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In the discussion thread: Foster Friess Apologizes For Suggesting Bayer Aspirin As Contraception Method [View all]

Fri Feb 17, 2012, 11:06 AM

Mira (15,335 posts)

7. It was a re-run of what supposedly

was thought of as funny a long time ago, and it wasn't funny then, either.
He showed his age, his inability to discern how, just as you said, crude and sexist it was, as he tried to take such a serious subject lightly.

What is missed in my opinion from the discussion of this offensive statement is the underlying lack of responsibility of MEN in their co-responsibility of WOMEN getting pregnant.
They get away with acting out that they think it is not their problem. They want to be in charge of the playground but if something breaks it's an act of God and they had nothing to do with it.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

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74 replies	Author	Time	Post
Foster Friess Apologizes For Suggesting Bayer Aspirin As Contraception Method [View all]	Botany	Feb 2012	OP
It was not a joke!	mailman82	Feb 2012	#1
It was very objectionable, but yes it was a joke...	xtraxritical	Feb 2012	#25
I didn't hear how he worded it	tavalon	Feb 2012	#64
I am old enough to remember it also	Mojorabbit	Feb 2012	#72
"Jokes" can be a very effective form of aggression. nt	patrice	Feb 2012	#43
Yes, exactly.	yardwork	Feb 2012	#59
"cretins", my friend.	mlevans	Feb 2012	#54
Right! It's always a joke when the joke bombs	SemperEadem	Feb 2012	#60
just to be clear, it WAS a joke, though also a crude sexist comment.	unblock	Feb 2012	#2
Maybe but people need to get over the idea that "joke" is any kind of excuse for offensive language.	yellowcanine	Feb 2012	#40
agreed	unblock	Feb 2012	#48
Yup. Old and lame. It was lame then and it's lame now.	TahitiNut	Feb 2012	#69
no, frosty, it wasn't a joke. you demonstrated that you are a clueless cretin, but nice try.	niyad	Feb 2012	#3
Bullshit	deutsey	Feb 2012	#4
"He noted that his wife didn't like the joke, either"	annabanana	Feb 2012	#5
Maybe...we could have more sanity in the world if his	INdemo	Feb 2012	#29
I am speechless	iandhr	Feb 2012	#6
It was a re-run of what supposedly	Mira	Feb 2012	#7
This is a very good point.	mlevans	Feb 2012	#55
Well said!	CrispyQ	Feb 2012	#65
Amazing	Johnny2X2X	Feb 2012	#8
It is a calculated risk	Harmony Blue	Feb 2012	#10
Just Stupid. I think it is that simple.	CAPHAVOC	Feb 2012	#13
Actually,	chervilant	Feb 2012	#32
It wasn't a JOKE!	Why Syzygy	Feb 2012	#9
It wasn't funny when he was young ....	GoldenOldie	Feb 2012	#11
Would generic aspirin work?	alfredo	Feb 2012	#12
So he thinks people were offended because they took him literally	Orangepeel	Feb 2012	#14
What I found interesting	wryter2000	Feb 2012	#15
Yup. Freiss didn't even know Santorum opposed all birth control.	SunSeeker	Feb 2012	#33
In fairness to that buffoon, Santorum's stance on birth control has been pretty confusing	RufusTFirefly	Feb 2012	#52
When will the makers of Bayer aspirin file	asjr	Feb 2012	#16
What a jerk...	radical noodle	Feb 2012	#17
Guess that "strategy" he alluded to did NOT work so well, even back then	tawadi	Feb 2012	#18
Excellent link	chervilant	Feb 2012	#34
It's not the joke...it's the policies behind the joke that people are outraged about.	Old and In the Way	Feb 2012	#19
And that ladies and gentlemen is why we don't want rich old people running our country.	FarLeftFist	Feb 2012	#20
hello	INdemo	Feb 2012	#57
Fake ass apology	alcibiades_mystery	Feb 2012	#21
You nailed it!	erinlough	Feb 2012	#41
:: applauding wildly ::	SemperEadem	Feb 2012	#61
Nicely Put. (n/t)	Paladin	Feb 2012	#73
Take two aspirins and DONT call me in the morning....	Pachamama	Feb 2012	#22
Why is it that when goppers make outlandish	Iliyah	Feb 2012	#23
Family planning isn't something to joke about	Mz Pip	Feb 2012	#24
My sister works for Bayer at their US corporate headquarters in Pgh.	livetohike	Feb 2012	#26
A corporate headache that no amount of their product can cure, I'm guessing.	beac	Feb 2012	#50
Why doesn't anyone get the joke?	JohnnyRingo	Feb 2012	#27
If you are baby boomer remember that girls would use the same	INdemo	Feb 2012	#31
Durn..	chervilant	Feb 2012	#36
I do remember it...	JohnnyRingo	Feb 2012	#37
I am of that age, heard it back then and was insulted that all I had to do to keep from being	uppityperson	Feb 2012	#44
promiscuous	LeftyMom	Feb 2012	#56
Thank You	INdemo	Feb 2012	#58
LOL....	4_TN_TITANS	Feb 2012	#28
Learn from Earl Butz	JustABozoOnThisBus	Feb 2012	#30
Epic fail	DearAbby	Feb 2012	#35
fuck off and die, Foster Friess n/t	RainDog	Feb 2012	#38
He said that anyone under 50 did not GET the joke. I am 70 and it was no joke then and it is not now	jwirr	Feb 2012	#39
Brings up something I have been thinking about: With a few exceptions, most of the attractive and	patrice	Feb 2012	#42
It just shows how this billionaire donor of Sanatorum	lovuian	Feb 2012	#45
"donor of Santorum"	Canuckistanian	Feb 2012	#63
So What Were The Teen Pregnancy Rates Back In Your Boyhood, Mr. Friess?	Vogon_Glory	Feb 2012	#46
Don't forget to add the stats on deaths from back alley abortions to Mr. Friess'	beac	Feb 2012	#49
... because he got flak from the lobbyists at Tylenol and Excedrin ...	Myrina	Feb 2012	#47
He's the only one who needs an assburn...	RoccoR5955	Feb 2012	#51
You Know, A Woman Can Hold An Aspirin Between Her Knees And Still Get Pregnant	Yavin4	Feb 2012	#53
Take the Cowboy Hat off, you Pretentious Dork!	fascisthunter	Feb 2012	#62
God, would someone PLEASE take that picture of Friess off the front page	47of74	Feb 2012	#66
"I used to be sexually adventurous; then I took an aspirin to the knees."	Beartracks	Feb 2012	#67
Again. Repub. says something and then "Oh my... I am so so sorry".	glinda	Feb 2012	#68
Typical	secondvariety	Feb 2012	#70
It wasn't a joke	Gringostan	Feb 2012	#71
Too late. This is one of those unique comments that will be remembered for a long long time.	DCBob	Feb 2012	#74

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