Comments on: I've seen ugly, but thats like

I've seen ugly, but thats like

bob sarabia — Sat, 21 Aug 2004 18:10:02 -0800

Doing a Lynndie

By: amberglow

amberglow — Sat, 21 Aug 2004 18:53:43 -0800

assholes.

By: orange swan

orange swan — Sat, 21 Aug 2004 19:04:11 -0800

The name of the site is very apt. It truly does stink.

By: PinkStainlessTail

PinkStainlessTail — Sat, 21 Aug 2004 19:29:10 -0800

I'll put my mark in the "funny" column, but only after solemn deliberation and consideration. Honest.

By: bob sarabia

bob sarabia — Sat, 21 Aug 2004 19:44:30 -0800

most of the pictures are of the people that actually run the site. sad sad

By: alms

alms — Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:21:24 -0800

Much preferred Lindy:

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Sat, 21 Aug 2004 21:23:04 -0800

This scandal was so sureally, beyond-the-pale embarrassing for all Americans that it deserves, and rewards, parody of this moronic coarseness. What else to do with such a loathesome notion as photo-ing oneself with unwitting (war-crime) victims other than herald it as the supreme act of arrogant inanity that it is? So I vote with PST. The whole site is worth it just for producing works of art such as this.

By: photoslob

photoslob — Sat, 21 Aug 2004 21:33:43 -0800

I bet those homeless guys think they're a freakin laugh riot.

assholes.

By: punishinglemur

punishinglemur — Sat, 21 Aug 2004 22:28:24 -0800

lighten up.

By: h00dini

h00dini — Sat, 21 Aug 2004 22:37:12 -0800

I thought it was hilarious....I must be evil.

By: dawna

dawna — Sat, 21 Aug 2004 22:42:55 -0800

well isn't that just lovely.

By: Krrrlson

Krrrlson — Sat, 21 Aug 2004 23:11:55 -0800

That's weird, no one rushed to condemn the guy this thread (also known as the "we can finally joke about beheadings" thread) is about.

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 00:02:37 -0800

It continues to sadden me that Rush and his band of wingnuts has likened this entire shameful episode to a frat house hazing. To me, the tone of this site comes off in the same vein, it trivializes the events. My discomfort is exacerbated by the meanness of people posing with homeless people and winos. Sad.

By: JakeEXTREME

JakeEXTREME — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 01:29:10 -0800

Maybe I'm just odd, but to me the whole thing is stupid. I don't mean stupid in the sense of degrading the people that made it. More of a stupid in that I take no side other than finding it boring and unfunny, you know... just dumb. There are a million things out there that are funny, this isn't one of them. I find FUH2(previously discussed here) more intriguing than this.

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 02:39:01 -0800

I'm with Jake on this one. That particular picture did not register enough in the public (or, perhaps, my) conscious for this concept to really work comedically. Besides, at least in the USA, Tom Green and the boys from Jackass kind of ran the "humiliating random strangers" thing into the ground a couple years back.

By: dodgygeezer

dodgygeezer — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 03:15:59 -0800

Unless you're pointing at a penis it aint a Lynndie

By: asok

asok — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 04:32:23 -0800

So naughty. If you combinded this with the 'passed out wookiees' what would you get? Of questionable taste, which is not neccessarily a bad thing. If the governments of the coalition had treated the Abu Ghraib torture scandal with the urgency and respect it deserved there might be a more mature atmosphere around these pictures throughout society. It is almost worth these people reminding us of the commodification of the images as bargaining tools, which detracts from our society's humanity. The reports of torture should have been enough, why did it take these pictures appearance in the national press for the government to take *action*? Funny, with a feeling of nausea attendant.

By: stifford

stifford — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 07:28:55 -0800

If the governments of the coalition had treated the Abu Ghraib torture scandal with the urgency and respect it deserved there might be a more mature atmosphere around these pictures throughout society. I doubt it. And I'm not saying that to dismiss the Abu Ghraib incidents. After every tragic event (at least as far back as I can remember) there's usually a batch of tasteless jokes that make the rounds afterwards. Ethiopian jokes, Space Shuttle jokes, Princess Di jokes, etc. The Internet just provides a new medium for it.

By: biffa

biffa — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 17:09:51 -0800

That particular picture did not register enough in the public (or, perhaps, my) conscious for this concept to really work comedically. But it may have more impact in the UK and its a UK website (or at least most of the pictures are in the UK). I liked it.

By: pardonyou?

pardonyou? — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 06:50:06 -0800

count me in the "funny" column. I liked this one.