Is it too early for earthquake jokes?

[Squirrel]

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[MonmouthCtyAntz]

Ive already heard a few at work this week

[Savage_Messiah]

Wouldn't you hate to be in haiti? I know it would shake me to the core if I was there...

[Squirrel]

it may be too soon... i think we should give more time for the dust to settle

[BonzoHansen]

I wonder if they had these same conversations overseas about September 11th. :scratch:

[Squirrel]

Im never getting beer from haiti again, it was all shaken

[NastyEllEssWon]

haiti looked like that before the earthquake....

[Knipps]

I wonder if they had these same conversations overseas about September 11th. :scratch:

They had them domestically. Some people just don't give a damn.

[S.J.SLEEPER]

glad i'm not there !!! sounds like they're stuck between a rock & a hard place !

[enRo]

After the worst earthquake in over 200 years, the capitol of Haiti is leveled. Damage estimates are in the tens of dollars.

[WildBillyT]

After the worst earthquake in over 200 years, the capitol of Haiti is leveled. Damage estimates are in the tens of dollars.

Win

[MyFirstZ]

omg, this is freaking awesome, sick but awesome hahahahahaha

[B4C]

Oh so wrong but oh so funny.

[madness410]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Haitian government said Friday that the number of people killed in last week's devastating earthquake has surpassed 110,000.

Nearly 200,000 people were injured and more than 600,000 left homeless after the 7.3-magnitude quake hit the small Caribbean nation on Jan. 12, the ministry said.

Haitian officials estimated that the final death toll could reach 200,000.

i dont see how anybody could make a joke out of that.

[Squirrel]

i feel the same way madness, i recently dumped my haitian girlfriend, she was crushed

[Blacdout96]

i feel the same way madness, i recently dumped my haitian girlfriend, she was crushed

:rofl: :rofl: so much win in this thread.

[bubba428]

A haitian guy walks into a bar



it collapses

[TheBandit]

A haitian guy walks into a bar



it collapses

Boooooooo.

[Savage_Messiah]

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[Jersey Mike]

i dont see how anybody could make a joke out of that.

this.



I think I'd probably strangle someone if they made a 9/11 "joke."

[Savage_Messiah]

9/11 doesn't compare... people didn't make this earthquake happen. That's all I'm gonna say on this subject.

[Frosty]

9/11 doesn't compare... people didn't make this earthquake happen. That's all I'm gonna say on this subject.

True. Completely different but a disaster is still a disaster. I won't make any jokes other than suggesting that someone needs to photoshop the Heineken guy from Katina into a Haiti photo.

[BarneyMobile]

Really??.....:nono::evil: I can't believe you guys are joking about this! What if you had a relative that was missing in Haiti. Over a 100,000 lives lost and you people have audacity to make a joke about it. I just lost alot of respect for some of you. This thread should be locked/deleted!!

[HeadlessNorseman]

It is messed up but they are just jokes. There are all kinds of jokes about people being dead/dying and yes some of them are funny. The internet is a scary place to some people i guess

[thunder]

haiti is a tragedy but these are jokes. who are u to say whats ok to make fun off? if u dont wanna read jokes about Haiti then dont open a thread called "is it to early for earthquake jokes".

also this is hilarious :-P

[HeadlessNorseman]

haiti is a tragedy but these are jokes. who are u to say whats ok to make fun off? if u dont wanna read jokes about Haiti then dont open a thread called "is it to early for earthquake jokes".

also this is hilarious :-P

+1!!

[madness410]

haiti is a tragedy but these are jokes. who are u to say whats ok to make fun off? if u dont wanna read jokes about Haiti then dont open a thread called "is it to early for earthquake jokes".

also this is hilarious :-P

hahah 'haiti is a TRAGEDY, but these are just jokes.' how can you joke about a TRAGEDY.

and the thread is called "is it too early for earthquake jokes", doesnt mean i cant read it and state my opinion.

[S.J.SLEEPER]

jokes or not... who gives a crap if who likes it or doesn't.

all comes down to one thing. this is gods/earths way of population control.
yes 200,000 people less, sorry to hear that.

the biggest thing that bothers me is that they are flying these refugees into jersey, along with the rest of the nation.

Like our phhookin debt was high enuff, we got to help and take on some other countries burden. WTF?

And YES,....I am suprised that this thread isn't locked or deleted!!! personally knowing how "sensitive" these mods/admin are here! Can't believe it wasn't locked due to hurting someones feelings or some other crap!!!!!!

[madness410]

population control or not, people died, are hurt, and are homeless...how can you possibly make jokes out of that.

and what bothers me even more is the united states donated a total of 100 million to relief funds, and the rest of the entire world donated 38 million..and here we are in the middle of an economic crisis and we are solving peoples problems but cant solve our own.

