Oh I am so happy that I have been promoted from "stranger" to "newbie". I don't know when it changed but I just noticed it. My life is now worth living and I will stop killing kittens. The only thing that could make me happier is if the spelling is changed to "noobie" because it reminds me of "boobie" and I like touching those.

wow speaking of killing kittens, check out this picture I recieved via email (no brutality towards animals just very strange humor). Congrats on the new status change... it's exciting isn't it.

That is very funny.... but I'm not exactly sure why it's funny.

Yeah I couldn't stop laughing when I got that, but I too couldn't really figure out why.

take a look at this picture attachment. "Hey, we all need love"

That cat doesn't look entirely at ease with the situation...

If that made you laugh, then this is for you...
www.bonsaikitten.com

Thats just disturbing.....

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If that made you laugh, then this is for you...
www.bonsaikitten.com

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Is that for real??? If so, that is just sick. Not funny. I'm sorry if this is a parody site, and I'm just not getting it, but that is very very disturbing. Even if those are posed, that's total crap. 212 area code? Is that New York?

EDIT: looking at it more, it seems to be a parody, but that still isn't funny. I'm not upset at anyone posting it - just the creators.

That is one of the oddest things I've ever seen. Yes, 212 is Manhattan.

That's an old long-running 'net joke. No kittens were really harmed, the whole thing was faked.

I'm thinkin that has to be a joke.... Right?

Yes I'm sure it's a joke, but if your even quasi-sadistic like me, then it is really freakin funny.

I have never seen it before, but after reading most of the site I believe it's a joke. The guestbook replies give it away, not to mention this portion of the site. Strange. Very Strange.

Yes, after the initial shock it is very funny.

Yeah, that section is what gave it away for me.... I just see how someone could do that to their own pet - even as a joke. Oh well, as long as it's fake - to each their own. I wonder if anyone at the NewYork ASPCA has seen that....

I think we posted at the same time Tony.... so didn't see your post before I posted. It's good to know thats just a joke, I'm not a cat person but that seemed a little too extreme.

I don't know about the ASPCA, but the FBI actually started an investigation into it...

Wired Story

I think the FBI needs more work

Whether or not it is a joke, anyone that owns a cat knows that no cat in the world would willingly let someone push them into a jar. So, even if the photo-shoot took only a few minutes, that's cruel.

Oh, the New York ASPCA has written me back ... I'll leave it in their hands. Who knows, maybe it will be an intersting episode on their show on Animal Planet sometime.

Oh, the New York ASPCA has written me back ... I'll leave it in their hands. Who knows, maybe it will be an intersting episode on their show on Animal Planet sometime.

man 1 photoshop

Peter

There's no doubt that it's a joke. Why (how) could anyone think otherwise? Even without reading the guestbook. The whole site is written tongue-in-cheek.

But, those cats are all actually in those containers for the photographs. They are not digitally manipulated as far as I can tell. it's far too easy to put a small cat into a large glass jar when compared to trying to Photoshop the same thing (glass effect easy, distorting cat much easier to do in real-life(tm))

I saw that site sometime last year and thought it was mildly funny. I forgot about it by the end of the day. The spiked cat-carrier was at least as funny (if anyone else has seen that before).

Bruno

Good point, but I don't think this was photoshopped. Do you think photoshopped kiddie-porn is ok?

I know that you asked Bruno, but I felt that I had to answer.

Why would photoshopped kiddie porn not be okay? The laws preventing child pornography should be concerned with preventing abuse to children, not mandating morality. Now, I'll give you that the feasibility of actually producing faked child pornography without the use of a naked child is slim, but that doesn't mean that such things should be illegal if they were possible. JMO.

"Virtual" child porn was a recent topic on Cyber Crime. As you can tell from past posts, I watch a lot of TechTV.

I LOVE how uptight people blow everything out of proportion. Tell them a simple joke, the next thing you know all civil liberties are gone. Restricting any freedom is the same as restricting all freedoms.

I think smoking is a disgusting, useless habit. So I don't do it. But I don't give a rat's ass if other people do. Smoking also hurts other people, but it is not up to me to take this freedom away.

Now everyone repeat this and replace "smoking" with something they find objectionable.

Yeah.. good point. I think that sexually exploiding children is objectionable. But who am I to say that someone can't masterbate to photos of my 6-year old daughter's face superimposed on another body ala Photoshop? I think that bigotry and racism are bad too. But who am I to say that Neo-Nazis, anti-semetics and homophobes shouldn't have the right to incide violence by freely propogating their views and demonstrating (in detail) how to carry out violent acts? And I think that yelling "FIRE!!!" in a crowded movie theater is irresponislbe, and may logically lead to people needlessly being hurt, but what right do I have to tell someone that they shouldn't do that or even hint at the fact that they may have to own up to any harm caused.

I think that free-speach is the single most misunderstood civil liberty in the US.

Still trying to figure out how child pornography became the topic...
I thought the whole kitten thing was funny because of the response it would receive by uptight people, not because of the kitten which is funny in its own Far Side way. Comparing this to kiddie porn is like telling a blonde joke and then some uptight bible thumper automatically thinks you must be a racist because they heard a racist joke once and it made them feel the same way. One has nothing to do with the other.

Speaking of your 6 year old daughter, is she available? I just had to drop my last one off a bridge and I'm lonely.
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I don't think that anyone was offended by your "and I will stop killing kittens" joke. I thought it was funny. The comments were about the bonsaikitten site. This board is pretty good at straying off topic (threaded view helps).

No, she's not available. I sold her to buy some beer.

Wow hadn't checked this post for a while... Geez went from a harmless kitten prank to child porn? Crazy....