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budster101 · 11:15 AM

"Kanye West has to open his big fat mouth and say one of the most unintelligent things I have ever heard:

Reporter: "so why did you choose to get involved?"

Kanye: "because we need to do something. everyone knows the white man brought AIDS to africa to keep the people down"

What a maroon.

Agasthya · Jul 3, 2005, 10:57 AM

Amazing. What a retard.

Oisín · Jul 3, 2005, 11:00 AM

Wow... that's just... wow...

Hey, Kanye, there's this great new thing they just invented—it's called general education!

chris v · Jul 3, 2005, 11:00 AM

Wait-- I thought the straight man brought aids from Africa to keep the gay man down.

I'm all confused.

osxisfun · Jul 3, 2005, 11:39 AM

Damn Kayne West is an idiot. He needs to apologize. Publically.

Since we are the subject of ignorant quotes... this guy needs to aplogize too:

Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.

Dick Cheney, Vice President
Speech to VFW National Convention
8/26/2002

PacHead · Jul 3, 2005, 12:25 PM

Yeah, no kidding. I had already mentioned what an idiot he was in some other thread.

Seriously, what the hell was he doing at live8 to begin with ?

His set wasn't even live. And no, a bunch of violinists faking it does not qualify as live.

I am sure glad that the extremely retarded and ignorant people at MTV had the good judgement to show an entire Kanye West song, while they cut off other real artists tunes. Whoever was responsible for that show should be taken out back and shot.

Jesus walks ? More like bullsheet talks.

And to OSX - what the hell does dick cheney have to do with live8 you troll ?

BTW - WMD were found in Iraq, they've found sarin and various other agents, so technically Cheney is correct, and you are wrong.

esXXI · Jul 3, 2005, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by PacHead

[...] BTW - WMD were found in Iraq, they've found sarin and various other agents, so technically Cheney is correct, and you are wrong.

budster101 · Jul 3, 2005, 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by esXXI

Same to you. Go to the PL and spread your BS. This thread is about Live8, not the War in Iraq.

PacHead · Jul 3, 2005, 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by budster101

Same to you. Go to the PL and spread your BS. This thread is about Live8, not the War in Iraq.

Yep, certain people just can't follow the rules around here. I hear the PL was made because of leftists not being able to control themselves.

budster101 · Jul 3, 2005, 12:53 PM

TRUTH. There should be a LPL and an RPL.

---

END DERAILMENT... let's discuss Live8 or the idiot known as Kanye West. The rest of you who do not wish to participate according to the rules, please excuse yourselves and go to the PL with your nonsense.

That is all. <PA from M.A.S.H.>

analogika · Jul 3, 2005, 12:53 PM

JHromadka · Jul 3, 2005, 01:13 PM

Who is Kanye West?

PacHead · Jul 3, 2005, 01:23 PM

Originally Posted by JHromadka

Who is Kanye West?

Good question.

He's just some racist hip hop artist, that not many people have heard of, who somehow managed to sneak his way into Live 8.

nonhuman · Jul 3, 2005, 01:24 PM

He may be an idiot, but he's a good lyricist none the less.

Warung · Jul 3, 2005, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by JHromadka

Who is Kanye West?

That's what I wanna know 2, - yo!

[edit] Black Eyed Peas ROCKED!

nonhuman · Jul 3, 2005, 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by osxisfun

Damn Kayne West is an idiot. He needs to apologize. Publically.

Why the hell should he apologize for speaking his mind?

Stogieman · Jul 3, 2005, 01:35 PM

"the white man" - Is that some hip-hop slang for chimpanzee?

Originally Posted by JHromadka

Who is Kanye West?

Michael Bolton said it best:

"A no talent ass clown"

alphasubzero949 · Jul 3, 2005, 01:37 PM

Originally Posted by nonhuman

Why the hell should he apologize for speaking his mind?

Because conservatism does not allow for dissenting opinions.

PacHead · Jul 3, 2005, 01:39 PM

Originally Posted by nonhuman

Why the hell should he apologize for speaking his mind?

Um, because "that black man" is a liar ?

brapper · Jul 3, 2005, 01:40 PM

He's actually quite talented. The comment, however, is ridiculous and yeah he should apologized.

brapper · Jul 3, 2005, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by PacHead

Um, because "that black man" is a liar ?

there's a difference between lying and being ignorant. Kanye is obviously the latter.