[mc73nova]

haiti is a tragedy but these are jokes. who are u to say whats ok to make fun off? if u dont wanna read jokes about Haiti then dont open a thread called "is it to early for earthquake jokes".

also this is hilarious :-P

I agree. People make jokes about all types of things everyday, whats different about this. Am I glad it happened, NO, but it happened none the less. Not that they should struggle or suffer, but we are in a crisis of our own, why dont these athletes and celebrities that become rich because of us "the public" give back to our country to relieve our debts. Why does someone have to die for people to start caring. These are all retorical, I dont want a debate but to say to lock a thread is rediculous. If you dont like whats being said, exit the thread.

[qwikz28]

And YES,....I am suprised that this thread isn't locked or deleted!!! personally knowing how "sensitive" these mods/admin are here! Can't believe it wasn't locked due to hurting someones feelings or some other crap!!!!!!

we're watchin ;) I agree that while this is wildly insensitive, it is not really a targeted (emphasis) joke and really doesn't (yet) offend any of our past notions of what is inappropriate for this forum. Tragic? Yes. So is many ways in which people lose lives that we find humor in. I think its too early, so I didn't contribute to the thread. I advise those who would feel strong emotions for the current situation in Haiti to do the same, but for now, please keep it civil.

[T69SS]

In a sense i do think this thread is inappropriate, but at the same time it also puts a few things into perspective. As a member of one of the relief groups in Haiti i think the entire situation is contradictory. As a country we spend millions of dollars interdicting the illegal Haitian immigrants who attempt to "float" their way into Florida, but when an unfortunate situation arises such as a natural disaster like this, we (as a country) drop everything and come to their aid. Personally it makes me wonder where our priorities are at...

[BarneyMobile]

How about I crack a joke about 9/11, or Hurricane Katrina,or even Pearl Harbor, would that be funny? NO, it wouldn't, so what makes Haiti any different? Do you guys get enjoyment out of others misfortunes. Immagrants or not, they're still people and they need help!

[thunder]

How about I crack a joke about 9/11, or Hurricane Katrina,or even Pearl Harbor, would that be funny? NO, it wouldn't, so what makes Haiti any different? Do you guys get enjoyment out of others misfortunes. Immagrants or not, they're still people and they need help!

I would laugh.Humor can be a way of handling a tragedy. and lets not forget these are jokes!Nobody here is happy that people are injured and/or dead but these jokes do no harm. u think ur doing any good for hatians by yelling at people who crack a joke? And as bad is it may sound im glad people here can make a joke about even 9-11, thats a freedom many people in the world dont have and its one of the reasons i love this country.

[Savage_Messiah]

and what bothers me even more is the united states donated a total of 100 million to relief funds, and the rest of the entire world donated 38 million..and here we are in the middle of an economic crisis and we are solving peoples problems but cant solve our own.

I'm not about to find sources at 5 AM, but I did hear that we donated so much money, but no actual services. From my source, I was told Isreal flew over doctors and medical equipment, yet we donate all this money but American doctors over there are having to do amputations with saws sterilized in vodka.

How about I crack a joke about 9/11, or Hurricane Katrina,or even Pearl Harbor, would that be funny? NO, it wouldn't, so what makes Haiti any different? Do you guys get enjoyment out of others misfortunes. Immagrants or not, they're still people and they need help!

9/11 and Pearl Harbor are in a different league. But honestly, jokes about hurrican katrina? Do you not remember the 72598654268943 looter chops?

[mc73nova]

How about I crack a joke about 9/11, or Hurricane Katrina,or even Pearl Harbor, would that be funny? NO, it wouldn't, so what makes Haiti any different? Do you guys get enjoyment out of others misfortunes. Immagrants or not, they're still people and they need help!

They are not immigrants in their own country.

[GP99GT]

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for kasey lol

[Firebird67dude]

How about I crack a joke about 9/11, or Hurricane Katrina,or even Pearl Harbor, would that be funny? NO, it wouldn't, so what makes Haiti any different?

The difference is that this could not be controled by man. A person nor a group of people made the quake happen. 9/11 was a group of terrorists. Pearl Harbor was a group of people, the quake was the earth, not caused by souly by humans.

[Slow-V6]

Making fun of people looting stores and homes is one thing but making fun of people dying is another thing.

[Frosty]

Actually guys, the quake was man made. According to that idiot Danny Glover this is a direct result of global warming and the failed Copenhagen summit.

Let it be known that if Glover and all of his infinite wisdom is saying it then we're partly to blame for this disaster. /sarcasm

People have different senses of humor, I personally won't crack any jokes because it's a shame what those people are going through(though it shouldn't be our financial or military problem, unfortunately we're making it our problem).

