Critical Miss: An Appeal

[mr_rubino]

Paso... double

 

[mr_rubino]

Oh grow up. You can't enjoy yourself without having a genitals or a swastika emblem embedded in your arm?

People are pushing this issue for no reason and then going about how it's the "amagad principle of deh freedom rights". If you can't enjoy the game without dick emblems then you're probably seriously bored with the game and need to find something else to do.

BUTBUTBUTBUTBUT SUM HINDABOODIST CUD BE TRYIN TO EXPRS HIS FREEDOMRELGIN!!1!1!1
WW2 shooters are big with those guys, y'know! What if some poor Hindabuddhist wuz just trying to make his avatar the Sikhskrit letterglyph for "peace" before he went out and started shooting things? This is a totally correct line of reasoning that should not be abandoned before it just becomes stale in addition to a bad joke!

Anyone else getting a stink of the old "Teach the controversy" from these arguments?

 

[Urgh76]

I lol'd at the emblem she had XD

 

[Baldry]

Dulce et decorum est pro xbox livus actus douchebagus.

Thanks for reminding me I have a English essay to do and good comic as usual!

 

[RoyalWelsh]

Good comic. Apparently some people are not getting it, but whatever. ¬.¬

 

[bdcjacko]

You know...there could be people that got the point they were making and still found it stupid, unwitty, and a waste of time. It wasn't that subtle. It was just dumb. Then again I've never really found this comic strip to be funny.

Got it the first time, Mary. "I don't like this strip. Please pay attention to me. It's the only reason I'm still here pretending I'm offended by the comic. I lack shame and self-respect."
When you just repeat it, you start to look like a child throwing a tantrum.[/quote]

obvious troll is obvious.

ps, my name is sally, not mary.

 

[Wise_Smiling_Panda]

Comparing XBL bans to the holocaust is absurd and tasteless.

What, so now you're saying we're not even allowed to speak of history because it hurts your feelings or something? Geezus, consider yourself officially one of the censorship-nazi's.

...hopefully you note the use of the term 'nazi' in a seemingly normal sentence. That was intentional.

 

[Musclepunch]

Now that sort of thing is why I joined the escapist.

 

[StarStruckStrumpets]

oh i had to do this poem for my English gcse.
ot very good comic and where will it end

That was the first thing I thought when I read it. Not My Business, I believe it was called?

 

[Starke]

Martin Niemöller's poem, not the most obvious source of comedy, but it works.

The version inscribed on the U.S. Holocaust memorial museum goes:

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out -
because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out -
because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out -
because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak for me.

The one in the U.S Holocaust Memorial Museum was actually changed, Niemöller said Communist instead of Socialist.

While Niemöller's published 1946 speeches mention Communists, the incurably ill, Jews or Jehovah's Witnesses (depending on which speech), and people in occupied countries, the 1955 text, a paraphrase by a German professor in an interview, lists Communists, Socialists, "the schools, the press, the Jews, and so on," and ends with "the Church". This likely refers to the thousands of Catholic priests and other ministers imprisoned at Dachau and other camps. However, as cited by Richard John Neuhaus in the November 2001 issue of First Things, when "asked in 1971 about the correct version of the quote, Niemöller said he was not quite sure when he had said the famous words but, if people insist upon citing them, he preferred a version that listed "the Communists", "the trade unionists", "the Jews", and "me".[citation needed]
At the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, the quotation is on display, but is altered so that there is no mention of communists, even though communists have been mentioned in every version of the quote given. The Holocaust Museum website, however, gives a thorough discussion of the history of the quotation.

I actually kinda wondered about that. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[The Critic]

I say all emblems are ok, or none of them are, ALL OR NOTHING!

FREEDOM OR SLAVERY!

Freedom or slavery, you say? Sorry, I can't help myself, but:

War is Peace!
Freedom is Slavery!
Ignorance is Strength!

Ah, troll logic at it's finest (I mean my quote, not yours).

Come to think of it, wouldn't a 1984-themed strip have been just as funny? It would even fit this sort of topic rather well!

Other than my usual insane ramblings, I actually rther like this comic. Granted, the reference subject really skirts the line, but it manages (at least in my book) to keep on this side of tasteful and actually make it rather humorous as a result. Nice Work.

 

[thenumberthirteen]

The part about "Tiny towels" had me in stitches. When you hear some of these trolls complain about being banned for, basically, being a dick sometimes I just want to go to their house with a Violin.

 

[kouriichi]

This one made me laugh with evil glee, because everyone featured drawn in this comic was probably reported by me.

 

[Daffy F]

Seriously people. Hands up if you knew this comic was sardonic.

*Hand-up*
OT: I think anyone who uses a swastika should be banned. Partly because It takes no originality, and is overdone, but mainly because in Germany, that shit is illegal. You can't expect this to be passed by. It's insensitive, and 90% of the people who were banned won't know what they've been banned for. Which is a fucking disgrace.

