# Should Kim Kardashian be stoned to death for mocking the institution of marriage and also for....... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kim-kardashian-be-stoned-to-death-for-mocking-the-institution-of-marriage-and-also-for/604769 "2011-12-02T00:55:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kim-kardashian-be-stoned-to-death-for-mocking-the-institution-of-marriage-and-also-for/604769/21 "2011-12-02T15:01:51Z")
I disagree with the OP. Celebrities mocking social institutions should not be executed. IMO, they should be _pilloried_. 12 hours a day locked in the stocks, exposed to public ridicule (and increasing discomfort), until they want to die of embarrassment. Then leave them there for another week. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kim-kardashian-be-stoned-to-death-for-mocking-the-institution-of-marriage-and-also-for/604769/22 "2011-12-02T15:25:59Z")
Though far from the elevated reaches we normally associate with Cafe Society, celeb stuff usually goes there, so I’m moving this from IMHO. I want to go to there. ---
**Author:** ![AndrewL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@AndrewL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndrewL)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kim-kardashian-be-stoned-to-death-for-mocking-the-institution-of-marriage-and-also-for/604769/23 "2011-12-02T15:31:15Z")
The appropriate punishment is not to execute, or even ridicule, someone like this. The appropriate punishment is to ignore her. Don’t give her a fraction more attention than is absolutely necessary. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kim-kardashian-be-stoned-to-death-for-mocking-the-institution-of-marriage-and-also-for/604769/24 "2011-12-02T15:47:22Z")
well now she’s been bumped off to the bright lights of cafe society, at least here we can stone her with acorns. 😕😛 ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kim-kardashian-be-stoned-to-death-for-mocking-the-institution-of-marriage-and-also-for/604769/25 "2011-12-02T16:09:45Z")
I think being sentenced to be my lifelong concubine is fitting enough punishment. I am so Gandhiesque that way. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kim-kardashian-be-stoned-to-death-for-mocking-the-institution-of-marriage-and-also-for/604769/26 "2011-12-02T16:10:10Z")
> [@Jragon](#): > > I had no idea either, apparently she’s a reality show star slash model slash actress slash person with tons of money. I also find her incredibly physically unattractive, for reasons I can’t articulate. Nobody agrees with me. I’m with you: A) all I know about her is what I’ve read here on the dope and magazine headlines at the checkout at Safeway. I don’t watch tv much. B) she looks like a realistic version of a cartoon alien, or maybe some cgi robot. Why some men find her attractive, I will never know. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kim-kardashian-be-stoned-to-death-for-mocking-the-institution-of-marriage-and-also-for/604769/27 "2011-12-02T16:24:01Z")
Outlaw the use of the letter k and that’ll be the end of the entire wretched family. Problem solved. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kim-kardashian-be-stoned-to-death-for-mocking-the-institution-of-marriage-and-also-for/604769/28 "2011-12-02T17:42:43Z")
> [@TokyoPlayer](#): > > What is this Kardashian of whom you speak? > > Living in Tokyo does have its advantages I live in the US and other than the huge press about this sham wedding - further proof of the hypocrisy of marriage sanctity - I have no idea who any of these Kardashian people are! Seriously. i have never seen them in a show or movie or heard music or whatever the hell they do to make them so-called celebrities. I could not possibly care less about any of them, and have no urge or need to find out who or what they are. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kim-kardashian-be-stoned-to-death-for-mocking-the-institution-of-marriage-and-also-for/604769/29 "2011-12-02T18:07:44Z")
Checking her [Wiki page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Kardashian), I see that she’s appeared mostly in reality shows, which explains why I’ve never really heard of her. I’ve about as much interest in watching reality shows as I do in watching paint dry. _Institutional beige_ paint. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kim-kardashian-be-stoned-to-death-for-mocking-the-institution-of-marriage-and-also-for/604769/30 "2011-12-02T18:11:24Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > I live in the US and other than the huge press about this sham wedding - further proof of the hypocrisy of marriage sanctity - I have no idea who any of these Kardashian people are! Seriously. No, silly, the santity of marriage is only threatened by teh gays! ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kim-kardashian-be-stoned-to-death-for-mocking-the-institution-of-marriage-and-also-for/604769/31 "2011-12-02T18:23:56Z")
