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Cemetery Vultures: Losing Your Head (and your money) Over Ancestor Worship

13 Wednesday Feb 2013

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If you cherish your deceased loved ones, you might want to encase your loved ones in cement in Vietnam.

If you cherish your deceased loved ones, you might want to encase them in cement in Vietnam.

I am not one to kick the religious beliefs of others —hell, I once did a drunken rain dance in hopes of quitting smoking— but if your thing is ancestor worship, as it is in much of Asia, then you might want to be careful how you bury your loved ones in Vietnam.

This from an article about “cemetery vultures” at Vietnam.net news service:

Some people saw a small piece of paper sticking on the grave. They picked up the paper to read and all of them were appalled. “Your grandfather’s head is in our hands. If you want to get it back for reburial, you must redeem with VND50 million ($2,500). Preparing the money, we will call to tell you the place and time,” the piece of paper wrote. Some family members jumped into the grave in a hurry to check and they did not find the head.

Well, there you have it. Grave desecration and beheading for profit. It would seem that some Vietnamese are taking their recent transformation to capitalism to the fullest extent.

[Video] For the Second Time in Eight Days, Dog is Leashed to Car and Dragged Around Town

02 Wednesday May 2012

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Sometimes, you just wish certain people would remove themselves to some far off place away from the rest of us. Such a case is this.

On April 22nd a man was given a dog by their friend. The dog stepped in dog crap, so he didn’t want to put the dog in the car. Instead the driver tied it to the bumper and put it in the trunk. Fearing that the dog might suffocate the driver left the trunk open –apparently he wasn’t evil, just stupid. Sadly, the dog jumped out and was dragged to death on the freeway.

Here is the video that caused an outpour of anger by Korean netizens. I warn you, it is not a pretty sight

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The police investigated and cleared the driver of malfeasance saying there was no criminal intent. While manslaughter is against the law, the negligent killing of a dog, apparently, is not.

Singer and animal rights activist Lee Hyori joined protesters and angrily lashed out at the driver on Twitter. In a bizarre twist, the driver, now cleared of charges is threatening to sue Lee Hyori for “defamation of character.”

And when it seemed to be settling into a spot on the back burner and hopefully stricter legislation, this past Monday in Busan, another gem of human evolution steps up to the plate to take a crack at utter stupidity and hits a grand slam.

Another dog is tied to the bumper and dragged around town.

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Police are currently investigating.

Koreabang, a great website that translates Korean netizen comments, had one in particular that might indicate what will happen to idiot dog-dragger number two who, judging by the photo, must have SURELY seen the dog in the side view mirror.

김범석 (Kim Beom-Seok) wrote:

In a country where if you sexually assault a child, you only get 3years and 6 months…… do you think they will care about animal protection….we still have a long way to go…………….

Hopefully not as long as those poor dogs did tied to the back of their owner’s cars.

[VIDEO] Son Acting Girlish? Daughter Acting Butch? Punch and Demean them Says the Preacher

02 Wednesday May 2012

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Sean Harris (pictured here with his wife) is the senior pastor at Berean Baptist Church in Fayetteville, North Carolina. In Sunday’s sermon, Harris screams like a maniac about cracking your male children’s limp wrists and punching them if they act girlish.

And if you’re daughter is acting butch, let her know its OK to play sports but she better dress up and look pretty, too.

Here is the audio of the sermon along with a transcript.

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So your little son starts to act a little girlish when he is four years old and instead of squashing that like a cockroach and saying, ‘Man up, son, get that dress off you and get outside and dig a ditch, because that is what boys do,’ you get out the camera and you start taking pictures of Johnny acting like a female and then you upload it to YouTube and everybody laughs about it and the next thing you know, this dude, this kid is acting out childhood fantasies that should have been squashed.

Can I make it any clearer? Dads, the second you see your son dropping the limp wrist, you walk over there and crack that wrist. Man up. Give him a good punch. Ok? You are not going to act like that. You were made by God to be a male and you are going to be a male. And when your daughter starts acting to Butch you reign her in. And you say, ‘Oh, no, sweetheart. You can play sports. Play them to the glory of God. But sometimes you are going to act like a girl and walk like a girl and talk like a girl and smell like a girl and that means you are going to be beautiful. You are going to be attractive. You are going to dress yourself up.’

You say, ‘Can I take charge like that as a parent?’

Yeah, you can. You are authorized. I just gave you a special dispensation this morning to do that.

I love that America has freedom of speech. It’s easier to make out the evil idiots from those who are just plain idiots.

You can see the entire idiotic sermon here, and the official church website is here.

Source: The Advocate.

High School Gives Six-Page Prom Dress Guideline to Students

27 Friday Apr 2012

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Hal David, principal for Cedartown High School in northwest Georgia is cracking down on sexy dresses at the prom this year.

“We’ve never had a problem until this year,”  says David. “It was at homecoming when we first saw the dresses our students were wearing — and they were inappropriate, unacceptable.”

Students were given a six-page handout explaining what they could and could not wear to the prom which included photos of acceptable and unacceptale attire.

The handout states:

The Cedartown High School Administration wants you to make good choices. We are not trying to inhibit your individual style. Prom should be fun and memorable, but we also want everyone to be comfortable, safe, and show Bulldog PRIDE.
With modesty and safety in mind, the following dress code guidelines will be enforced at the 2012 Cedartown High School Prom activities. Failure to adhere to the dress code standards will prevent your participation in the event

The students must bring back a signed copy of the handout before they can be put on the list to attend prom.

Alrighty then. So, what is acceptable and unnacceptable? Here are the photos from the handout .

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One can only hope that one clever student will wear somthing like this to make a point:

I am guessing this dress worn by Lost cast member Michelle Rodriguez would be off limits. What a shame.

China’s Dalian Airport Uses Cheerleaders to Calm Delayed Travelers

27 Friday Apr 2012

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On April 24th, around 5000 passengers were stuck at Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport due to thick fog. To ease the people’s stress while waiting to take off, the airport dispatched a cheerleading team to the main terminal. When I first saw the pics I figured it had to be Japan, but no, this is Chinese ingenuity.

Nice.

American Innovation in Action: Kids Distill Hand Sanitizer to Get Drunk

25 Wednesday Apr 2012

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America, the land of innovation, has reached deep down in its creative psyche and pulled out another great contribution to the world –of idiots.

Not only were these kids drinking hand sanitizer straight from the bottle, a few got the bright idea to distill the 67% alcohol sanitary product to make it more “pure.”

The Los Angeles Times says six teenagers have shown up in two San Fernando Valley emergency rooms with alcohol poisoning after drinking hand sanitizer.

Some of the teens used salt to separate the alcohol from the sanitizer, making a potent drink similar to a shot of hard liquor. They found distillation instructions on the Internet.

This is idiotic on so many levels, where does one begin?

First, where is the voice of reason in the community that says, “Hey, bro, just chill in front of the store and try to get someone with an ID to score for you.”

And who is this Darwin candidate that actually took the time to figure out the process of distilling it and then went the extra stupid step to post it on the internet?

Oy vey.

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