02 Feb 2011, 3:20 pm
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03 Feb 2011, 11:41 am
Three red cars and a funeral topic
Was this a real funeral, or was it part of the gag? 
03 Feb 2011, 12:03 pm
03 Feb 2011, 12:23 pm
I didn't find this offensive.
03 Feb 2011, 1:13 pm
03 Feb 2011, 1:16 pm
Was this a real funeral, or was it part of the gag?
It was all a skit - the Onion isn't a real newspaper, and only includes real news accidentally (or as part of the "American Voices" feature, a spoof of some newspapers' "Man on the Street" interviews).
They also don't mind mocking themselves; when the playoff game between the defending Superbowl champion New Orleans Saints and the losing-record Seattle Seahawks was coming up, the Onion had a story headlined, "Saints Get a Bye In First Round of Playoffs" (normally, a "bye week" is one in which a team doesn't play; "getting a bye" means that a team gets to skip a certain level of the playoff system). After the Seahawks defeated the Saints, the Onion's headline was, "Saints Lose Bye Week."
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03 Feb 2011, 1:39 pm
Was this a real funeral, or was it part of the gag?
It was all a skit - the Onion isn't a real newspaper, and only includes real news accidentally (or as part of the "American Voices" feature, a spoof of some newspapers' "Man on the Street" interviews).
They also don't mind mocking themselves; when the playoff game between the defending Superbowl champion New Orleans Saints and the losing-record Seattle Seahawks was coming up, the Onion had a story headlined, "Saints Get a Bye In First Round of Playoffs" (normally, a "bye week" is one in which a team doesn't play; "getting a bye" means that a team gets to skip a certain level of the playoff system). After the Seahawks defeated the Saints, the Onion's headline was, "Saints Lose Bye Week."
Onion slop topic
What I find offensive is the mocking of a funeral of a young woman who died from a stray bullet. In reality, this type of death is becoming more and more common.
03 Feb 2011, 1:44 pm
It wasn't a real funeral. That would be inexcusable.
I can't quote Detroit murder statistics like the Autistic Reporter, but in the UK crime is at it's lowest level since 1995. Is violent death really becoming more and more common?
03 Feb 2011, 1:45 pm
http://www.theonion.com/articles/autist ... opl,18983/
Perhaps if enough people complain about this, they'll get the message that this isn't funny.
LMAO! I laughed all the way through that, thanks for posting!
If you're offended by this, lighten the hell up. Seriously...
03 Feb 2011, 2:07 pm
03 Feb 2011, 2:11 pm
I actually find it offensive when something makes fun of everything but they never make fun of autistics. Why leave us out? I have faced enough discrimination in my childhood.
That's why South Park keeps dissappointing me. 
03 Feb 2011, 2:17 pm
That's why South Park keeps dissappointing me.
South Park makes fun of autism all the time. They're just non-verbal ...
03 Feb 2011, 5:40 pm
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03 Feb 2011, 8:03 pm
It wasn't a real funeral. That would be inexcusable.
I can't quote Detroit murder statistics like the Autistic Reporter, but in the UK crime is at it's lowest level since 1995. Is violent death really becoming more and more common?
Bullets gone astray topic
I just googled "Canadians killed by stray bullets in the last 5 years" and while there was no mention of an increase there were quite a few examples of this sort of preventable accident. I call it preventable because when firing weapons amongst people there is a greater than average chance a stray bullet will hit an unintended victim, with the liklihood of fatal and/or serious damage.. To call this collateral damage is reprehensible and irresponsible, and very common in shootout gang related gunbattles.
I know the funeral was a mockup. I just find it callous that such a scene would be included in a comedy gag.
04 Feb 2011, 2:50 am
04 Feb 2011, 4:25 am
That parents of autistic kids would get offended over something like this only shows how little they think of their own kids.
I can't really see my mother getting upset over a stranger getting ridiculed (not that she would even get the satire), but I can definitely see her going off about the autistic kids she knows and the weird things they do after watching this video. She probably doesn't realize it herself, but she does that mostly to make herself feel somewhat superior to others.
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