 

[Madara XIII]

Hehehe, comment of Dulce decorum est, pro patria mori, the soldier's lie, and then having the comic based on that poem from... ummm...
Well, I remember it from my English classes >.>
The government men who take his neighbors, stuffing them into the belly of a waiting jeep, as no one tries to stop them...
Anyway, this was a good one :3

That was by far one of the most moving Poems i've ever read concerning WW2.

But this comic was a bit Meh for me.

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

-Snip-

That was by far one of the most moving Poems i've ever read concerning WW2.

But this comic was a bit Meh for me.

Eh, I know what you mean.
You mean World War One, right? <3
I also found Not My Business, the poem which this comic is very similar to, to be quite good.
And that is something, since I don't like poetry >.>

 

[Madara XIII]

oh i had to do this poem for my English gcse.
ot very good comic and where will it end

That was the first thing I thought when I read it. Not My Business, I believe it was called?

Yep and this is why I own a PS Tree!! Yes I said Tree Dammit

 

[AngelOfBlueRoses]

I don't tend to read these anymore, because I think they're crap, but this one is beyond the pale. First you use as a title one of the greatest and most moving works of English poetry ever and apply it to the XBox live, then in the comic you compare XBL Bans to the holocaust.

Do you have a sense of proportion? Or do you really think that 6 million people being taken away from their friends, families, and lives, and gassed to death simply because they had another religion than the norm is equatable to a corporation banning people who have tasteless avatars?

If you don't have a sense of proportion then I pity you, if you really think the two are comparable then I hold you in the deepest contempt I have for this disgusting comic.

I love it when people completely miss the point of a satirical webcomic strip and get all preachy, telling the webcomic creators that they're horrible people and their comic is tasteless. How did you miss that people comparing the bans to the holocaust were the ones being made fun of here?

Keep it up though. Maybe if enough of you fools bring TEH RAEG to the forums about your violated sensibilities, there will be a comic about you next week, as happened at Penny Arcade with the dickwolves strip.

Hmm. People missing the point that badly on a webcomic named Critical Miss. I kinda like it.

Quoted for truth because this was exactly what I was thinking about some of the posts in this thread. Most people just can't seem to process satire in their thick noggins.

Anyways, welcome to the Escapist! And, by golly, what a post to come in on! That was quite an awesome first post.

 

[TomLikesGuitar]

comedy is art,
do you like every piece of art you see,
(didnt think so)

comedy is a beautifull thing. it makes people who are sad happy again.
(some times at the cost of other peoples happiness, that very idea makes me laugh: irony)
its a complex system of balancing offense with enjoyment...
many comedians are disliked for thier work,(richard pryor & george carlin for instance)
due to and unapreciation for this work.

i cant wait till society grows up, and developes its sense of humor.
Untill then there will debates about whether or not something is funny, and contraversy about whether they should have the right to portray certain things.

enjoy your opinions, i for one, want no part in them.

You probably think you're smart kid...

And don't come back saying, "I'm 35!" or some retarded bullshit, because you and I both know that you're at most 20 and at least 16... You grow out of teenage angst eventually.

It's pretty sad how this generation comprehends logic. They are so closed minded in their view of literally everything. See, back when I was a teenager, we actually agreed that while we might have more knowledge than our predecessors, our view of the world was immature to say the least. On the whole, most of us had not EXPERIENCED the things that the "grown-ups" had, and we trusted them when they said something was offensive. One day, you will lose someone who you truly loved (If you don't live your whole life as a jaded ****.), and you will come to terms with your own mortality. And you will stop finding childish jokes about the holocaust and death as funny as you used to. Don't get me wrong, we were all trolls once bud... I just didn't act like I was this idea changing douche. Maybe it's the internet's fault.

I think the real problem lies in how warped the system of unconditional belief in adults became as my generation matured. Slowly we started questioning the motives of banning certain words with no real offensive correlation. Fuck, shit, ass, and any other curse word pretty much falls into this category; George Carlin helped lol... A lot of other things came into question (e.g. Is sex worse than violence?) and this convinced later generations to question EVERY SINGLE FUCKING THING EVER. I'm not saying to believe everything you are told, but for fucks sake, if someone tells you that you are making them unhappy by doing or saying something... STOP DOING IT. YOU ARE NOT BEING REVOLUTIONARY, YOU ARE BEING A CHILDISH FUCKING ****** AND HIDING BEHIND THE INTERNET. IF YOU ACT LIKE THIS IN REAL LIFE YOU WILL GET YOUR ASS KICKED. GROW THE FUCK UP.

That is all...
[sub]fuckin kids...[/sub]

 

[Madara XIII]

-Snip-

That was by far one of the most moving Poems i've ever read concerning WW2.

But this comic was a bit Meh for me.

Eh, I know what you mean.
You mean World War One, right? <3
I also found Not My Business, the poem which this comic is very similar to, to be quite good.
And that is something, since I don't like poetry >.>

No no no. Sorry I thought you were referring to Not My Business at first, I've never read the first one, but am willing to give it a look.
But I meant Not my Business was by far the most moving WW2 Poem I read.