Joe Rogan sticks up for O&A

[clevelandfan]

i was looking around and found some comments from joe rogan(fear factor host) about the boys. i hope the post will get through in this thread check out his web site. http://www.joerogan.net/main.shtml it is good to see people sticking up for o&a

[PrncssNikki]

*applauds*

That was just amazing. :pp:

[tattered]

im impressed with him...i sent him a nice lil thank u email

[Stingray]

A very impressive article, Here it is if you dont want to click the link:


Save us from ourselves…
Wednesday, September 04, 2002 05:14 pm - JoeRogan


I was sickened but not quite surprised when I read that the very popular NY radio personalities Opie and Anthony had been fired from the radio for a stunt where they had listeners have sex in public places.
One couple decided to have sex in St. Patrick’s cathedral, and that apparently was enough to outrage some fucked up catholic group, which numbers 350,000 members to the point where they decided to threaten to boycott the station. The station caved in, and Opie and Anthony were fired.

What an outrage.

People were having sex? Are you fucking serious?
And in a church? THAT, apparently was the kicker.

The church part. That just fucking kills me.
I say shame on that station.
Shame on them for being powerful enough to broadcast mass media, and still giving into a bunch of dopes that believe in goofy fairy tales.
I wonder if they really thought it out at all, because did they really think that a catholic boycott would be that big of a deal?
A catholic boycott would NEVER work.

I was raised a catholic when I was a little kid, and I know the animal very well.
First off, it’s impossible to get catholics to stop doing anything that they really want to do. That’s why they had to invent confession, because they couldn’t get the catholics to stop sinning with just guilt and faith. Confession only exists because they had to give the people an escape clause, a way to still go to church and get into heaven, even if you didn’t follow the rules. Everyone knows that 90% of the “rules” are completely un-natural and contrary to normal human behavior, so they had to invent a work around.
Confession only exists because you can’t put the whole church in hell, because if you do, they stop giving you their money.

The bottom line is; if it’s an entertaining show, the catholics are still going to tune in.
If their faith doesn’t keep them from committing “real” sins like pre-marital sex, adultery, lying, cheating, stealing and murder, do you really think that it’s going to stop them from listening to a fucking radio show?

Not a god damned chance.
Why would they, when all they have to do is listen and confess about it?

I personally would have been more upset if the couple were caught having sex in a Toys R’ Us.
In fact, I consider Toys R’ Us to be much more worthy as a place of worship than just about any church, especially a catholic one.

First off, unlike the catholic church, if Toy’s R Us caught one of it’s employees fucking a bunch of little kids, they wouldn’t ship them off to a store in another state, they would fire them and call the police.
Also unlike the catholic church, Toys R’ Us doesn’t poison kid’s minds with fear and guilt and bullshit lies written 2,000 years ago by idiots that thought the world was flat, and the sun was 17 miles away.

Toys R’Us holds hope for the future.
A kid can walk in there and imagine all the fun that they can have with one of those toys, if they can only talk someone into buying it for them.
Where the catholic church offers children nothing but a rigid set of rules and regulations, that if followed, promises you eternity in the clouds with a bunch of people wearing robes and playing harps, and if ignored, a life in a pit of fire hanging out with Hitler and Ted Bundy with a red hot poker up your ass.

If the same couple was caught fucking in a Toys R’ Us, do you think Opie and Anthony would have been fired?
I highly doubt it. People would have been pissed, and they might have been fined, but they would have probably kept their jobs, and profited from the publicity.
I do think that if they were caught in a Toys R’ Us, it would probably disturb me a little if they were caught by a kid.
That just doesn’t seem right.
I mean it’s not enough that I think they should be fired for it or anything, but it just seems like a lot for an unsuspecting kid to deal with, especially if he or she doesn’t know about sex yet.

