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[Leafsnail]

Okay, what the fuck. I'm one of those crazy anti gun hippies, and I'm totally on their side. Since when is "encouraging public debate" a bad thing?!

If you're meant to be representing your country and the debate is about exactly how much of an ass you made of yourself.

[Sheb]

How is posing with shotgun "making an ass of yourself"? I mean, the whole Australian Olympic Comittee are making asses of themselves right now.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Still, they posed with guns. I'm a gun-control-hippie-commie-crypto-muslim-american-hater as well, and frankly, I don't see anything wrong with this.

Nikov is gone Sheb, you can stop talking about your Socialist-Euro-Trash-Marxist-Anti-Freedom-Terrorist-Sympathizing political views.

[RedKing]

Still, they posed with guns. I'm a gun-control-hippie-commie-crypto-muslim-american-hater as well, and frankly, I don't see anything wrong with this. I mean, are shotguns illegal in Australia? That pic was taken in California for god's sake! I'm just going WTF.

It's less the guns and more the pose. If they had posted a picture of them actually firing on the range, it probably wouldn't have been an issue. Smirking and looking like an Internet badass with a pair of handguns...issue. The guy with the shotguns isn't that big of a deal, IMHO (although the crossed shotguns things does look kinda ridiculous, like a modern-day Conan or something).

[Sheb]

Yeah so what? I mean, those are guys whose job is to run around in speedos and swim. We don't care if they look stupid on a picture, we don't expect them to.

[Leafsnail]

Who's "we"?  I guess if you don't care about sports you wouldn't care, but if you do and feel them to be your representatives you could feel it's kindof tasteless.

[GlyphGryph]

No, Sheb. You don't understand.

Sports are important. They are serious business. Way too important for people to look bad. Because these athletes aren't people in a competition, they are religious icons representing our entire culture, heritage, and history. Plus the foreign diplomats will laugh at us when they are over for tea.

Now please, avoid attracting negative attention so we can get back to bulldozing the homes of the poor to build a new swimming pool.

[RedKing]

There's also the unspoken "Hurr durr look we iz Americans nao! Yeeeeah boooyyyyzzz, got mah boomsticks!"
I'd be happier if they had a caption pointing to them labeled "Not Actual Americans".

I'm not saying they *should* be punished, just that I can understand why they would be. And honestly...they got off light. They're still allowed to compete at the Olympics, they're just sending them home once their event is done, so they don't do anything else stupid like pose doing lewd things to a Palace Guard.

[kaijyuu]

I motion that posing for stupid pictures becomes an inalienable human right.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Of course they can still do the Olympics. Replacing world-class athletes isn't the easiest thing to accomplish.

[scriver]

You know who I like? The Jews. It's against their religion to eat pork and shellfish, but do you see them trying to make laws forbidding that? Nope.

You think? Look up the ultra-orthodox quarters in New York or Israel.

[Truean]

You know who I like? The Jews. It's against their religion to eat pork and shellfish, but do you see them trying to make laws forbidding that? Nope.

You think? Look up the ultra-orthodox quarters in New York or Israel.

That's like pointing to the hardcore evangelicals though.... Most of the Jews I know don't really care what other people do. Being in law, who are we kidding, I know a lot of them.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

The issue with the Ultra-Orthodox, is that being Ultra-Orthodox, they have dozens of children and are slowly overtaking the non-insane Jewish population.

[Criptfeind]

Huh. From what I remember from when I used to know about religion the Jews worked on the chosen people principle, in that you can't become a Jew, you have to be born as one. So if everyone else is already damned to hell, there is no reason to try to save them.

[Truean]

Huh. From what I remember from when I used to know about religion the Jews worked on the chosen people principle, in that you can't become a Jew, you have to be born as one. So if everyone else is already damned to hell, there is no reason to try to save them.

Basically yes. Though many of them don't believe in hell or whatever.

With one recruitment exception. You have to ask the rabbi four times after being denied three to show you're serious about becoming a Jew and nobody can put you up to it.