"Now for the facts. The 'one-finger salute,' or at any rate sexual gestures involving the middle finger, are thousands of years old." http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1279/whats-the-origin-of-the-finger
goodbye AAWA--good luck
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The Quiet One
Here's the myth: "Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposedto cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore [soldiers would] be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous weapon was made of the native English yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as"plucking the yew." Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, "See, we can still pluck yew!" http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1279/whats-the-origin-of-the-finger
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soontobe
You gotta love JWN. Stop by for the AAWA foodfight, stay for the history of
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Marvin Shilmer
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“After your bloviating about the vulgarity on this board, your non-condemnation of an obscene gesture campaign on wAAWAh tells us a little of your hypocritical nature.”
zed is dead,
Insofar as I can tell, you don’t understand a thing, except what you want make of it. I’m glad you have this place to do it.
Marvin Shilmer
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Marvin Shilmer
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“I'm surprised that you're still "undecided whether it’s a good or bad idea".”
EdenOne,
I was speaking in terms of outcome effectiveness. I don’t know what population will be attracted to the AAWA initiative, or who exactly they’re trying to draw attention from. What they’re doing might be dumb or it might be brilliant. Only time will tell.
“Common sense should tell you it's an awful idea.”
Once upon a time common sense told everyone that scraping pus from a diseased cow and scratching your skin with it was a really, really awful idea. We found out what first appears to defy common sense is not always what it seems.
You might want to chew that over.
Marvin Shilmer
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2+2=5
Flip the bird at KH's?
Seriously?
What's next? Armpit fart noises at DC's and CA's to be disruptive?
@wha happened? - lol this is going to be what brings down the WTS. Obscene gestures made out the front of KH's and a chorus of fart sounds at DC's.
The AFNDC. Armpit Fart Noises at District Conventions.
Please show support by donating money to this new organization. We need funding to get this initiative off the ground.
I might even conduct a survey on this site, to find out who would be willing to volunteer their time to make armpit fart noises at the upcoming DC's.
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james_woods
I’ve seen the photos you allude to but was unaware this was part of an AAWA campaign.
If it is, I’m undecided whether it’s a good or bad idea.
May I just say good lord in a hatbox...you are "not sure"???
Maybe you should take an "unbiased scientific poll"...
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EdenOne
Marvin,
I really don't have the time (or pacience) to go into an endless debate with you on what is "common sense" and what it may or may not do for you. If you think that an open, public incitement for insult may perhaps be a "brilliant" idea, because it's the final outcome that will determine how you perceive its nature, then you fail to understand its intrinsic value.
If I would insult your wife with an outrageous curse word, and try to mob others into doing the same, would you stop and think ..."hmmm i don't know how I should take this .... it may well be a brilliant way to get my wife to improve her self-awareness. Perhaps these guys are geniuses. Let me wait and see the outcome". Or would you be outraged?
That's a tiny bit of common sense for you.
Eden
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EdenOne
Simon,
Is it not a "hate campaign"? Oh wait...perhaps, then it's a retarded campain.
Wait....it's a hateful, retarded, tasteless, hate campaign.
Yes, that's better.
Eden