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    Image of pesematology pesematology
    11/12/09

    In reply to Heenes To Plead Guilty
    the whole thing is just sad. #hoaxes
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Heenes To Plead Guilty
    I hope the punishment includes barring them from participating in any reality TV program for at least the next... hm. Fifty years. Given my family's average life expectancy, I should be safely dead by the time they can hit the airwaves again. #hoaxes
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    11/12/09

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    Don't they see the potential of a huge courtroom trial? They could drag in "expert witnesses" to testify how reality T.V. had warped their brains. They'd probably even get a shitty book deal, or at the very least a movie of the week. Speidi would milk this for all its worth. #hoaxes
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    11/12/09

    @CurtCole: Too bad the Heenes didn't have Speidi's new book to consult before deciding on this foolish legal maneuver. #hoaxes
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    11/12/09

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    The Heenes are so full of hot air. #hoaxes
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    11/12/09

    In reply to Heenes To Plead Guilty
    They're only guilty of entertaining and captivating a starry eyed nation! #hoaxes
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    Image of lalaland13 lalaland13
    11/12/09

    In reply to Heenes To Plead Guilty
    Oh what wusses. If they really wanted to be famous, they would go to trial so they could interrupt proceedings by standing up on a table and breaking into songs from Chicago or Wicked. That's how real fame whores do it. "I think I'll try defying gravity. And you can't pull me down, because I'm actually hiding in the attic." #hoaxes
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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    11/12/09

    In reply to Heenes To Plead Guilty
    Agreed: no one is served by this dude going to jail. He'll just cost the state more time and effort. #hoaxes
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    11/01/09

    In reply to Polanski Set To Make Cash Bail Offer, Balloon Boy's Dad Writes Racist "Humor" Book, And Lindsay Thinks Her Father Is "A Lunatic"
    I'll be very happy when the rest of the world realizes that "gypsy" is the pejorative term for the Roma. Please call them what they prefer to be called. They've suffered enough indignities. (Full disclosure: my great-great-grandmother was Roma, but I think it would still bug me that in the 21st century we're still calling them gypsies, even if I wasn't part Roma myself.) #romanpolanski
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    11/01/09

    In reply to Polanski Set To Make Cash Bail Offer, Balloon Boy's Dad Writes Racist "Humor" Book, And Lindsay Thinks Her Father Is "A Lunatic"
    The fact that Richard Heene wrote a racist book is even more upsetting and depressing when I remember that his wife is Japanese. #romanpolanski
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    11/01/09

    @Sputnik_Sweetheart: In one of his YouTube videos, he ranted about women wearing makeup and how it was like false advertising, and then said something about being glad his wife is Japanese. I took it to mean that he was stereotyping Japanese women as subservient. He seems like an asshole all around... #romanpolanski
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    11/02/09

    @missinaction: I believe he said that a few times. I also took it to mean that a large part of his attraction to her was based on negative stereotypes of Asian women. I feel so badly for his wife. It seems he is incredibly controlling and probably emotional abusive. #romanpolanski
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    Image of cbroo cbroo
    11/01/09

    In reply to Polanski Set To Make Cash Bail Offer, Balloon Boy's Dad Writes Racist "Humor" Book, And Lindsay Thinks Her Father Is "A Lunatic"
    regarding the yahoo article about ethan hawke and madonna: isn't the term "gypsy" condered to be offensive? i know at least here in germany (where i'm an expat american) the german equivalent of gypsy (zigeuner) is considered to be very un PC and instead the terms "roma and sinti" are used.

    anyway, after looking at the website [www.voiceofroma.com] , particularly this page ([www.voiceofroma.com])

    i'm sort of cringing at the AP's usage of the term gypsy #romanpolanski
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    11/01/09

    @cbroo: From the other side of the argument--I'm Romanian, born-and-bred--I should tell you that calling gypsies "Roma people" causes any & all Romanians to blow a major fuse.

    The Western media has perpetuated this myth that gypsies as an ethnic minority = "Romanians," which is not only incorrect, but linguistically absurd.

    Etymologically, "Romanian" traces its roots to the adjective "Roman" (Roman empire, etc.) but the description of gypsies as "Roma people" has Southeast-Asian roots.

    "Gypsy," in my view, is much more illustrative. I don't get why it's un-PC. Gypsies do not occupy a nation-state, tethered to a precise land mass; they're a pan-European ethnic group. There are German gypsies, Hungarian gypsies, Romanian gypsies, etc. #romanpolanski
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    Image of JennaW JennaW
    11/01/09

    In reply to Polanski Set To Make Cash Bail Offer, Balloon Boy's Dad Writes Racist "Humor" Book, And Lindsay Thinks Her Father Is "A Lunatic"
    I thought Jon and Michael were going to go the distance. I really thought those two crazy kids were the real thing. *heartbroken*
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    Image of pinkcrickets pinkcrickets
    11/01/09

    @JennaW: Yeah, I was really worried for Michael given how distant Jon has become. What strength he has to break it off! He wouldn't want to be emotionally unhealthy or anything. #romanpolanski
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    Image of Chrysocolla Chrysocolla
    11/01/09

    In reply to Polanski Set To Make Cash Bail Offer, Balloon Boy's Dad Writes Racist "Humor" Book, And Lindsay Thinks Her Father Is "A Lunatic"
    Remember in the last thread where I suggested that Polanski offer up even MORE cash to make it seem like he was less of a flight risk! Hey, Polanski, I wasn't serious! It was a joke. Because that is a stupid thing to do. You are a huge flight risk and face it, you WILL run away if they let you go. Man up and serve your time! #romanpolanski
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    Image of JerkoftheMonth JerkoftheMonth
    11/01/09

    In reply to Polanski Set To Make Cash Bail Offer, Balloon Boy's Dad Writes Racist "Humor" Book, And Lindsay Thinks Her Father Is "A Lunatic"
    Nooo. Polanski would never behave like a fugitive. Nope. He never would and of course he hasn't for the past decades. No way. #romanpolanski
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    Image of lurkerbynature lurkerbynature
    11/01/09

    @JerkoftheMonth: Gah. Seriously! How can one not behave like a fugitive when one is a fugitive? If he weren't behaving like a fugitive, he would have willingly gone back to the USA to face justice. #romanpolanski
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    11/01/09

    In reply to Polanski Set To Make Cash Bail Offer, Balloon Boy's Dad Writes Racist "Humor" Book, And Lindsay Thinks Her Father Is "A Lunatic"
    Colors of the world
    Spice up your life!
    Every boy and every girl
    Spice up your life!
    People of the world
    Spice up your life!

    I still remember this. And the fact that I was ALWAYS Baby Spice because I was the only one with blonde hair. #romanpolanski
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    Image of jessacecilia jessacecilia
    11/01/09

    @karmasutra:

    I know every word to every Spice Girls song. And you know what? I'm not embarrassed in the slightest.

    Spice Girls 4ev. #romanpolanski
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    Image of JerkoftheMonth JerkoftheMonth
    11/01/09

    @karmasutra: Hey, guess what song is going to be stuck in my head for the rest of the evening while slogging my way through Melville? :) #romanpolanski
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    11/01/09

    In reply to Polanski Set To Make Cash Bail Offer, Balloon Boy's Dad Writes Racist "Humor" Book, And Lindsay Thinks Her Father Is "A Lunatic"
    I totally believe Polanski this time. #romanpolanski
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