Warung · Jul 3, 2005, 01:42 PM

Actually, come to think of it, that comment is quite funny...I mean...he must have been joking...really. It reminds me of "In Living Color" and some guy playing a skit on "Farrakahn". LOL

brapper · Jul 3, 2005, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by Warung

Actually, come to think of it, that comment is quite funny...I mean...he must have been joking...really. It reminds me of "In Living Color" and some guy playing a skit on "Farrakahn". LOL

Yeah, come to think of it, I'd like to see the clip to judge whether he was joking. It's inappropriate either way, but he's never struck me as stupid or ignorant before.

invisibleX · Jul 3, 2005, 02:38 PM

Edited

budster101 · Jul 3, 2005, 02:55 PM

Perfect venue to show his racist side....

Kevin · Jul 3, 2005, 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by alphasubzero949

Because conservatism does not allow for dissenting opinions.

100% Nonsense.

PacHead · Jul 3, 2005, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by Kevin

100% Nonsense.

Of course it is 100% nonsense, especially since the person whose statement he objected to and quoted doesn't exactly seem like a conservative, thus making himself look rather foolish.

OwlBoy · Jul 3, 2005, 03:59 PM

Originally Posted by Stogieman

"
Michael Bolton said it best:

"A no talent ass clown"

-Owl

goMac · Jul 3, 2005, 04:06 PM

Originally Posted by budster101

What a maroon.

What a:

1 a brownish-crimson color. 2 chiefly Brit. a firework that makes a loud bang, used mainly as a signal or warning. [ORIGIN: early 19th cent.: so named because the firework makes the noise of a chestnut (see below) bursting in the fire.]

budster101 · Jul 3, 2005, 04:09 PM

What a:

Maroon:

3-stooges-coloquialism. "What a maroon". A purposeful mispronounciation by one of the three-stooges.

nyuk-nyuk-nyuk.

Apple Pro Underwear · Jul 3, 2005, 04:11 PM

1. Some speculate AIDs does not exist. They describe it as a condition the treatment leaves you in
2. The White man? Like the ones setting up the concert?
3. White people die from AIDs too
4. Kanye, as good as a producer he is shows why he's a college droput. (that was the name of his breakout CD)

wdlove · Jul 3, 2005, 04:36 PM

Sadly it sounds as though he is going to get away with making such an outlandish statement. Just goes to show that you don't have to be intelligent to be an actor/musician.

JHromadka · Jul 3, 2005, 04:44 PM

Where did you hear of this anyways? I couldn't find anything on google about him saying that.

budster101 · Jul 3, 2005, 04:47 PM

VH1 interview.

pooka · Jul 3, 2005, 04:48 PM

Originally Posted by budster101

Damn. O-G fo'real.
werd

nonhuman · Jul 3, 2005, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by budster101

Perfect venue to show his racist side....

There's plenty of that in his songs as it is. But they're good so I listen to them anyway.

ghporter · Jul 3, 2005, 05:14 PM

Funny. If KW had any shred of truth in his assertion, then why have all the people with AIDS that I've ever met been white? Why is it possible to trace the virus' DNS BACK to Africa? Why is the virus so obviously a derivative of a virus that's been endemic in chimpanse populations for many decades? Maybe it's because KW is full of crap? Everybody knows that anything that starts with "everybody knows" is a lie. This is another example of that.

budster101 · Jul 3, 2005, 05:19 PM

Everyone knows that when someone says, "Everyone knows", is lying.

Chimps > Tribal Members having sex with them > AIDS epidemic.

The black man is the cause of AIDS.

This is a more plausible explanation than the racist remark by the twit KW.

Oisín · Jul 3, 2005, 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by Apple Pro Underwear

1. Some speculate AIDs does not exist. They describe it as a condition the treatment leaves you in

And the people who die from it without ever receiving any treatment? There are plenty of those, just look in the poorer areas of southern Africa.

Originally Posted by budster101

Chimps > Tribal Members having sex with them > AIDS epidemic.

The black man is the cause of AIDS.

This is a more plausible explanation than the racist remark by the twit KW.

That was sort of racist too. I'll give you an even more plausible explanation:

Chimps > Tribal members getting bitten/scratched by chimps > AIDS epidemic.

(Although I do see the humour in your use of the word 'tribal member' there)

ghporter · Jul 3, 2005, 05:28 PM

Budster, I'd say it's more likely that locals ATE the infected chimps (a very common practice) than had sex with them (not only NOT common but downright dangerous; a chimp is about 200% stronger than a human of the same height, and they DON'T fight fair!).

