Sacred Cows (people no one dares criticise)

MakeEmLaugh

Pat Mustard wrote: »

Clint Eastwood, legend, The Man With No Name, composer and Oscar winning film director.

He can have a monologue with an empty chair and people will still respect him.

This is what he did to Sondra Locke, the actress who made six films with him:


Not exactly the stand-up guy he plays in his films.

I don't know what circles you hang around with, but Eastwood was torn to pieces on all social media I saw after endorsing Mitt Romney in 2012.

Not what I'd call a sacred cow.

Clueless people still regularly cite him as a "right-wing nut", when he is to the left of most people on most issues.

He is pro-gun control, pro-choice, pro-marijuana legislation, pro-same sex marriage and was against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Did he treat Sondra Locke badly? Yes.

YFlyer

Riddle101 wrote: »

Graham Norton. I mean i've never heard anything bad about him, and he seems like a pretty sound bloke. One of the best talk show hosts going today.

Why would people criticise him then.

Sam Kade

That Hawking fella that talks through a computer, talks through his arse more like. The amount of glorification that man gets beggars belief.

Eugene Norman

lulu1 wrote: »

Gay Byrne

Can't stand that man

He's criticised all the time. Unfairly I think.

YFlyer

Trad music songs.

RayM

The GAA.

YFlyer

mikemac1 wrote: »

Martin Luther King

A preacher, married man and a man of God and he could have made Tiger Woods jealous with the amount of women he had.

He had a wet dream.

percy glendening

Adolf Hitler

Pat Mustard

MakeEmLaugh wrote: »

I don't know what circles you hang around with, but Eastwood was torn to pieces on all social media I saw after endorsing Mitt Romney in 2012.

The old man talking to a chair incident was mentioned. Clint was mocked for making an eejit out of himself. Surely that's not what you mean by being 'torn to pieces'?

Sam Kade

RayM wrote: »

The GAA.

Robbing b@stards yet the sheeple keep contributing to them :mad:

Magico Gonzalez

father ted

bob50

MakeEmLaugh wrote: »

Obama is the exact opposite of a sacred cow. Go on social media and it's nothing but people tearing him to shreds.

I cant understand the irish medias love for this man I dont think any other country in the world is besotted with Obama even his own country America

One eyed Jack

Chuck fcuking Norris.

Christ, just stop it already with all the Internet adulation :rolleyes:

4zn76tysfajdxp

MakeEmLaugh wrote: »

How is that a punchline? A punchline complements a feed line, creating a joke.

See this example, from Les Dawson.

Feed line: "There is a remote tribe that worships the number zero."

+ Punchline: "Is nothing sacred?"

= Joke



Sadowitz's line is not a punchline. It's just a sentence.

Sounds like you take comedy too seriously.

Chloris

Magico Gonzalez wrote:

father ted

Do you actually dislike it or are you just using it as an example?

I'm interested to hear some criticisms!

blackcard

RayM wrote: »

The GAA.

You must be joking. Loads of people have a go at the GAA

MakeEmLaugh

Pat Mustard wrote: »

The old man talking to a chair incident was mentioned. Clint was mocked for making an eejit out of himself. Surely that's not what you mean by being 'torn to pieces'?

I know it was mentioned. That's why I responded to it. No one gave him a pass for it. You said people "still respect[ed] him" afterward.

I saw several people on Twitter and Facebook mock him and say he had dementia because of that incident.

If he were a sacred cow that wouldn't have happened.

YFlyer

MakeEmLaugh wrote: »

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He is pro-gun control, pro-choice, pro-marijuana legislation, pro-same sex marriage and was against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Did he treat Sondra Locke badly? Yes.

Best to ignore those that critisise him

lulu1

Eugene Norman wrote: »

He's criticised all the time. Unfairly I think.

Is he?

I definetly must get out more

LadyAthame

Irreverence is our only sacred cow.

dirtyden

Sam Kade wrote: »

Robbing b@stards yet the sheeple keep contributing to them :mad:

Who did they rob?

Cold War Kid

What's with the Obama mentions? I've seen people actually call him a nazi, not simply compare him to one but deem him one. He's so little of a sacred cow that people who don't even know what they're criticising, criticise him. He is one of the most fashionable public figures to criticise

Sam Kade wrote: »

That Hawking fella that talks through a computer, talks through his arse more like. The amount of glorification that man gets beggars belief.

Yeah, his insight into theoretical physics is just... talking "through his arse". Quite.

Chloris

dirtyden wrote:

Who did they rob?

All the players who play with them for free.

Every member of the public who has sat through their stupid final twice because of terrible and deliberately unfair refereeing.


What a joke of an Association.

Pat Mustard

MakeEmLaugh wrote: »

I know it was mentioned. That's why I responded to it. No one gave him a pass for it. You said people "still respect[ed] him" afterward.

I saw several people on Twitter and Facebook mock him and say he had dementia because of that incident.

He was mocked and deservedly so, for acting the fool. That's history now.

The fact is that the man has a massive amount of respect for a lifetime of achievements and awards.

He is an icon.

You say he's not a sacred cow. I say he is. So, we disagree.

LadyAthame

percy glendening wrote: »

Adolf Hitler

ookkkaaaaayyy

blackcard

Chloris wrote: »

All the players who play with them for free.

Every member of the public who has sat through their stupid final twice because of terrible and deliberately unfair refereeing.


What a joke of an Association.

The GAA do not force anyone to play nor do they force anyone to sit through matches

Dirty Dingus McGee

RayM wrote: »

The GAA.

I don't think the GAA is a sacred cow.There's a thread on this forum every second week having a go at it.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Sam Kade wrote: »

Robbing b@stards yet the sheeple keep contributing to them :mad:

Who have they robbed?