There’s really only 2 ways kids should be exposed to people having sex; the bad way, when you accidentally walk in on your parents (which is more folklore than anything, because let’s be honest, by the time you’re old enough to be walking around sneaking into rooms, the chances are pretty good that your parents have long since stopped fucking) And the good way; porno films.
Accidentally stumbling upon live strangers fucking when you’re 7 years old walking down the skateboard isle is a little much for the average kid to deal with.
First off, I’ve seen pictures of the alleged fornicators, and those two weren’t exactly the best looking people on the planet. Then factor in the inevitable odors, sounds, and possible stray bodily fluids, and you have a disaster waiting to happen.
Could you imagine the embarrassment little Johnny would have to go through explaining to his 2nd grade classmates that he broke his arm when he slipped on a strange man’s load at Toys R’ Us?
No, in my opinion, that is just not cool.

So what’s the big deal about them getting caught having sex in a church?
Why, THAT is a sin!
THAT is disrespectful to what others believe in! Why, the catholics were up in arms at such a horrible thing! The same catholics that spoke of child molesting priests in hushed tones, and did nothing when the perpetrators of such horrors weren’t thrown in jail, but merely moved out of state to a fresh batch of unsuspecting innocents.
I really can’t recall ever seeing a single protest where a large group of catholics were up in arms and demanding all the priests be investigated to save their children.

That, is offensive.

Well, you have to respect what other people believe in! Religious tolerance is an important part of our culture!

What if what the other people believe is crazy?
What if said people are in a cult, and in their cult Yogi Berra is their god, and it’s incredibly disrespectful to walk by their house of worship with a baseball hat on. Would people be up in arms if some radio station organized and orchestrated a public baseball hat wearing, walk-by day there?

Of course not, you say. Those people are silly. Why, they’re in a cult.

Well, I’ve got news for all you Catholics; you’re in a cult too.

It’s just a cult with millions of people in it.
When you see the pope in his big goofy hat on, doesn’t that look remarkably similar to what some crazy cult leader would wear?
That’s because he IS a crazy cult leader.

Of course I’m not in a cult!!!! Catholicism is a religion! It’s real!!

That’s what people in cults think, too. You think people in cults know they’re in a cult?
Believe me, you can’t get people to chop their balls off and drink the kool aide unless they think you’re selling the real shit. And if that cult is successful, and it goes on for a long time, and after it’s passed down from generation to generation, it becomes an accepted religion.
As incredible and mind boggling as it seems, stories that require more suspension of disbelief than an average Scooby do episode are just mindlessly handed down over and over again from parents to children, with very few questions asked.
Which is where you are.
Taught goofy shit by your family, that was taught goofy shit by theirs. Handed down generation after generation, without anyone ever questioning how incredibly fucking silly it all is.
Despite all the advancements in science, and all things about religion that are disproved… it still marches on.
The bottom line is that the only real, absolutely provable answers about life and our place in the universe are provided by science, and religion has been holding down science since day one.

I saw a documentary on the brilliant cosmologist Stephen Hawking, where he said he had a meeting with the pope, and that the pope said to him that it’s all right to explore the universe, but told him not to look into the origins of the big bang, for that would be questioning God’s story of creation.

Wow.

Just imagine that… one of the greatest minds to come along in the last few hundred years, and he’s taking directions from a cult leader that wears big goofy hats.

That, my friends, is offensive.
www.joerogan.net

[sherwood]

teh best line was this:

First off, unlike the catholic church, if Toy’s R Us caught one of it’s employees fucking a bunch of little kids, they wouldn’t ship them off to a store in another state, they would fire them and call the police. Also unlike the catholic church, Toys R’ Us doesn’t poison kid’s minds with fear and guilt and bullshit lies written 2,000 years ago by idiots that thought the world was flat, and the sun was 17 miles away

I now have a new respect for him, and I will now start watching Fear Factor.

[Blaxicab]

Originally posted by sherwood
teh best line was this:



I now have a new respect for him, and I will now start watching Fear Factor.

Yeah, I should start watching them "News Radio" reruns too!:bigok

[ONAmuststay]

That was one of the best rants I have ever heard. I wish more people have the balls to come out agaisnt the Church.

I have a all new respect for Joe.

[clevelandfan]

just glad everyone is enjoying the article. i hope he is getting good responses on it. i know i have sent him a thanks:bigok joe@joerogan.net

[fcuknu]

Well, I’ve got news for all you Catholics; you’re in a cult too.
I am (was) a catholic, well I was brought up catholic, and I went to ccd (cult meetings once a week). I raised my hand one day, and I asked the nun "Is Catholocism a cult?" She replied SHOCKED "YOUNG MAN, Catholocism is a (stress this with me) REEEELIIGGGOONNN," she continued "Cults are just crazy people who belive in fake stories and fake gods"
I just laughed, and thought to myself, isnt that the base of catholocism?