Apple Pro Underwear · Jul 3, 2005, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by Oisín

And the people who die from it without ever receiving any treatment? There are plenty of those, just look in the poorer areas of southern Africa.

people, not APU speculate that HIV is real and they die from side effects of that. which is very different from dying from HIV treatment.

CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG!

budster101 · Jul 3, 2005, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by ghporter

Budster, I'd say it's more likely that locals ATE the infected chimps (a very common practice) than had sex with them (not only NOT common but downright dangerous; a chimp is about 200% stronger than a human of the same height, and they DON'T fight fair!).

Young tribal men do this. How do you think they trap the monkey to eat it? Quinine.
Anyway, they also have sex with each other. They aren't gay, they are not allowed to have sex with the women, so to get the energy out, they have sex with each other, trees, animals...

True.

Can you get AIDS by eating the infected animal?

Oisín · Jul 3, 2005, 05:42 PM

Originally Posted by Apple Pro Underwear

people, not APU speculate that HIV is real and they die from side effects of that. which is very different from dying from HIV treatment.

CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG!

That's a very confusing post...

You're saying that there are those who speculate that HIV is real, and that people die from the side effects of the HIV virus (such as pneumonia, etc.)? As far as I know, that is correct; although the HIV virus is lethal in itself, usually, it will have made your immune system so susceptible to all and everything that a slight cold kills you before the virus has the time to, simply spoken.

But you're saying that you don't think this is the case? Or are you saying that you do think this is the case?

Chuckit · Jul 3, 2005, 05:50 PM

Originally Posted by nonhuman

Why the hell should he apologize for speaking his mind?

For the same reason I should apologize if I wrongly accuse you of raping children. If you insult someone with no grounds, you should apologize. That's pretty much the exact kind of situation apologies were invented for.

budster101 · Jul 3, 2005, 05:52 PM

Who invented the first apology. <Comic interjection to settle down the thread>

I'm sorry, but I don't know.
Could have been the first caveman.

Cavewoman: Didn't you clean the cave? !!!
Caveman: sorry.

nonhuman · Jul 3, 2005, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by Chuckit

For the same reason I should apologize if I wrongly accuse you of raping children. If you insult someone with no grounds, you should apologize. That's pretty much the exact kind of situation apologies were invented for.

He can apologize if he feels like what he said was inappropriate or whatever, but there's no obligation for him to do so. Nor should there be.

budster101 · Jul 3, 2005, 05:55 PM

He can apologize to those that were offended. Wait. Never mind, that isn't a real apology.

He should be forced to apologize. < Of course that's silly, he wouldn't mean it then >
He should be compelled to apologize. You know, like the Ditsy Chicks. Where are they now?

One is punished for one's foolishness wihtout being forced sometimes.

chris v · Jul 3, 2005, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by Stogieman

Michael Bolton said it best:

"A no talent ass clown"

Ouch, that's harsh, coming from a no-talent ass clown like Michael Bolton.

toneloco28 · Jul 3, 2005, 06:00 PM

This thread is appalling to me. The poster who originally started this thread to demonstrate the idiocy of one particular individual has now served only to demonstrate his own. Implying that the aids epidemic, is a result of copulation with "monkeys" is absurd, not to mention as offensive to some as the original remark. Furthermore; for a moderator to not only condone this talk, but to actually converse about it is downright ridiculous.

Along with racial epithets being in plain view in person's signatures, im starting to wonder if this board is even moderated at all. Maybe since there's so few of "us" here it doesnt really matter?? It's funy how one's own prejudices come to light when trying to cast dispersions on another's character. You 'Bud" are just as bad as the rest. I'm sure you will respond with the obligatory, articulated response to try and invalidate every thing I've said. I'll save you the trouble......**** off and die!

As for Kanye's assertion, I'm not going to say I "agree" but I dont find the claim all that outlandish honestly speaking. Oh ****, does that mean im an ignorant uneducated individual. Oh well....

chris v · Jul 3, 2005, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by budster101

Everyone knows that when someone says, "Everyone knows", is lying.

Chimps > Tribal Members having sex with them > AIDS epidemic.

The black man is the cause of AIDS.

This is a more plausible explanation than the racist remark by the twit KW.

*****ing wow, is all. Just... wow. Nice going, dude.