Chloris

blackcard wrote:

The GAA do not force anyone to play nor do they force anyone to sit through matches

They happily take the money though, what happens to that? It goes to a bunch of suits, albeit culchie suits.

RayM

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

I don't think the GAA is a sacred cow.There's a thread on this forum every second week having a go at it.

I've been called a 'West Brit' before, simply for expressing my lack of interest in the All Ireland Final. I dislike rugby and football too, but disliking Gaelic seems to provoke a stronger reaction.

blackcard

Chloris wrote: »

They happily take the money though, what happens to that? It goes to a bunch of suits, albeit culchie suits.

The GAA is what makes us
Irish

Dwarf.Shortage

razorblunt wrote: »

I thought that poor kid Walsh who lost his battle with cancer got away with some pretty idiotic attitudes towards suicide/depression just before he passed away.

This, all of this x 1,000,000.

Duckworth_Luas

Chloris wrote: »

They happily take the money though, what happens to that? It goes to a bunch of suits, albeit culchie suits.

Yeah, and the moon landing was filmed by Stanley Kubrick in New Mexico man and, and, and the Queen of England is a 6ft lizard from Mars.

wp_rathead

razorblunt wrote: »

I thought that poor kid Walsh who lost his battle with cancer got away with some pretty idiotic attitudes towards suicide/depression just before he passed away.

more ignorant than idiotic tbf
as others in thread said, RTE and other media shouldn't have given him such a platform

irishguitarlad

Dave grohl

RayM

blackcard wrote: »

The GAA is what makes us
Irish

See, this is the kind of thing I'm talking about...

Chloris

Duckworth_Luas wrote:

Yeah, and the moon landing was filmed by Stanley Kubrick in New Mexico man and, and, and the Queen of England is a 6ft lizard from Mars.

And you like cricket. Your local sports team sucks.

All you're all doing is giving more credence to my argument that the GAA is this seething, untouchable leech that Irish people will defend to death, empty their pockets to support, but refuse to point out the gaping flaws in.

Could be a good new slogan for them:

The GAA: The Unreachable, Inflamed Prostate of Sacred Cows

blackcard

RayM wrote: »

See, this is the kind of thing I'm talking about...

You can ignore the Gaa if you like. It is not a criminal offence

Dwarf.Shortage

Sam Kade wrote: »

That Hawking fella that talks through a computer, talks through his arse more like. The amount of glorification that man gets beggars belief.

Simmer down.

Chloris

blackcard wrote:

You can ignore the Gaa if you like. It is not a criminal offence

I'd rather point out the huge unfairness of the organisation. I actually like watching the matches but I can't support a supposed community-driven Association which has 0 financial accountability.

I can't believe people still don't see the irony of defending the GAA in this of all threads.

Dwarf.Shortage

Lazy people are the ultimate sacred cow. They hide amongst the genuinely vulnerable shouting about wealth taxes and bemoaning the lack of opportunities when in reality if there was work in the bed they'd sleep on the floor and they're happy on welfare, they'd just rather it was higher.

Yamanoto

blackcard wrote: »

The GAA is what makes us
Irish

What an odd statement.

dirkmeister

Miriam O Callaghan.

Seriouslayyyyyy.

dirtyden

Chloris wrote: »

They happily take the money though, what happens to that? It goes to a bunch of suits, albeit culchie suits.

No it goes back into facilities in clubs around the country and into games development.

the evasion_kid

Ed sheeran ever since the Xmas toy show,he's probably smoking crack rock and having orgies with playboy bunnies behind it all

blackcard

Chloris wrote: »

I'd rather point out the huge unfairness of the organisation. I actually like watching the matches but I can't support a supposed community-driven Association which has 0 financial accountability.

I can't believe people still don't see the irony of defending the GAA in this of all threads.

This thread is about sacred cows. The Gaa are constantly criticised which is the way it should be. But the positive far outweighs the negative
I only have to see the all the kids pucking around a ball at half time during a match to see the enjoyment it brings

Eugene Norman

RayM wrote: »

I've been called a 'West Brit' before, simply for expressing my lack of interest in the All Ireland Final. I dislike rugby and football too, but disliking Gaelic seems to provoke a stronger reaction.

So you criticised them. Maybe you don't understand this thread?

ShoulderChip

Cold War Kid wrote: »

Constantly being criticised - the McCanns to the point of being regularly accused, not just suspected of but accused, of murder, with zero concrete evidence.

I wonder will this thread end up being reams and reams of people who are constantly criticised? Yes. Yes I think it will.
Travellers and muslims and gay people and black people will obviously be included but they're all regularly criticised.

I think the OP means individuals who are fawned over and it seems totally against the grain to criticise them.
I would have said this was the case with Stephen Fry before, but I think people are seeing what he can be like now.

What the hell has stephen fry done wrong?

Eugene Norman

Chloris wrote: »

I'd rather point out the huge unfairness of the organisation. I actually like watching the matches but I can't support a supposed community-driven Association which has 0 financial accountability.

I can't believe people still don't see the irony of defending the GAA in this of all threads.

Nonsense. This thread is for sacred cows and the GAA is dismissed as bog ball all the time. I'm a rugby man myself but As an outsider the organisation seems well run and ploughs most of the money back into the community, youth programmes or properly built stadia. I don't see anybody getting rich.

bnt

One eyed Jack wrote: »

I'd always thought Stephen Fry had been roundly criticised and held up for the pseudo-intellectual albeit articulate windbag he is.

He has been criticised quite vociferously; most of it coming from himself. It's hard to do it if you know something about what he's been through. The man has had seriously rough times in his life, including a troubled childhood and time in jail as a teenager, and is still clearly fragile today.