Stone the audience. They’re to blame. And they’re all around us. I’ve never seen a Kardashian but I see people who watch E! all the time. You know who you are. And let he who has never watched a reality show - any reality show - cast the first stone. Hey, that’s me! Line up, suckers. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kim-kardashian-be-stoned-to-death-for-mocking-the-institution-of-marriage-and-also-for/604769/32 "2011-12-02T19:10:17Z")
Of course it was a sham wedding just for the money. The truth is that Kim K. and I have been married for years and the two of us are deliriously happy together … and rich. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kim-kardashian-be-stoned-to-death-for-mocking-the-institution-of-marriage-and-also-for/604769/33 "2011-12-02T19:16:18Z")
When Barbara Walters named the Kardashos the most fascinating people of 2011, she was booed ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kim-kardashian-be-stoned-to-death-for-mocking-the-institution-of-marriage-and-also-for/604769/34 "2011-12-02T19:35:39Z")
> [@well\_he\_s\_back](#): > > When Barbara Walters named the Kardashos the most **fascinating** people of 2011, she was booed Barbara keeps using that word. I do not think it means what she thinks it means. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kim-kardashian-be-stoned-to-death-for-mocking-the-institution-of-marriage-and-also-for/604769/35 "2011-12-02T19:48:58Z")
You had me at “stoned to death.” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kim-kardashian-be-stoned-to-death-for-mocking-the-institution-of-marriage-and-also-for/604769/36 "2011-12-02T20:06:45Z")
It’s genetic. Daddy [Robert](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kardashian#O.J._Simpson_case) should have been stoned to death for defending OJ. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kim-kardashian-be-stoned-to-death-for-mocking-the-institution-of-marriage-and-also-for/604769/37 "2011-12-02T20:07:54Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Of course it was a sham wedding just for the money. > > The truth is that Kim K. and I have been married for years and the two of us are deliriously happy together … and rich. Well, at least you got the delirious part correct. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kim-kardashian-be-stoned-to-death-for-mocking-the-institution-of-marriage-and-also-for/604769/38 "2011-12-02T20:25:09Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > I disagree with the OP. Celebrities mocking social institutions should not be executed. IMO, they should be _pilloried_. 12 hours a day locked in the stocks, exposed to public ridicule (and increasing discomfort), until they want to die of embarrassment. Then leave them there for another week. I hate to tell you this, but the Kardashians would _love_ that. They live to be publicly humiliated. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kim-kardashian-be-stoned-to-death-for-mocking-the-institution-of-marriage-and-also-for/604769/39 "2011-12-02T20:48:52Z")
> [@](#): > > I disagree with the OP. Celebrities mocking social institutions should not be executed. IMO, they should be pilloried. 12 hours a day locked in the stocks, exposed to public ridicule (and increasing discomfort), until they want to die of embarrassment. Then leave them there for another week. Isn’t that exactly what being a celebrity _is_? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kim-kardashian-be-stoned-to-death-for-mocking-the-institution-of-marriage-and-also-for/604769/40 "2011-12-03T10:30:09Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > . . . I have no idea who any of these Kardashian people are! Seriously. > > i have never seen them in a show or movie or heard music or whatever the hell they do to make them so-called celebrities. I could not possibly care less about any of them, and have no urge or need to find out who or what they are. Ditto likewise. Sometimes ignorance is best not fought. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kim-kardashian-be-stoned-to-death-for-mocking-the-institution-of-marriage-and-also-for/604769.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-kim-kardashian-be-stoned-to-death-for-mocking-the-institution-of-marriage-and-also-for/604769.md?page=3)