[FOFOLINA]

I liked this article very much. Joe did a good job on it :)

[tattered]

Originally posted by fcuknu

I am (was) a catholic, well I was brought up catholic, and I went to ccd (cult meetings once a week). I raised my hand one day, and I asked the nun "Is Catholocism a cult?" She replied SHOCKED "YOUNG MAN, Catholocism is a (stress this with me) REEEELIIGGGOONNN," she continued "Cults are just crazy people who belive in fake stories and fake gods"
I just laughed, and thought to myself, isnt that the base of catholocism?

nuh uh even though they never seen their god and kant prove the bible wasnt someones bad shroom trip and killed millions of muslims for no reason at all really....they still arent crazy and their god aint phony and their stories really happend eventhough they contridicted themselves

[wackadoo]

Originally posted by fcuknu

I am (was) a catholic, well I was brought up catholic, and I went to ccd (cult meetings once a week). I raised my hand one day, and I asked the nun "Is Catholocism a cult?" She replied SHOCKED "YOUNG MAN, Catholocism is a (stress this with me) REEEELIIGGGOONNN," she continued "Cults are just crazy people who belive in fake stories and fake gods"
I just laughed, and thought to myself, isnt that the base of catholocism? isn't that EVERY religion?:rolleyes:

[clevelandfan]

i would say that every religion could be considerd a cult by some, except of course for the sheep that actually follow that specific "flock".

[fcuknu]

Their god is real? Yes, it is a real beilief. It is an opinion. I can say I pray to the god Morton, thers no morton, but I sure as hell think there is a morton, so then that translates (to me) that there is a morton. People actually think that there was a god, and people think there was actually an ALLAH, whos right? nobody, and again, I will quote Richard Jeni (I love him at least) "Fighting over religion is like fighting over who has the better imaginary friend"

[ResinIII]

Joe fucking rocks!!!!!!:bluegrab

[Screwtape]

i never knew the "fear factor host" had such a foul mouth...tsk tsk

[tattered]

Originally posted by fcuknu
I will quote Richard Jeni (I love him at least) "Fighting over religion is like fighting over who has the better imaginary friend"

aint it the truth though.....

[Jimbo]

Hey guys I know it was the catholic league that screwed us, but that is no reason to question the Catholic Church's validity. Of course the Catholic Church is for real.

Let's say you have a spirit in your house or say your kid gets possessed, are you going to call the methodists? Buddists?, Baptists?, Hindus? NOOOOOO you call a priest of course.

THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!!
THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!!
THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!!
THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!!
THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!!
THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!!
THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!!
THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!!


OK OK I know some of you think that people with possessed houses or possessed children are just crazy, but now for the real hard evidence.

If the Catholic Church doesn't have real power and isn't the one true religion, then explain this:

VAMPIRES!!!!
They get burned by HOLY water (blessed by a priest) and they are scared of the CRUSIFIX.

It is irrifutable evidence. Sorry all you catholic bashers,but unless you want the world overun with evil spirits and vampires you better leave the catholics alone. :eek: :confused: :eek:

[fcuknu]

are you being serious or are you just cracking my ribs (elbow, elbow) your saying catholosism is based on FACT? okay, prove it, show me ONE fact that is TRUE.

[Jimbo]

I told you man VAMPIRES!!

what more proof do you need;)

[Stinkysteve]

Originally posted by Screwtape
i never knew the "fear factor host" had such a foul mouth...tsk tsk

If you think that was "colorful" you should hear is CD or watch his DVD!
He (Joe) makes some great observations on people and society.

[cringeradio]

one of the best rants i ever read too.

