'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal - Gawker Comments

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

htotheomo — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:13:07 EST

@VirusWithShoes: Sorry for the delayed response.

He's hot. Are we now worried with what people say? I say my star is rising!

htotheomo

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

Hythloday — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:13:26 EST

I'd be offended, but I'm too horrified by the idea of prying anything from between his "dancing, naked legs." He could cram Funny Girl in there and I'd back down.

Hythloday

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

Mediahohoho — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:02:23 EST

I like his priorities.

Mediahohoho

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

dotorg greg — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:35:09 EST

And actually, it sounds like he's seen Adam Curtis's "The Power of Nightmares", the incredible, 3-part BBC documentary about the parallel, symbiotic rise of militant Islam and the US neo-conservative movement.

So given the venue, he's probably not joking, but just expressing the kind of cognitive dissonance of a neanderthal ideologue trapped in a generally liberal, western country. Kind of like when Richard Perle goes shopping for chanterelles at Costco.

What's more disturbing is that since this documentary's never been aired in the US, it's possible that the only way he's seen it is by subscribing to McSweeney's DVD magazine Wholphin, where it's been serialized for the last three issues. Something to chew before they cut your head off.

dotorg greg

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

WasatchMan — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:09:44 EST

Gawker is the arbiter of decorum and good taste now?

WasatchMan

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

Paul Boutin — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:40:28 EST

Ryan, you're normally sharp, but here you let your anger get to you. A Gawker writer claiming book reviewers aren't allowed to make ironic, edge-of-political-correctness humor? Also, Daniel Pearl was killed six years ago. "Eight years ago" was before 9/11. If you think Steyn and his WSJ editor don't remember the exact date, you're kidding yourself.

More to the point, Steyn's writeup is pretty funny. I laughed out loud when I read it. Are only people whose politics you agree with allowed to be witty? If so I think they're hiring at Salon.

Paul Boutin

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

Bigggnasty — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:20:48 EST

I'd prefer to get bagged up and tossed off a cliff. The mess is just more contained that way...

Bigggnasty

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

ronbo — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:36:51 EST

Wow. Steyn's a smart guy and a good writer, but you wouldn't know it from that pile of poo.

ronbo

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

belltolls — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:20:39 EST

"Bewithched, Bothered and Beheaded, Am I."

belltolls

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

Colonel Mustard — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:13:42 EST

@lolcait: Ha! I once sat in front of Emanuelle Chriqui and her bff at a terrible movie that STARRED said bff (I won't say who, though,) and it was just so awful that my friend and I couldn't keep from laughing during all the "serious" parts. And I felt really, really bad, but then I heard Emanuelle lean over to her friend and LIE THROUGH HER TEETH, "You're really good! Serious! " and I finally had to move because I didn't want to be close when the lightning struck.

Colonel Mustard

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

de wolfe — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:03:33 EST

@Pope John Peeps II: except isn't he actually australian? it's weird to hear him talk about being can-AI-dian.

de wolfe

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

contradicto — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:16:28 EST

@IndianSlipper: Where I come from, we call capitalizing on sodomy "Madonna."

contradicto

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

flipper baby — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:54:14 EST

wait i thaut we hung that guy sodomite

flipper baby

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

Michael Jahn — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:53:42 EST

@IndianSlipper: Nah, that was just me sodomizing the history of copy editing.

Michael Jahn

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

Xylo — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:52:04 EST

Jesus fucking christ, what a piece of toe jam.

Burqas? Meh, I'm redheaded, easily sunburnt and every spring I get burnt out running and I think I could use one of those things.

Xylo

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

IndianSlipper — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:43:53 EST

Wait, Michael Jahn, was I supposed to capitalize sodomite? Shit I did it again.

IndianSlipper

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

IndianSlipper — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:43:04 EST

The last time I beheaded a sodomite, I didn't even get a reach around.

IndianSlipper

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

Michael Jahn — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:36:37 EST

Did you know that Sodomites conspired to destroy the World Trade Center?

Michael Jahn

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

contradicto — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:14:01 EST

What a fag.

contradicto

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

VirusWithShoes — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:00:09 EST

@htotheomo: Really? His angry-fruit-salad website gives me a headache and he reminds me of James Frey during his bearded atonement phase.

VirusWithShoes

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

htotheomo — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:54:52 EST

Call me self-hating, and there's a lot of evidence, but he's just the hottest conservative. He makes me swoon...

htotheomo

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

VirusWithShoes — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:51:07 EST

Just read his article. Oh dear. Shame this wasn't "Premium Content" so no-one could read it.

VirusWithShoes

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

LolCait — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:49:45 EST

@lolcait: "Intelligent Discourse" is not my middle name.

LolCait

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

LolCait — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:47:38 EST

Meeting someone halfway on a beheading sounds really gross and probably looks like what happened to Emanuelle Chriqui in that movie Wrong Turn.

LolCait

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

TheHonJudgeSmails — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:37:39 EST

Good on you to take him off my hands. I feel some shame, however, as he writes for NR, a publication I generally respect and enjoy.

TheHonJudgeSmails

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

Pope John Peeps II — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:35:46 EST

@TheHonJudgeSmails: nope. This one's our shame. Steyn is a home grown, grade-d, all canuck compost heap. He's been pooing his terrifyingly bad prose all over our national consciousness for as long as I care to remember. I'm not sure how he ended up in the WSJ other than the fact that he's a far right nutter, and conrad black's devoted toady.

Pope John Peeps II

'Beheading Sodomites' Is Funny At The Wall Street Journal

TheHonJudgeSmails — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:30:31 EST

Buries head in shame.

TheHonJudgeSmails