people paralyzing global corporations.
Yet many dismiss the arts. MKJ
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wildbilln864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 11:57 PM
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5. maybe this strike will....
get more people away from the brainwashing box and start paying attention to what's going on. Or will they just keep watching reruns?
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 12:00 AM
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6. Shame that the media hasn't given other strikes this type of loving coverage
"But...it's...Tee Vee!!!"
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 12:02 AM
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7. So will "Lost" be more delayed?
Argh!
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Harper_is_Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 12:04 AM
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8. wtf are you talking about?
"blowing a few of their teachers and class mates away"

??

That is in shity taste.
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BleedingHeartPatriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 12:08 AM
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10. RG Bolen has expressed his contempt for the artists who provide
the framework for expression of the human experience.

He doesn't appreciate it, yet somehow does, I'm just guessing. MKJ
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RB TexLa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 12:08 AM
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11. Yeah, because no kids have ever shot people at their school

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Harper_is_Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 12:21 AM
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14. Uh, ok...but how does that translate into presuming that these two specific kids would do that???
Your argument is empty. What you say is correct...you sarcasticaly say that no kids have shot up schools, and of course they have. So, your sarcasm seems correct.
It's a cheap tactic though (usually employed by the right) since the truth about the current conversation has nothing to do with your point.
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RB TexLa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 12:23 AM
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15. I'm not making a prediction they are going to but they very well might

you have no way of knowing which ones of them will and which ones of them won't shoot up a school.
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Harper_is_Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 12:58 AM
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17. What disingenuous tripe.
Get a grip on your hysterical predictions. It's offensive.
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TheWraith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 02:28 AM
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23. So you're just a f--king irrational nutcake? Alrighty then. NT
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RB TexLa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 09:26 AM
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26. I'm never irrational
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 01:03 AM
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18. And the lack of new original content on TV is going to make them shoot up their schools?
Sorry, I just do not see the cause/effect relationship here.
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Bongo Prophet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 01:57 AM
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20. Maybe they could join the picket lines instead of a killing spree...
Either that, or form their own splinter group protesting the writers.
Teach them about civic involvement.

What do we want?
"New and original content on TV, so we don't go on a shooting spree!"
When do we want it?
"Prime time tonight, 7pm eastern, or at least before the next Heroes episode!"

Writin' is hard work.
:)
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 02:28 AM
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22. Effect: Stupid comments about kids shooting up schools that have nothing to do with anything.
Cause: Douchebaggery.
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RB TexLa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 09:26 AM
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25. You never know what is going to set them off. they were pretty upset at the idea of losing

a television season.

Like I said you never know what can make these monsters go over the edge.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 12:01 PM
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28. I strive in my daily life to have your kind of faith in human nature
:eyes:
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 12:07 AM
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9. the sad part
is the big sticking issue is 4 cents per DVD.
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 12:12 AM
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12. No, the big sticking issue is the future of compensation structures
in a new media environment.

I should think that that's an issue worth fighting for, and that labeling it merely 4 cents per DVD is a rather simplistic take on the problem.
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 12:17 AM
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13. Yes
internet compensation is a big issue - but nobody has yet figured that out.


writers get 4 cents per DVD now. They want 8 cents. That's the only concrete point - nobody has any idea how to make money off the internet yet - unless you're selling physical goods.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 01:05 AM
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19. Ad revenues
The ads that go along with the streaming video, AFAIK is what they are after.
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BreweryYardRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 12:36 AM
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16. You're not being clear.
Why do you think they'd go shoot up their school over a writer's strike?
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 02:25 AM
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21. Because they're kids and that's what kids do.
Duh. :eyes:
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 02:29 AM
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24. I'm happy they knew about current events!!
And enough to discuss it!! :rofl:

That's awesome!! :P
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Bassic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-09-07 09:54 AM
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27. They like tv so they're gonna shoot up their school if they can't get it?
How exactly does that work? :eyes:
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