[tommysamsonite]

give joe rogan a ton of credit. the guy is a reputable tv personality and he stuck up for the boys. the best part of the whole thing is rogan is a regular on sterns show in the morn. i wonder when jay mohr, adam ferrara, jim breur, and colin quinn are going to open their mouths considering they are so close to o and a. GOD BLESS JOE ROGAN AND FEAR FACTOR. MAKE SURE EVERYONE WATCHES ROGANS SHOW TO GET HIS RATING WAY UP...





EVER NOTICE HOW MUCH BIGGER YOUR DICK LOOKS WHEN ITS IN A KIDS HAND?

[drunkturkey]

Originally posted by tommysamsonite
i wonder when jay mohr, adam ferrara, jim breur, and colin quinn are going to open their mouths considering they are so close to o and a.

Actually, Jay Mohr has stood up for the guys. Look down this board one or two pages, and there is a whole thread on it (in the O&A Cancelation thread).

[McSnapper]

NICE....NICE!

[MAVRIC305]

Amen, Joe Rogan! Great find, Clevelandfan!

[rottwielerinpa]

Originally posted by Screwtape
i never knew the "fear factor host" had such a foul mouth...tsk tsk

Did you ever hear his weight lifting bit ? The first time I heard it my ribs hurt for hours.

Joe rocks !

I leave it at that . The last time I commented on religion it got ugly ...

[clevelandfan]

just letting people know that joe rogan was a kind man and returned me an e-mail response saying that he will check in on the message borad, "to see what people have to say about the whole fucked up thing" thanks go out to Mr. Joe Rogan

[Coolaid]

I read the article from the first link, and didn't read the replys,a nd I am glad I am not the only one here who sent him a mail thanking him. (I added a lil rant fo my own as well)
Oh, and by the way.. The original bible was written by a hobbit who was cast out of his village for abuse of Absinth (an alcohaulic drink that induces holusination, and was the subject of that song "perfect drug" by Nine Inch Nails.) Bad Shrooms trip is nothing compared to this stuff.. It's illegal in the US, but can be made, but it is still around in Europe if you know where too look.
It's very bitter, and is usually filetered through sugar cubes using a spoone designed for the drink called "an absinth spoon"
I knew all this meaningless info crammed in my head would come to use for something one day..

[CuteComic]

I'm Jewish. My God can kick your God's ass.

But I bet he still can't make a rock that he can't lift.

wackadoodleday!

E.C. :)

[gasbuddah]

what a truly poetic article. Rogan F'ing rocks. I just hope NBC don't bust his balls for this. If you read the article send joe the e-mail. Here's mine for a sample:

Joe,

you are the man. the rant you went on about the catholic church versus Opie and Anthony was absolutely poetic. Possibly a step above Carlin-esque. As a fan of O&A I applaud your ballsy response to such an issue. I love fear factor, and that homo clip that Howard plays of you every now and then. Even though Howie says he invented your show, he didn't have the balls to speak up like you.

(insert omnipresent deity here) bless you joe rogan. I would eat aids infected yak anus for you any day.

Thx,
GasBuddah

[J_Oats]

a few things

Fcuknu, I thought you were smart, of course Jimbo was kidding with the vampire thing, When I read it, I knew some knucklehead would think he was serious(there always is) I just couldn't believe it was you, cause normaly your, like, smart and everything dude.

Joe Rogan is the f'n man.

gasbuddah, Eating aids infected Yak anus is one of the funniest Lines I have ever seen. (insert omnipresent deity here) bless you.

[RandomNY]

Maybe it's down because of a server problem?

[tattered]

joerogan.net still werks everybody so nothing to fear and his lil rant is still on the front page

[TheBigYellowOne]

um, no it doesnt still "werk." and the server has no problems..

[tattered]

i was just there...he admits on the site that the server was down hard this weekend

[Jimbo]

I heard Joe Rogan on Howard this morning and no talk of anything to do with O & A from what I heard. They promoted his website and gave out the address, but didn't mention it's current content. Also no mention of any trouble over the content and from what I could tell there didn't seem to be any heat on him over it. And yes the site is up and running.

[TheBigYellowOne]

I must be the only tool that cant www.joerogan.net to load. but youre right sounds like everything's fine.

[SOS]

You are not the only one. Maybe it is my DNS server. It has been acting kind of funny lately.

[FUCKNEW]

I can get it to work from home but not at my jobsite.

