FUCK YES

[Lord Foul]

I bet the Illuminati is behind this XD

Clearly it's the Gnomes of Zurich, not the Illuminati.

DW - While I agree with you over the fact that creating new laws and such would be more costly than just paying out, I'd like to point out that if we do go through the process of making laws it may help prevent this exact thing from happening again. I know there will always be some cockbite who will find a loophole, but at the very least let's make it harder for them.

To me, it's like having a house that needs a new roof... you could either just shell out a few hundred bucks and tarp it - making it ugly, and needing to patch holes in the tarp yearly, or spend more and just redo the fucker and not worry for 20 or so years.

Just my thoughts on the topic, feel free to argue as you will (like you need permission)

I think you're actually agreeing with me, not DW. I don't agree with the roof analogy, however. Creating new laws as a reaction to specific instances of bad behavior on the supposition that it will prevent such behavior in the future has led us to a system so complex that only lawyers (teams of lawyers with different specialties, actually) can understand fully what is actually legal and what is illegal.

 

[Dead Winter]

Yeah yer agreeing with Lord Foul.

I'm all for vindication.

 

[Lord Foul]

So we put all the execs in a caged arena and the one who walks (crawl, limps...) out gets the whole $165 million. We televise the whole thing as a pay-per-view event. Talk about economic stimulus baby!

 

[Dead Winter]

No no...who gives a shit if they beat the crap out of each other? We put them in a caged arena with some poor schmuck who just got laid off and see who comes out on top.

 

[DarkNoise]

I get where you're coming from - and yeah it was you not DW... I was zoning out a bit there (hadn't had coffee yet).

I understand what you're saying. The trick would be making a law that's worded just right so that this exact event can never happen again, or any event like it. But as you said, doing so creates complicated, ambiguous wording that is very open to interpretation. I was just saying how I'd like to see things go in my delusional world - I like it here much better.

 

[DarkNoise]

So we put all the execs in a caged arena and the one who walks (crawl, limps...) out gets the whole $165 million. We televise the whole thing as a pay-per-view event. Talk about economic stimulus baby!

That sounds suspiciously like a George Carlin'ism..... IM FOR IT!

 

[Dead Winter]

Actually it does sound like him.

Similar to his golf course rant.

 

[Lunar Still]

And his ideas on how to balance the stupid fucking budget.

 

[DarkNoise]

gotta love those rectangular states - like Wyoming

 

[Kvlt Wench]

No no...who gives a shit if they beat the crap out of each other? We put them in a caged arena with some poor schmuck who just got laid off and see who comes out on top.

Been watching the Colbert Report?

 

[Dead Winter]

Never seen a single episode of the Colbert report. Seriously.

I always preferred John Stewart. What was Colbert's quote?

 

[Kvlt Wench]

Jon Stewart is kind of an ass. You can tell he thinks pretty highly of himself.

I don't remember exactly what Colbert said, but he brings the lolz. Check out some clips on his site... or at least watch him roast George W. if you haven't seen that already.

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

Yeah nowadays Colbert is way funnier than Stewart. Especially lately, Colbert's been hilarious. I was watching it last night or the night before and I was lolling.

 

[Kvlt Wench]

Welcome to Stephen Colbert's DOOM BUNKER.

He was also excellent in Strangers With Candy.