Comments on: Pro-wrestler boycotts WWE over SOPA support http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/pro-wrestler-boycotts-wwe-over.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 03:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Iron Clad Burrito http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/pro-wrestler-boycotts-wwe-over.html#comment-1487516 Iron Clad Burrito Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172101#comment-1487516 I didn't realize they were all Ron Paul bots.  :p I didn’t realize they were all Ron Paul bots.  :p

]]> By: Benjamin Eugene NElson http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/pro-wrestler-boycotts-wwe-over.html#comment-1484918 Benjamin Eugene NElson Sat, 21 Jul 2012 22:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172101#comment-1484918 Sorry dude.  While I respect what he's doing this guy hasn't been revelant in the wrestling world for the past 20 years, give or take.  And even then he was hardly a main event superstar. Sorry dude.  While I respect what he’s doing this guy hasn’t been revelant in the wrestling world for the past 20 years, give or take.  And even then he was hardly a main event superstar.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/pro-wrestler-boycotts-wwe-over.html#comment-1484872 Antinous / Moderator Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172101#comment-1484872 Funnily enough, the commenter to whom I responded doesn't seem to have gotten that memo. Funnily enough, the commenter to whom I responded doesn’t seem to have gotten that memo.

]]> By: Thomas Christopher Hoag http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/pro-wrestler-boycotts-wwe-over.html#comment-1484778 Thomas Christopher Hoag Sat, 21 Jul 2012 17:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172101#comment-1484778 There's a man who is utilizing his notoriety and influence to stand out against an UNAMERICAN bill, to his parent company and the public at large. You dipwads just don't get that!  There’s a man who is utilizing his notoriety and influence to stand out against an UNAMERICAN bill, to his parent company and the public at large. You dipwads just don’t get that! 

]]> By: Benjamin Eugene NElson http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/pro-wrestler-boycotts-wwe-over.html#comment-1484641 Benjamin Eugene NElson Sat, 21 Jul 2012 15:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172101#comment-1484641 funnily enough, most of us know that wrestlers aren't the characters they portray. funnily enough, most of us know that wrestlers aren’t the characters they portray.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/pro-wrestler-boycotts-wwe-over.html#comment-1483762 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 20 Jul 2012 21:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172101#comment-1483762 Funnily enough, pro wrestlers take on fake personas as part of their act.  The more offensive, the better. Funnily enough, pro wrestlers take on fake personas as part of their act.  The more offensive, the better.

]]> By: P.F. Bruns http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/pro-wrestler-boycotts-wwe-over.html#comment-1483436 P.F. Bruns Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172101#comment-1483436 What's really, really funny is that before and since, his Val Venis persona is known as the world's first professional wrestling porn star (complete with catch phrase "Hellllllloooo, Ladies," and appropriately inappropriate bomp-chicka entrance music). Of course, since SOPA/PIPA would screw entertainment consumers on a previously unseen level, perhaps his Val Venis character resents the competition. What’s really, really funny is that before and since, his Val Venis persona is known as the world’s first professional wrestling porn star (complete with catch phrase “Hellllllloooo, Ladies,” and appropriately inappropriate bomp-chicka entrance music).

Of course, since SOPA/PIPA would screw entertainment consumers on a previously unseen level, perhaps his Val Venis character resents the competition.

]]> By: P.F. Bruns http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/pro-wrestler-boycotts-wwe-over.html#comment-1483437 P.F. Bruns Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172101#comment-1483437 Quite a few wrestlers are. Quite a few wrestlers are.

]]> By: mat catastrophe http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/pro-wrestler-boycotts-wwe-over.html#comment-1483244 mat catastrophe Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172101#comment-1483244  RON PAUL WINS OVER HEARTS AND MINDS TO THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM!!!! Plus, they were probably paying him better back then.  RON PAUL WINS OVER HEARTS AND MINDS TO THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM!!!! Plus, they were probably paying him better back then.

]]> By: Iron Clad Burrito http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/pro-wrestler-boycotts-wwe-over.html#comment-1483197 Iron Clad Burrito Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172101#comment-1483197 ...and he's Canadian to boot! …and he’s Canadian to boot!

]]> By: Tom McCarthy http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/pro-wrestler-boycotts-wwe-over.html#comment-1483086 Tom McCarthy Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172101#comment-1483086 The best part about this is that he was in  a stable called 'right to censor' for a short time which had the angle of wanting to purge all the filth from the WWF (this was before they changed their name). The idea was that a small group of people self appointed themselves to enforce their own ideology onto everyone else. Not related to copywrite, but same kind of thought process that they were right and didn't care what anyone else thought. The best part about this is that he was in  a stable called ‘right to censor’ for a short time which had the angle of wanting to purge all the filth from the WWF (this was before they changed their name). The idea was that a small group of people self appointed themselves to enforce their own ideology onto everyone else. Not related to copywrite, but same kind of thought process that they were right and didn’t care what anyone else thought.

]]> By: howaboutthisdangit http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/pro-wrestler-boycotts-wwe-over.html#comment-1482997 howaboutthisdangit Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172101#comment-1482997 That'll be the big tag-team matchup in the next Wrestlemania. That’ll be the big tag-team matchup in the next Wrestlemania.

]]> By: MrJM http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/pro-wrestler-boycotts-wwe-over.html#comment-1482744 MrJM Fri, 20 Jul 2012 02:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172101#comment-1482744 No, he's a FREEDOM FIGHTER™!!1! No, he’s a FREEDOM FIGHTER™!!1!

]]> By: mat catastrophe http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/pro-wrestler-boycotts-wwe-over.html#comment-1482720 mat catastrophe Fri, 20 Jul 2012 02:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172101#comment-1482720 Oh, look. He's a RON PAUL bot. Oh, look. He’s a RON PAUL bot.

]]> By: digi_owl http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/pro-wrestler-boycotts-wwe-over.html#comment-1482476 digi_owl Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172101#comment-1482476 Demonstrating that capitalism can turn anything into a sale. Demonstrating that capitalism can turn anything into a sale.

]]> By: Chuck http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/pro-wrestler-boycotts-wwe-over.html#comment-1482471 Chuck Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172101#comment-1482471 He'll have to come back when the WWE introduces a team of suit-wearing wrestlers who claim to be lobbying for SOPA/CISPA. He’ll have to come back when the WWE introduces a team of suit-wearing wrestlers who claim to be lobbying for SOPA/CISPA.

]]> By: Soren Schonbachler http://boingboing.net/2012/07/19/pro-wrestler-boycotts-wwe-over.html#comment-1482460 Soren Schonbachler Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=172101#comment-1482460 Mmm... Soap. Mmm… Soap.

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