[T Brokenjaw]

I know this is a thread about joe's rant. I am not trying to start a big debate about religion.Like FCUKNU, I was brought up catholic. I was baptized, made my communion and confirmation and even went to CCD classes. I never really believed the god theory. I think the bible came about as a way to keep people in check, almost like the way we have laws today to keep people from ******, killing and stealing. It's just a collection of stories / laws to give people something to believe in and keep them from going nuts.

Something to ponder.

Anyone ever here of the (Sumerian cuneiform, the earliest written language, was borrowed by the Babylonians, who also took many of their religious beliefs. In fact, traces and parallels of Sumerian myth can be found in Genesis.) the writings date back to 3500 BC. Check out this website about ancient Sumerians and Planet x our 12th planet (why 12th because they counted the sun and the moon as planets) X-Facts.com (http://xfacts.com/x.htm) It's a good read. I love this stuff.

[zagman76]

just wanted to give this a bump since he was supposed to be on the show today (hopefully tomorrow), and OnA were crediting him for sticking up for them in 2002.

[GravyMaster]

Nice bump. That is an excellent, well written column by Rogan.

It is kind of funny though, while reading those posts, no one knew it would actually be another two years before we could actually hear the boys talk about the incident again..

[dredpiratrobert]

I don't think it's that well-written, but it is emotionally loaded and strong in defense of the bbbboys. I am glad someone stood up for them, but I think Rogan used much of the fashionable language of the anti-religious bigots out there. You can address the whole situation, whether it was wrong or not, without basically defaming a whole institution and an entire group of people. Many catholics didn't complain about O&A, and many who did also protested the Church's handling of the molestation scandals.

Here's one of the arguments: "why is it problem for people to have sex in a church when priests are molesting boys." First, these two issues are not really related. The sex by the couple was wrong, and you even heard O&A say that they made a mistake with that idea. It WAS their idea to include a church in the S4S contest, by the way. It's no defense to just bring up another sexual scandal involving the Church. It's a defense to say 1) the broadcast was not illegal and 2) the management signed off on S4S and shouldn't have caved to pressure.

I don't value Rogan's rant on an intellectual level, but it's great on an emotional level.

As for churches and bibles being created to just keep people in line...Well, considering how people conduct themselves without any moral or ethical codes, maybe it's a good thing that people are kept in line instead of being complete savages.

[HockeyHelmet]

Yeah, I should start watching them "News Radio" reruns too!:bigok

News Radio was a good show :icon_mrgr

[turkyman]

It was good until Phil hartman died and they replaced him with Jon Lovitz

[kloraferm]

Nice rant by Joe! I was pleasantly surprised. Big ups to Rogan! I'm actually going to read some of the other passages from the "word archive" on his site.

[zagman76]

Nice bump. That is an excellent, well written column by Rogan.

It is kind of funny though, while reading those posts, no one knew it would actually be another two years before we could actually hear the boys talk about the incident again..
thanks!... yeah - it's weird to travel back in time...

[Maynard K]

Joe's standup is truely incredible. He puts 100% into his act. A true comic genuis that has my laughing hat stapled to my skull.

[LilJimmyRbinson]

Awesome rant by Joe Rogan. He's really a good sport. I'm not a Fear Factor fan, but I do enjoy his stand up and he was great on Chappelles Show. "I wanna tell you somethin Joe Rogan...I some rocks"

[prozac]

I'm lucky to have see Joe's stand up in Jersey a few years back. I remember him doing
a bit about Arnold taking it up the ass in a great Arnold voice. Good memory since Ant did a great impersonation of the Governator.

[zagman76]

hopefully they will play the rest of the audio on tomorrow's show...

[pooter]

It was funy listening to Rogan gush to O&A how much he loves their show. It was almost embarassing. :)

Still, I've dug Rogan since News Radio, so I'm glad to see he's a fan.

[Stinkysteve]

Nice rant by Joe! I was pleasantly surprised. Big ups to Rogan! I'm actually going to read some of the other passages from the "word archive" on his site.

You are going to find some good rants in there. I think I have read about a third of them.

Always great!

Don't go there if you are politically correct or easily offended.

Be sure to get his CD and DVD too.