August 25, 2006

Satire is beyond dead

You simply can't parody the left anymore. Satire is not only dead, they have dug up and buggered the corpse.

According to some moonbat at Sydney Indymedia (no link, follow the Prof's links if you must), if you answer "No" to more than three of the following questions, you are a Nazi.

Did Howard lie about WMD?

Do you know who Rupert Murdoch is?

Do you like cats?

Did you ever believe in a conspiracy theory?

Are there aliens out there?

Did you ever use alternative medicine?

Would you kill to defend yourself?

Do you ever avoid walking in the cracks of the pavement?

They would not do it without a reason, would they?

So sissyboy pacifists who would refuse to defend themselves are Nazis. People who never took "step on a crack, break your mother's back" seriously are Nazis. People who never believed in homeopathetic "medicine" are Nazis. People who don't like cats are Nazis. I have absolutely no idea what that last one means, but it makes you a Nazi.

Going further, if you answer "Yes" to more than three of the following questions, you are a Nazi:

Do you vote?

Do you believe in God?

Do you smoke?

Should the Monarchy remain? [Ed.: WTF??]

Do you agree with corporal punishment for children?

Would you kill for your country?

Do you do martial arts?

Did you ever kick your pet?

Would you tell lies for your boss?

Would you join the uniformed services?

Do you like the changing of the guard?

Did you answer these questions truthfully?

So if you vote, you are a Nazi. If you smoke, you are a Nazi. If you ever in your entire life kicked a pet, you are a Nazi. If you answer the damn questions truthfully, you are a Nazi.

Jeez I miss satire.

Posted by Ken S at August 25, 2006 08:07 AM | TrackBack (0) |
Comments

Do you like cats? WTF? Was Hitler a cat lover or something?

Posted by: Emily at August 25, 2006 08:49 AM

I'm not fond of cats myself (with rare exceptions). That makes me a Nazi.

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at August 25, 2006 08:51 AM

I tell the truth. Take me to the Hague.

Posted by: Cullen at August 25, 2006 09:26 AM

Hitler liked dogs from what I remember, German Shepards, and believed in homeopathic medicine too or at least fringe vegetarianism.
Why the hell anybody would ever believe in homeopathic anything is beyond me. It's as close to believing in "sympathetic magic" and "elvish charms" as it gets.

Posted by: DirtCrashr at August 25, 2006 09:59 AM

Seig Heil, baby.

Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at August 25, 2006 10:12 AM

What about banjos?

Posted by: Nightfly at August 25, 2006 10:29 AM

Banjos rock. People who hate banjos are Nazis. Also, they're communists and may be suspected of defiling satirical corpses.

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at August 25, 2006 10:33 AM

Ken, that's exactly the kind of comment a Nazi despot banjo lover would make.

Posted by: Cullen at August 25, 2006 10:50 AM

On the Monarchy thing - Austrilla is like Canada, their PM is head of government but they recognize the British Crown as their head of state. Technically, their elections are called for by the Queen and the PM is suppose to report to her and yadda yadda yadda.

I'm confused about something though... if you'd kill in self defense, you're not a Nazi, but if you study martial arts so you might not have to kill (or could kill more easily) in self defense, you are a Nazi. My old sensis would be very upset about this.

Posted by: KG at August 25, 2006 10:58 AM

It's really simple - "if you don't agree with me in all things you're a Nazi."

Posted by: ktel60 at August 25, 2006 11:03 AM

That's usually the case, Ktel, but some of these are complete non-sequitors. Do you know who Rupert Murdoch IS? Yeah, he's one of the most famous fucking men in the world. I could possibly understand a question like "do you ADMIRE Rupert Murdoch" or something along those lines, but just have you heard of him? Huh? Who hasn't?

Posted by: Emily at August 25, 2006 11:11 AM

Let's conjoin these two statements:

If you would not kill in self-defense, you're a Nazi
and
If you do martial arts, you're a Nazi
What does that make those lefty pacifists I knew in college who studied Aikido (the "non-violent" martial art)?

I think it makes them the Naziest of Nazis. Or at least, it makes them extra-sooper-double Nazis.

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at August 25, 2006 11:17 AM

Which brings up a question, if the pet you kicked was a cat, would that count as two Nazi points?

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at August 25, 2006 11:19 AM

I know who Rupert is, he's the bastard who's homunculus man-boy Jeff Shell at TV-Guide took over the company where I worked and after booting Henry and Elsie with golden goddam parachutes, closed down the eBook venture because he was running a Haircut-500 company of nitwits who pretended to be TV people - a corporate practice company where they groom talent for other jobs.

Posted by: DirtCrashr at August 25, 2006 11:52 AM

oh, that kind of thing had hair on it back in the Vaudeville days. There was the old question: "So have you stopped beating your wife?"

I don't know, though. If I see the word "Nazi" out of the context of a discussion of the Reich or WWII, I tend to tune out whatever follows. I've kind of internalized Godwin's Law.

Posted by: ricki at August 25, 2006 11:53 AM

"Australia is like Canada, their PM is head of government but they recognize the British Crown as their head of state."

To really splits hairs about it, the monarchy is fully patriated to each of the dominions: the Crown is NOT "the British Crown," because Elizabeth II is Queen of Australia (or Canada), etc., as such, just as much she is Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This has been true to an extent since at least the Statute of Westminster in 1931, but completely the case since each of the dominions adopted their (unlike the UK's) written constitutions. When absent (i.e., most of the time), the monarch is represented by the Governor-General at the federal level, and by a Lieutenant-Governor in each of the Australian states (and Canadian provinces). To illustrate, a federal criminal prosecution is captioned "the Crown in Right of Australia v." the defendant, and a state prosecution would be (for example) "the Crown in Right of New South Wales v." the defendant. A civil action between a state or province and the feds is particularly weird, e.g., "the Crown in Right of Alberta v. the Crown in Right of Canada."

This is also why these countries do not have accredit ambassadors and embassies to one another, since an ambassador represents a sovereign head of state or the equivalent. Instead they have "high commissions."

Posted by: Dave J at August 25, 2006 04:43 PM

SPLIT THOSE HAIRS, BABY!

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at August 25, 2006 06:45 PM

Now come on, I believe that conspiracy theory that says the Clintons did away with anyone and everyone who had something on them. Or I believed it for about 5 or 10 minutes... well maybe a day or 2 at the most....

Posted by: Zendo Deb at August 25, 2006 07:44 PM

Although I'm alergic to most cats, so that probably evens things out some.

Posted by: Zendo Deb at August 25, 2006 07:45 PM

Clintons killed the radio star, I hear.

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at August 25, 2006 09:09 PM

I thought the Monarchy thing had to do with the fact that Liberals are so fucking convinced the George W had crowned himself King/emperor. (I need to get away from college.... I've actually HEARD that argument SERIOUSLY put forward in a class.)

Posted by: alli at August 26, 2006 12:55 AM

Did you ever use alternative medicine?

I thought that was a lefty sort of activity.

Posted by: Alan K, Henderson, Parole Officer to the Stars at August 28, 2006 01:31 AM