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Dr. Jonas Bashir
Member # 481
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A Chinese newspaper, the Beijing Evening News, picked up a story from an American media source about some structural reforms for the Capitol.
Yes, from The Onion!
Here's the blunder, as told by Reuters.
Originally picked up from /.
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thoughtychops
Member # 480
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It's that whole freedom of the press thing. Gets 'em every time.
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Balaam Xumucane
Member # 419
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Hooray for laughter!
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The Vulcan
Member # 633
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I dun get it? [ June 08, 2002, 14:30: Message edited by: The Vulcan ]
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Magna Ultrus
Member # 239
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Chinese people are stupid, see.
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Ritten
Member # 417
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That was narrow-minded.....
The goofball at that paper needs to figure out what the Onion is though.....
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Veers
Member # 661
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Knowing China, the writers wrote that story were probably executed.
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The BWC
Member # 818
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^ He said what I didn't want to at the time.
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Sol System
Member # 30
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I suppose Onion-related things are too looney for me to file away in the Flameboard.
For now.
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MinutiaeMan
Member # 444
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I guess that the Chinese are too set in their state-run media system to understand the concept of political satire.
Very amusing...
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PsyLiam
Member # 73
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I HATE THE CHINEZE LETS BOMB EM!
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Nim Pim
Member # 205
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"The minute you start turning away from your chinese morals, cultural bondage and laws of existence is the minute you stop being human, Qi of Jiu."
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Tahna Los
Member # 33
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quote: Originally posted by Magna Ultrus: Chinese people are stupid, see.
Oh yes. Given that I am chinese, I believe the following:
2 + 2 = 17. Christina Columbia Discovered America in 1967. Water is made from 1 Hydrogen and 2 Oxygen Atoms. The plural of Window is Windii. Bill Gates is the head of Apple Computers, under attack by Congress for antitrust, a crime punishable under law by death by lethal injection. [ June 09, 2002, 20:16: Message edited by: Tahna Los ]
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Magna Ultrus
Member # 239
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if(UM.Sarcasm=True) { people.misunderstandings = exponential; humor.level = humor.level--; UM.Generalizations = ignorant; }
Yes. I hate the Chinese. They are all indeed extraordinarily stupid people. With bad hair. Yes.
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PsyLiam
Member # 73
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I thought you were American Tahna.
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Tahna Los
Member # 33
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quote: Originally posted by Magna Ultrus: if(UM.Sarcasm=True) { people.misunderstandings = exponential; humor.level = humor.level--; UM.Generalizations = ignorant; }
Yes. I hate the Chinese. They are all indeed extraordinarily stupid people. With bad hair. Yes.
Funny, I couldn't tell if both posts were either sarcasm or a deliberate attempt at a cheap shot.
You cannot expect everyone to laugh at your jokes, UM. And you cannot expect everyone to interpret everything you say as sarcasm.
And oh by the way, Liam, I am a Chinese person born in Canada.
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TSN
Member # 31
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Well, I understood UM from the beginning. It scares me, but it's true.
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Snay
Member # 411
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UM is always sarcastic, unless he's posting in the Star Wars section.
It's true.
And TSN is "Making Sense" with Bernie Mac, Jon Frakes, and Charles Capps as "The Odd Neighbor Who Keeps Giving Me The Evil Eye."
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