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Originally Posted by Kane Knight
I would, however, give them the benefit of the doubt.
They're a satire paper, not some talk show host trying to actually mock someone's death or belittle him. It seems pretty poor taste, but whatever.
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Agreed. I usually find The Onion hysterical, and even this article, while in bad taste, has some rather amusing parts when you try to think about it in a broader context (in my opinion - though I am not easily offended). It's not mocking Eddie's death, it's making fun of Vince and WWE making everything, including serious subjects into storylines.
I think that it was probably a bad time to publish it, but The Onion is usually outstanding, and it IS satire, not some dumbass radio talk show host saying that a wrestler's death is less important than somebody else's. I think that if it wasn't such a sore subject it would be more amusing, but it certainly hits a little too close to home at the moment, particularly with most people on the forum.