10 Comments

1. PLW  •  Aug 12, 2008 @9:13 am
   

   I think we should now boycott Milli Vanilli.

2. Ken  •  Aug 12, 2008 @1:11 pm
   

   That's gross. Though they have some catching up to do before they get to our Jon-Benet heights.

3. dbt1949  •  Aug 12, 2008 @11:24 pm
   

   How much for both the little girls?

4. Marc J. Randazza  •  Aug 13, 2008 @4:47 pm
   

   I've said it before, and I'll say it forever: FUCK CHINA

5. cb  •  Aug 14, 2008 @8:39 am
   

   I keep reading about this story, but nobody's said what I keep thinking: they're both ugly.

   Great job, China. Substitute one uggo for another, knowing you keep secrets like this about as well as most honerable aunt Chang holds her water.

6. Dave (nd)  •  Aug 14, 2008 @8:50 am
   

   I guess there's good and bad with Popehat going mainstream.

7. Ken  •  Aug 14, 2008 @9:55 am
   

   cd. Dude. There are risks in pulling that sort of shit when I am in this mood.

8. Derrick  •  Aug 14, 2008 @10:54 am
   

   I'd be more pissed off if I understood what the fuck cb was saying. Was he trying to be racist?

9. cb  •  Aug 15, 2008 @3:25 am
   

   I'll take this slow, since you're having trouble with it:

   1. Whoever was in charge of the event substituted one child for another for physical presence purposes, but not for singing purposes. That is clearly evident.

   2. The one that lip-synced doesn't look much better than the original one, so I don't understand the supposed reasons for the switch. I realize I'm making an assertion, but it's the only way the facts fit to me.

   3. I surmise that the reasons had something other to do with stage presence or had something to do with a misguided idea of "cuteness."

   4. Therefore, fail on all counts: including show production and keeping ancient chinese secrets.

10. Patrick  •  Aug 15, 2008 @4:07 am
    

    Thank you cb. I was considering writing a post about the film Tropic Thunder, the thoughtlessness of its alleged satire, and about people who repeat slurs because they think that's edgy humor, in the context of a discussion of the differences between government censorship and private criticism or enforcement of property rights. But now I can use you as an example, without seeing the movie, reading a bunch of reviews, or deciding whether Ben Stiller actually has some point.

    I've looked over your comment history at this blog. Two thirds of your comments (not just here) have consisted of repetition of slurs or stereotypes against the Chinese that were played out decades ago. Evidently you think that's daring humor. I disagree. I think it's lame, and while it doesn't offend me, it might offend some of our other readers, so I have to decide whether the value of having you around outweighs the unknown but estimated value of having them around, as well as the hypothetical readers we've lost or will lose by allowing a guy whose comments for the most part consist or "yellow peril" or "most honerable" [sic] or "ancient chinese secret" crap, to write this stuff at the bottom of our posts.

    And after intense internal debate, I've decided that your attempts at risky humor fail, and that your value is less than theirs. I am taking away your comment privileges. I'm muzzling you. I'm gagging you. I'm removing your right to free speech!

    Except that I'm not. You're can start your own blog about Kato and Mr. Lee and Suzy Wong and dragon ladies and all of the other stereotypes that excite you. You simply can't comment about such things here, any more, ever.