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On 2004-10-21 09:08, Tiki King wrote:
Long ago I asked a mutual acquaintance, “what the $*&#%@ is up with that guy tiki bong? ” He then launched into a tale of , actually, what a nice guy bong really is. He recounted many good times at events, as well as personal dealings. He said that before he met him in person, he thought he was a real bastard. But, after meeting him, he said that it changed the whole feel of the posts he was reading. Trusting this third party, I decided to go back and re-visit some of the offending posts, but imagining a smirk on bongs face. It changed everything. The vitriolic outbursts became a sublime form of comedy. A big problem with the printed word, is it has no face, no que as to if it is a sarcastic barb or downright mean spirited insult. If you were to read a transcription of any of my bands practices, you would think we were all assholes who hated each other, but if you were actually there you would be laughing your ass off. Sure some times lines get crossed, but if no one ever crossed the line, we would all still think the earth was flat. If we all stood neatly behind the line, there would be no space flight. If we all carefully stayed in our place, there would have been no exploration, no voyages of discovery. When you think about it, the whole Tiki "scene" is an an insult to some people. If we all kept our mouths shut, afraid we might offend, there would be no Tiki Bars, no Tiki mugs, no Tiki culture. So are we going to sit idly by as our entire identity is taken away because some people can’t take a joke? Are we ready to give up freedom just to be safe from the threat of feeling as though a joke was made at our expense? Are you ready to destroy all things Tiki because some find our cartoon Ku’s to be an outrage? I say, lets all raise an offensive Tiki mug to say, let bong be bong, and Let TC be free!
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[ This Message was edited to re-insert possibly offensive words by: Tiki King on 2004-10-21 09:10 ]
[ Edited by: Tiki King on 2004-10-21 09:33 ]
Tiki King, you are the King-what you wrote is pure royalty.
When is your next party?--Wait, maybe you should throw one for Bong!!
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=11381&forum=4&0
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