A small Canadian university has sparked controversy with its recruitment drive by using posters and a website mocking US President George W Bush.
Lakehead University in northern Ontario set up www.yaleshmale.com in a bid to attract potential new students.
It shows a picture of Yale graduate Mr Bush with the caption: "Graduating from an Ivy League university doesn't necessarily mean you're smart."
The president of Lakehead's student union called the campaign "repugnant".
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Thoughts?
<I><B>"I know this sounds corny, and I might be a little bit drunk, but honest to god, thank you everybody"</B></I>
-Sarah Goodbye you liar, Well you sipped from the cup but you don't own up to anything Then you think you will inspire Take apart your head (and I wish I could inspire) Take apart your demons, then you add it to the list.
"if the nuremberg trials were applied to us foreign policy, every us president since 1945 would have been hanged." noam chomsky.
...and this is me hanging on / i'd burn our initials in the sun if it would shine / anxiety chokes me like razor wire / if hate's in your heart man, you'll take what you're given / wake up / i'm not the only one / it's never goodbye / go ahead and play dead / if everyone's a casualty, then take your time, there ain't no trouble / these wounds they will not heal / ambition can be a tricky thing / what the hell do i know about rape anyway? / this is not what i hoped for / ain't it so weird how it makes you a weapon / who will be there to tell me how stupid i am? / those living for death will die by their own hand / and it's me that I am spying on / pick up the pieces and live with the stars / hurry up and wait / things have never been so swell / they're always the ones who slowly drift / be great / ...and this is my world.
...seriously though, LU sucks. like... jeez, you should be getting students to attend because your courses are good and not because you went all "HAY LOOK AT US WE MAKE FUN OF JORGE BUSH LOLOLOL"
I have no problem with it. It's just a campaign to get people to come to their university, unfortunatley for Yale, Bush went to them and they can use that against them. It's not much different from U of T's "York Shmork" or "Friends don't let friend's go to York"
Queens Of The Stone Age-Someone's In The Wolf Once you're lost in twillights's blue You don't find your way, the way finds you...
Tempt the fates, beware the smile It hides all the teeth, my dear, What's behind them...
So glad you could stay Forever
He steps between the trees, a crooked man There's blood on the blade Don't take his hand
You warm by the firelight, in twilight's blue Shadows creep & dance the walls He's creeping too..
Yes, yes..that too. You know what is truly disgusting? The fact that I paid $6.19 for this sub and I'm almost sure the bread is near stale and it kinda sucks.
Queens Of The Stone Age-Someone's In The Wolf Once you're lost in twillights's blue You don't find your way, the way finds you...
Tempt the fates, beware the smile It hides all the teeth, my dear, What's behind them...
So glad you could stay Forever
He steps between the trees, a crooked man There's blood on the blade Don't take his hand
You warm by the firelight, in twilight's blue Shadows creep & dance the walls He's creeping too..
-Sarah Goodbye you liar, Well you sipped from the cup but you don't own up to anything Then you think you will inspire Take apart your head (and I wish I could inspire) Take apart your demons, then you add it to the list.
I went to subway, got a ham and cheese 12" inch and it cost me $6.19, that's without tax even. It's not even that good. That is what is truly disgusting not this campaign ad for the university.
Queens Of The Stone Age-Someone's In The Wolf Once you're lost in twillights's blue You don't find your way, the way finds you...
Tempt the fates, beware the smile It hides all the teeth, my dear, What's behind them...
So glad you could stay Forever
He steps between the trees, a crooked man There's blood on the blade Don't take his hand
You warm by the firelight, in twilight's blue Shadows creep & dance the walls He's creeping too..
-Sarah Goodbye you liar, Well you sipped from the cup but you don't own up to anything Then you think you will inspire Take apart your head (and I wish I could inspire) Take apart your demons, then you add it to the list.
It is different than the York ad because it uses a specific person. I don't know about how international things work, but if that was in the US they would be sued for slander (or whatever the phrase is) so fast their heads would spin. I honestly would be annoyed if my school pulled a stunt like that attacking ANYONE who went to another school.
I don't see how you can say that someone would sue for slander over that billboard being posted in the US. If that were the case, what about those who parody the president on tv? Do we choose to sue them also for slander? It's also probably a sad commentary on our society and it's litigation happy inhabitants that we could find nothing better to take care of than a silly billboard ad.
<nam_kablam> I'll be naked holding a ":O" sign while pumping their door
I think you'd be surprised about how many things get legal attention that we don't hear about. Maybe if they post a disclaimer or something.... saying it is a parody. I still think it's dumb. Maybe I'd think it was funnier if it was John Kerry or something, I don't know.
Doesn't Bush have an IQ that is like just barely below average or the lowest IQ of a president ever or something? If so, maybe they can claim that "smartness" is based on IQ and therefore not slander.
Queens Of The Stone Age-Someone's In The Wolf Once you're lost in twillights's blue You don't find your way, the way finds you...
Tempt the fates, beware the smile It hides all the teeth, my dear, What's behind them...
So glad you could stay Forever
He steps between the trees, a crooked man There's blood on the blade Don't take his hand
You warm by the firelight, in twilight's blue Shadows creep & dance the walls He's creeping too..
Ah, but it is. Because you can't prove someone is stupid. That's a matter of opinion. Truth is something like, Cassie lives in Utah. Cassie has blonde hair...etc.