[BonzoHansen]

How about I crack a joke about 9/11, or Hurricane Katrina,or even Pearl Harbor, would that be funny? NO, it wouldn't, so what makes Haiti any different?

The difference is that this could not be controled by man. A person nor a group of people made the quake happen. 9/11 was a group of terrorists. Pearl Harbor was a group of people, the quake was the earth, not caused by souly by humans.

I see the similarity is the thousands of people lost their lives at no fault of their own. And I'm ignoring the fact that this particular even killed maybe 60 times more people than Sept 11 because I don't think that is entirely relevant. I'm not really sure how a person doing it vs. a nature makes it any more or less ok.

While one might argue this just bolsters the stereotype held outside of the US that all Americans are selfish, arrogant and classless, I honestly think it is just disassociation at play here. Just about all of us knew someone impacted by Sept 11 and that makes it personal at some level. This Haiti thing is so much more remote to the average American, so it is easier to be flippant about it.

Tim, you are a big USMC supporter, so let me re-ask the question but changing the names: If that was 200 Marines killed by an earthquake and people here decided to tell jokes about it, is that ok with you? Or would you be pissed? Would it be better or worse if those Marines were killed by a person? Does that really alter your thinking on the subject? Really? I'd be pissed in either scenario. My guess is you would be too.

As far as letting this stand, well, I don't think any rules are being broken. I think this is a case of if you don't want to see don't click. As BarneyMobile correctly said, you'll probably end up losing respect for someone.

Carry on.

[BarneyMobile]

They are not immigrants in their own country.
Your right, they're not immigrants to their own country but I was referring to the post above mine.

[madness410]

Making fun of people looting stores and homes is one thing but making fun of people dying is another thing.

+1.

im pretty much done with this thread..reading it just reminds me of how sick humanity is turning out to be, and probably why this country is going down the toilet..nobody shows compassion for anybody.

later.

[GrandmasterCow]

You could tell jokes and laugh now, but who's laughing if the same were to happen on US soil at any moment?

[LTb1ow]

You could tell jokes and laugh now, but who's laughing if the same were to happen on US soil at any moment?

Then its GWB's fault.

[String]

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the biggest thing that bothers me is that they are flying these refugees into jersey, along with the rest of the nation.

Like our phhookin debt was high enuff, we got to help and take on some other countries burden. WTF?


:werd:

[BonzoHansen]

I do agree with that, although I had not heard of them flying refugees into NJ.

[WildBillyT]

+1.

im pretty much done with this thread..reading it just reminds me of how sick humanity is turning out to be, and probably why this country is going down the toilet..nobody shows compassion for anybody.

later.

They are known to be anti-American and spit in the faces of our armed forces. There is also some BS surrounding them thinking our relief efforts are our way to occupy Haiti. Biting the hand that feeds them IMO.

[Frosty]

They are known to be anti-American and spit in the faces of our armed forces. There is also some BS surrounding them thinking our relief efforts are our way to occupy Haiti. Biting the hand that feeds them IMO.

Yup which is why I say **** 'em...take our millions of dollars back and pull our relief completely out...let the cesspool of humanity fix themselves.

[band77one]

Wouldn't you hate to be in haiti? I know it would shake me to the core if I was there...

Would you quake with fear?

[S.J.SLEEPER]

I do agree with that, although I had not heard of them flying refugees into NJ.

it was on one of the radio stations, they doing some kind of drive for the haiti relief b.s. and anounced that the proceeds would be going to the haitian refugees that were getting flown into nj.

all the $ spent to keep these foockers out cause they are always tryin to float themselves on a raft over here, and we drop everything to help them get in.

GOD FORBID the U.S. worries about it self for once!!!

I know plenty of places those miliions or billions of dollars could go to besides haiti.

homeless people(in the U.S.)

families that are losing there homes

families with loss of income due to LOVED ONES that were lost overseas due to ******** that we should'nt be sticking our noses in

ones that can't afford college & can't get assistance cause they aren't of spanish or african american decent

mom & pop business that are getting runout by big corporations
etc.. etc.. etc...

[Frosty]

See, that's requires us growing a set of balls...which have apparently shrunk to the size of peas.

Everyone hates this country until there's a disaster. I know times are different than back in the early 1900's and it's a world economy blah blah blah but I really wish we could go back to being Isolationists. Don't bother us, we won't bother you. Tend to our own people and our own issues.

[S.J.SLEEPER]

don't bother us, we won't bother you. Tend to our own people and our own issues.

+100,000,000,000

[Savage_Messiah]

ones that can't afford college & can't get assistance cause they aren't of spanish or african american decent

Not exactly this, but affirmative action needs to be trashed and everyone held to the same standards. If kids from rich area are all doing well in school and the ones in the poor area aren't, the solution isn't to throw a racial handicap in, but it should be to actually check out everything in that area from the schooling to the community to the families and find out WHY the kids aren't succeeding.

