Talk:Kertified Klown Kare
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:::I mean, they probably didn't notice that it could be interpreted in that way when they made it. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 21:47, 5 May 2008 (UTC) | :::I mean, they probably didn't notice that it could be interpreted in that way when they made it. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 21:47, 5 May 2008 (UTC) | ||
::::This simply plays on how in the 50s and thenabouts people used to use k's for c's to be "kool". This takes it a bit further with the "kertified", but the fact that the initialism happens to be KKK is surely a coincidence, not a reference intended by TBC. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 01:46, 6 May 2008 (UTC) | ::::This simply plays on how in the 50s and thenabouts people used to use k's for c's to be "kool". This takes it a bit further with the "kertified", but the fact that the initialism happens to be KKK is surely a coincidence, not a reference intended by TBC. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 01:46, 6 May 2008 (UTC) | ||
| + | :::::Agreed.Even if they were aware the liklihood of them putting in content this extreme with a straight face when the site reflects very little in the way of politics, serious real world issues etc. seems low. It's a family webbsite, ultimately [[User:Scanna|Scanna]] 02:32, 6 May 2008 (UTC) | ||
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[edit] Racism
Isn't this a little racist, because if you abbreviate it, you know...
- I'm sure it's nothing more than coincidence. --DorianGray 20:41, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
- I don't think it's a coincidence, but I highly doubt TBC mean anything sinister by it. — It's dot com 21:43, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
- I mean, they probably didn't notice that it could be interpreted in that way when they made it. --DorianGray 21:47, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
- This simply plays on how in the 50s and thenabouts people used to use k's for c's to be "kool". This takes it a bit further with the "kertified", but the fact that the initialism happens to be KKK is surely a coincidence, not a reference intended by TBC. - Qermaq - (T/C)
01:46, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
- Agreed.Even if they were aware the liklihood of them putting in content this extreme with a straight face when the site reflects very little in the way of politics, serious real world issues etc. seems low. It's a family webbsite, ultimately Scanna 02:32, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
- This simply plays on how in the 50s and thenabouts people used to use k's for c's to be "kool". This takes it a bit further with the "kertified", but the fact that the initialism happens to be KKK is surely a coincidence, not a reference intended by TBC. - Qermaq - (T/C)
- I mean, they probably didn't notice that it could be interpreted in that way when they made it. --DorianGray 21:47, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
- I don't think it's a coincidence, but I highly doubt TBC mean anything sinister by it. — It's dot com 21:43, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
