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Offline RedBull1

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Re: The Cat-o-copter
« Reply #15 on: December 09, 2012, 06:33:31 PM »
Quote from: mbailey on December 09, 2012, 06:22:29 PM
Bring the beer, ill be at the pavillion on the left   :devil
Could you bring a slushie too?
I liek slushies :3
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Offline MarineUS

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Re: The Cat-o-copter
« Reply #16 on: December 09, 2012, 07:52:46 PM »
Quote from: GScholz on December 09, 2012, 01:46:16 PM
And how can it be disrespectful? The cat is dead.

Oh how the good ol' cliche "Have you no respect for the dead?" fits in here.

If you can't understand it now, there is no hope for you to ever understand it in the future.
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Quote from: hitech on January 25, 2012, 04:01:23 PM
Like, ya know, when that thing that makes you move, it has pistons and things, When your thingamajigy is providing power, you do not hear other peoples thingamajig when they are providing power.

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Re: The Cat-o-copter
« Reply #17 on: December 09, 2012, 08:44:43 PM »
Quote from: mbailey on December 09, 2012, 06:22:29 PM
Bring the beer, ill be at the pavillion on the left   :devil
is this an open invitation? i feel like i could probably use some friends down there?
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Re: The Cat-o-copter
« Reply #18 on: December 09, 2012, 09:53:15 PM »
Quote from: TheMercinary60 on December 09, 2012, 08:44:43 PM
is this an open invitation? i feel like i could probably use some friends down there?
Yes, but bring your own damn beer, we don't share  :confused:
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Re: The Cat-o-copter
« Reply #19 on: December 09, 2012, 09:58:17 PM »
Quote from: RedBull1 on December 09, 2012, 09:53:15 PM
Yes, but bring your own damn beer, we don't share  :confused:
keep the beer, ill have my whiskey tyvm  :aok
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Re: The Cat-o-copter
« Reply #20 on: December 09, 2012, 10:00:08 PM »
Quote from: GScholz on December 09, 2012, 05:59:45 PM
How can you be disrespectful towards an inanimate object?

You could burn a flag, tear up a library book, chisel graffiti ino a war memorial etc. etc.
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Re: The Cat-o-copter
« Reply #21 on: December 10, 2012, 12:27:26 AM »
And do not forget, piss on the Alamo.
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Re: The Cat-o-copter
« Reply #22 on: December 10, 2012, 06:08:23 AM »
Quote from: MarineUS on December 09, 2012, 07:52:46 PM
Oh how the good ol' cliche "Have you no respect for the dead?" fits in here.

If you can't understand it now, there is no hope for you to ever understand it in the future.

You're probably right about that; I'll never understand. Lots of toys are made from animal products, and the next time you stomp around in the mud with your Marine boots, do you respect the animal they were made from? I don't think so.
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Re: The Cat-o-copter
« Reply #23 on: December 10, 2012, 06:12:05 AM »
Quote from: pembquist on December 09, 2012, 10:00:08 PM
You could burn a flag, tear up a library book, chisel graffiti ino a war memorial etc. etc.

Then you disrespect the people of a nation, library people, author, families of soldiers etc. etc.

Real living people that can be hurt by these actions.
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Re: The Cat-o-copter
« Reply #24 on: December 10, 2012, 07:35:13 AM »
Quote from: GScholz on December 10, 2012, 06:12:05 AM
Then you disrespect the people of a nation, library people, author, families of soldiers etc. etc.

Real living people that can be hurt by these actions.
So, you're saying it's only disrespectful if other people are alive to get upset about it?

Using an animal to live and survive is coherent than making it a cheap, poorly built, freak show that was constructed just to get hits on the internet.

Alas you cannot teach a fool, however at least I can say I tried to help the ignorant.
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Quote from: hitech on January 25, 2012, 04:01:23 PM
Like, ya know, when that thing that makes you move, it has pistons and things, When your thingamajigy is providing power, you do not hear other peoples thingamajig when they are providing power.

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Re: The Cat-o-copter
« Reply #25 on: December 10, 2012, 07:39:55 AM »
  Saying that this is art is a Stretch.  :rolleyes:
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Re: The Cat-o-copter
« Reply #26 on: December 10, 2012, 07:53:05 AM »
Quote from: MarineUS on December 10, 2012, 07:35:13 AM
Using an animal to live and survive is coherent than making it a cheap, poorly built, freak show that was constructed just to get hits on the internet.

Like a baseball glove or soccer ball? Animals have been used to make toys since the beginning of mankind.


Quote from: MarineUS on December 10, 2012, 07:35:13 AM
Alas you cannot teach a fool, however at least I can say I tried to help the ignorant.

Thanks a lot.  :confused:
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Re: The Cat-o-copter
« Reply #27 on: December 10, 2012, 08:44:25 AM »
Quote from: GScholz on December 10, 2012, 07:53:05 AM
Like a baseball glove or soccer ball? Animals have been used to make toys since the beginning of mankind.


Thanks a lot.  :confused:

*sigh* let's break it down this way: the guy says it is art. It's not. He just wanted his fifteen minutes of shock.

Were it a decent toy not built for a simple shock effect or actual art it would have been tolerable.

It's like vomiting on white paper, making it stay, and calling it art.
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Quote from: hitech on January 25, 2012, 04:01:23 PM
Like, ya know, when that thing that makes you move, it has pistons and things, When your thingamajigy is providing power, you do not hear other peoples thingamajig when they are providing power.

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Offline GScholz

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Re: The Cat-o-copter
« Reply #28 on: December 10, 2012, 08:50:20 AM »
It's the "shock" part I'm confused about. Apart from PETA activists I don't understand why people would be shocked. Maybe it's a cultural difference thing...
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Re: The Cat-o-copter
« Reply #29 on: December 10, 2012, 09:04:07 AM »
Did a little digging. Bart Jansen, the creator of that flying cat thing, is a pretty famous Dutch designer: www.bartjansen.com  He certainly does not need 15 minutes of "shock" on Youtube.

It was his own cat and it was hit by a car and died. The cat was named Orville after Orville Wright, so he thought it would be a fitting tribute to the cat to make it fly. It's a bit weird perhaps, but I don't see anything wrong with it. Mind you, I come from a culture that shoot whales with cannons and clobber baby seals...
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