[Frosty]

Not exactly this, but affirmative action needs to be trashed and everyone held to the same standards. If kids from rich area are all doing well in school and the ones in the poor area aren't, the solution isn't to throw a racial handicap in, but it should be to actually check out everything in that area from the schooling to the community to the families and find out WHY the kids aren't succeeding.

That would require intelligence and common sense, something government doesn't have. It's easier to blame someone/something else OR throw money at the problem instead of getting to the root of it all. It's like putting a band-aide on a 7'' gash.

[madness410]

That would require intelligence and common sense, something government doesn't have. It's easier to blame someone/something else OR throw money at the problem instead of getting to the root of it all. It's like putting a band-aide on a 7'' gash.

think about it..do you really think the people in charge of the strongest nation in the world dont have common sense? please..i think there is a plan for a new world order or something big

[jin1481]

hey madness410 i thought you were done with this thread, and yes its a shame people died in haiti but what were they contributing to the rest of the world besides begging for our money

[Jersey Mike]

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[S.J.SLEEPER]

do you really think the people in charge of the strongest nation in the world dont have common sense? please..

are you kidding me? NO, they don't have common sense.

if the gov. had common sense , before shelling all that $ out to the insurance co., banks, car companys,
they should have came up with a plan to monitor the money or ration it out as needed.
the friggin vice c.o. or c.o. of aig had his office remodeled and purchased a $30,000.00 toilet for his office. where was the comon sense then?
common sense would have been the gov. monitorin the $ spent and to what it went to.

Gov. passed a bunch of bills to delegate $ in certain areas......
want to know what one of them was?

5 billion fund to citizens that couldnt afford cellphones or cable./internet service. Said this would help them get/search for jobs.
Common sense says that if you can't afford ****, and have no job, than get off your ass and go look for one and file applications.

come on man, this government has no common sense. the japs are the ones that have common sense. they are gonna be the ones to own/run/buy the world out. and the chinese aren't too far behind !!!

[thunder]

Don't bother us, we won't bother you. Tend to our own people and our own issues.

agreed

[Squirrel]

in after thread gets derailed

[Saitin]

Hi I'm Richter Scale and Haiti 7.0 was my idea


...

Voodoo Priest: "There's good news and bad news. The bad news is that 100,000 Haitians died. The good news is that we now have enough zombies to take over all of Haiti!"

[S.J.SLEEPER]

back on topic I see.

I heard that haitians don't take showers anymore, cause they're washing up on the beach.

[Adam1978]

Did you hear about the earthquake in Haiti?

It caused $100 million worth of improvements!

[Blacdout96]

come on man, this government has no common sense. the japs are the ones that have common sense. they are gonna be the ones to own/run/buy the world out. and the chinese aren't too far behind !!!

Japanese's economy hasen't increased for the past 15 years, they are hurting just as bad as we are, but they at least had stuff to build and sell, so they aren't in as big a bucket of **** as we are. But if you switch Japanese with China in whose going to run the world soon, then your on the right track.


Oh, and I don't see why everyone's upset, alot of haitians now have a roof over their head. All it took was an earthquake, and being in the right place at the right time. :lol:

[Squirrel]

Yo Haiti I'm happy for you, and Ima gonna let yall finish, but Indonesia had the best natural disaster OF ALL TIME! ALL TIME!

[Frosty]

LOL

[BigAls87Z28]

are you kidding me? NO, they don't have common sense.

if the gov. had common sense , before shelling all that $ out to the insurance co., banks, car companys,
they should have came up with a plan to monitor the money or ration it out as needed.
the friggin vice c.o. or c.o. of aig had his office remodeled and purchased a $30,000.00 toilet for his office. where was the comon sense then?
common sense would have been the gov. monitorin the $ spent and to what it went to.

When the current administration stepped in, they put limits and restrictions.
But many Americans are up in arms that the goverment shouldnt meddle with the new success of the banks with restrictions and fees because thats not the American way.
Damed if you do, damed if you dont.


And its the Chinese....not the Japs. Japan has been in a recession for nearly 20 years.

[transmaro93]

well i wont get into it on the boards but those banks were deamed just like everyone else "too big to fail" but mr pres last night contradicted him self saying something like these banks that think they are too big to fail blah blah blah... so don't say damned if you do damned if you don't when they flip flop on crap all the time....

[BigAls87Z28]

well i wont get into it on the boards but those banks were deamed just like everyone else "too big to fail" but mr pres last night contradicted him self saying something like these banks that think they are too big to fail blah blah blah... so don't say damned if you do damned if you don't when they flip flop on crap all the time....

TARP was issued before the current administration took office.
Banks are only NOW being forced to give back to Americans.

[BonzoHansen]

..and too deep into politics...