Did Comedian Bill Maher Cross the Line?

Originally posted by Bardock42
What is "one's time"

Natural causes.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Yes, that would be hilarious.

Yeah, you would think so.

Originally posted by Sadako of Girth
I bet they were just ROLLING in the aisles at the sheer inventiveness and good taste of the gag in question... :/

Exactly.

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
Natural causes.

Yeah, you would think so.

Hey, hey now...Stingrays are natural, aren't they?

Yes. very much though..I wish we had this pagan habit here in germany, I'd go out and get such a costume right now.

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
That was my point, ey. If you die before your time, I think that's tragic. You may or may not agree.

So if some one dresses up as JFK for Halloween with fake brains hanging out of the side of his head, is that ok? Even though he got shot over 40 years ago?

Yeah, I think it's fine. That's quite different though.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Hey, hey now...Stingrays are natural, aren't they?

I'm talking old age.

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
I'm talking old age.

Woah, woah, woah...you are discriminating a hell of a lot of good deaths here...hater.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Woah, woah, woah...you are discriminating a hell of a lot of good deaths here...hater.

🤨 Ay guey.....

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
I'm talking old age.

You can't die from old age...

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
🤨 Ay guey.....

Guey? Is that Bat Shit? Hehe..of course I know that it isn't..funny anyways...to me...not to Steve Irwin though..cause he is dead...he would have liked Bat shit though...but not anymore..you know why?

Originally posted by Capt_Fantastic
Yeah, it was a real question. Sure, it's too bad the guy died, but he died doing what he loved. And what he loved was wrestling with dangerous animals. He was one of those people who couldn't just look, he had to touch too.

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
That was my point, ey. If you die before your time, I think that's tragic. You may or may not agree.

So if some one dresses up as JFK for Halloween with fake brains hanging out of the side of his head, is that ok? Even though he got shot over 40 years ago?

I would find that incredibly funny. Not to mention it'd probably win best costume, who knows how long that would take to make.

Also, if the cause of death is your own fault then it's not really 'before your time', natural cause or not. He probably knew he'd die wrestling some animal that wasn't meant to be wrestled anyway.

Of course every one is entitled to their opinion on how tragic his death was, but I just don't see it as a tragedy. Now, don't misunderstand me, I certainly didn't wish him harm or enjoy the fact that he died. But the "tragic" aspect of it escapes me. I think I might find it tragic if, after all his years of wrestling crocodiles and getting bit on the lip by snakes, he'd been killed in a car accident.

Originally posted by Strangelove
sure, he dies doing what he loved, but he was killed by a sting ray, for Christ's sake. You'd think he'd be eaten by a shark, something a little more exciting

It certainly would have been more fitting.

Originally posted by Capt_Fantastic
Of course every one is entitled to their opinion on how tragic his death was, but I just don't see it as a tragedy. Now, don't misunderstand me, I certainly didn't wish him harm or enjoy the fact that he died. But the "tragic" aspect of it escapes me. I think I might find it tragic if, after all his years of wrestling crocodiles and getting bit on the lip by snakes, he'd been killed in a car accident.

S'what you get for messing with poisonous animals.

Originally posted by office jesus
S'what you get for messing with poisonous animals.

Originally posted by Strangelove
he wasn't messing with it, it caught him completely by surprise

Okay. So. He's supposed to be surprised that a poisonous animal is going to sting him because it perceived him as a threat? Yeah. That makes a WHOLE lot of sense.

Originally posted by Strangelove
I voted yes, that he did, but I'd like to qualify it. I don't think he crossed a line, because I believe that there isn't a set "line" to be crossed, but I personally believe that he was in poor taste to parody his tragic death.

So, in answer to the question 'Did comedian Bill Maher cross the line?', you answered 'yes', but you 'don't think he crossed the line'? Well, that makes sense.

My view: Where are these lines that people are supposed to have crossed? I don't see any...Maybe they're just all in your head. Which leads into the next question: Why do you have lines in your head?

Meh.