# The most disgusting CNN comment ever \[RO\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 6, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-cnn-comment-ever-ro/556269 "2010-10-06T16:50:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-cnn-comment-ever-ro/556269/21 "2010-10-06T17:25:15Z")
Ludo, at this point I suggest you claim you were only kidding, whether it’s true or not. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-cnn-comment-ever-ro/556269/22 "2010-10-06T17:26:40Z")
Yeah, can’t you see I was being ironic? That’s the ticket! Ironic! ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-cnn-comment-ever-ro/556269/23 "2010-10-06T17:29:30Z")
You whooshed us all! ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-cnn-comment-ever-ro/556269/24 "2010-10-06T17:30:05Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Yeah, can’t you see I was being ironic? That’s the ticket! Ironic! I believe you. Really. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-cnn-comment-ever-ro/556269/25 "2010-10-06T20:06:47Z")
I laughed. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-cnn-comment-ever-ro/556269/26 "2010-10-06T20:25:21Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I don’t watch Steven Colbert, but from I’ve heard in bits and pieces of his routine, this sounds like something he would say. Possibly, and people would “get it” that it’s a joke. I hope. Maybe? Then he’d go on about how it pales against the constant threat of bears sneaking in from the Canadian border. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-cnn-comment-ever-ro/556269/27 "2010-10-06T21:18:46Z")
Comedy gold. (“The comment or the RO thread?” “Yes.”) ---
**Author:** ![Waffle\_Decider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@Waffle\_Decider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waffle_Decider)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-cnn-comment-ever-ro/556269/28 "2010-10-07T00:45:45Z")
I thought that’s hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![may\_be\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@may\_be\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/may_be_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-cnn-comment-ever-ro/556269/29 "2010-10-07T01:28:50Z")
hahahahahahahahaha ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-cnn-comment-ever-ro/556269/30 "2010-10-07T02:22:38Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Then he’d go on about how it pales against the constant threat of bears sneaking in from the Canadian border. Oh, My! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-cnn-comment-ever-ro/556269/31 "2010-10-07T04:29:25Z")
The larger question is why would you read the comments on any news site? ---
**Author:** ![Aswan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@Aswan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aswan)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-cnn-comment-ever-ro/556269/32 "2010-10-07T04:48:38Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > The larger question is why would you read the comments on any news site? Is this the whoosh within the whoosh within the whoosh? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-cnn-comment-ever-ro/556269/33 "2010-10-07T04:51:08Z")
Yes. Maybe. Wait, let me figure this out… ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-cnn-comment-ever-ro/556269/34 "2010-10-07T07:51:37Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > > [@SteveG1](#): > > > > Then he’d go on about how it pales against the constant threat of bears sneaking in from the Canadian border. > > Oh, My! Well there was this one senator , who was complaining about the restocking of some wilderness area with Canadian timber wolves , wondered why not restock with American wolves. Declan ---
**Author:** ![Aswan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@Aswan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aswan)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-cnn-comment-ever-ro/556269/35 "2010-10-07T13:54:35Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > > [@John\_Mace](#): > > > > I don’t watch Steven Colbert, but from I’ve heard in bits and pieces of his routine, this sounds like something he would say. > > Possibly, and people would “get it” that it’s a joke. I hope. Maybe? Then he’d go on about how it pales against the constant threat of bears sneaking in from the Canadian border. [Colbert]Montana must act swiftly and decisively to enact tough Arizona-style illegal immigration laws that have teeth in them to secure our border. If the Federal government won’t act, the people must.[/Colbert] ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-cnn-comment-ever-ro/556269/36 "2010-10-07T14:15:28Z")
> [@Aswan](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > The larger question is why would you read the comments on any news site? > > Is this the whoosh within the whoosh within the whoosh? The whooshes are merging… ---
**Author:** ![Aswan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@Aswan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aswan)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-cnn-comment-ever-ro/556269/37 "2010-10-07T14:31:40Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > > [@Aswan](#): > > > > Is this the whoosh within the whoosh within the whoosh? > > The whooshes are merging… And becoming self-aware… ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-cnn-comment-ever-ro/556269/38 "2010-10-07T16:18:48Z")
> [@furt](#): > > > [@Ludovic](#): > > > > So a child abduction case ended relatively happily when a complete stranger notices the vehicle in question and successfully brings it to a halt, whereupon the abductor released the child and unsuccessfully tried to get away. > > > > Thankfully most of the comments on CNN’s website praise the hero, and relatively few call for a torturous death for the abductor. But of course there are comments like this gem on the rescuer’s presumed heritage: > > :eek: > > That comment is such bullshit. What’s the guy going to get for rescuing the girl and going to all the press conferences and crap? A key to the city and maybe a free burrito. What’s that work out to, $3 an hour? > > Americans don’t rescue little girls because the pay isn’t high enough. It’s a _job Americans won’t do_. Superman is an ALIEN too, ya know 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Peeta\_Mellark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Peeta\_Mellark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peeta_Mellark)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-cnn-comment-ever-ro/556269/39 "2010-10-07T16:21:25Z")
That’s why our all-American Batman is far superior. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-cnn-comment-ever-ro/556269/40 "2010-10-07T16:32:51Z")
Who actually said it? 😃 (You know, it’s probably about time that _The Onion_ should do a story about someone taking a satirical newspaper seriously – but without using the name of said newspaper.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-cnn-comment-ever-ro/556269.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-disgusting-cnn-comment-ever-ro/556269.md?page=3)