Registered Voter Wrote:
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> Wow - some folks watch way too much Fox News I
> guess. From the comments here, you would think I
> was the avid Fox watcher (just ask Vince). But hey
> Vince, you need to get your facts straight - it's
> all these other folks watching shows like Hannity
> that cause the problem. Because I would never have
> even heard of this story if it wasn't for FUNdy
> here...
>
> Hannity Debates Founder of Cheating Website
>
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,592806,00.html
>
>
> ...
> HANNITY: But you're assuming it preserves their
> marriage. And I'm assuming that if the spouses
> find out that this is happening, that it's going
> to break up a lot of marriages. And you're
> facilitating that. You are assisting, you're
> helping, you're making money off the breakup of
> some marriages.
>
> Now, granted they're going to make their own
> choices, they have their responsibility, but
> you're profiting from it. You're sort of like, you
> know, you remind me of a pimp. You know what? You
> remind me of a drug dealer.
>
> You know what? Let's say selling crack was legal,
> I wouldn't sell crack because I know it would
> destroy people's lives.
>
> Why would you not have a conscience bother you
> that this might hurt people's marriages?
>
> BIDERMAN: You know, Sean, we're different people.
> I would build a service for same-sex couples. You
> probably wouldn't approve of that, but I did. It's
> called ManCrunch, and I'm proud of it. Same way
> that entrepreneurs like me are needed all the
> time.
>
> I'm at the cutting-edge of what society needs. You
> want to preserve the status quo. We're just
> different. We're both valuable, but we're
> different.
>
> HANNITY: Yes, I guess, and maybe, Jedediah, we can
> talk to the children of these couples that end up
> getting divorced because there are sites like this
> that help facilitate, you know, these hook-ups and
> rendezvous.
>
> JEDEDIAH BILA, THE DAILY CALLER: I think that what
> immediately struck me about the videos was that
> marriage is treated as something that you want to
> rush out of, that you're miserable in, and the
> affair is treated as something wonderful and
> fulfilling.
>
> And the reality is that in our society right now
> it would be a really unfortunate circumstance that
> the values of fidelity and loyalty and commitment
> were thrown under the bus.
>
> HANNITY: Look at this ad which we just showed
> earlier here. OK, so there it is. These two —
> these two people are married. This couple is
> married. But by the way, not to each other. As if
> this is, you know, something to glorify and you
> know what do you have to say to this guy? He's the
> founder, he's making money, he's proud of this.
>
> BILA: Well, the reality is that just because
> something exists in our society — yes, people do
> cheat. That's an unfortunate reality. That doesn't
> mean that we should promote it or that we should
> create a platform for ourselves to sort of revere
> it.
>
> And that's precisely what's happening in these
> videos.
>
> HANNITY: That's the thing. I guess at some point
> you got to decide, you know, how do you want to
> make your money in life? I mean if you could make
> a lot of —
>
> BIDERMAN: It's about creating a platform.
>
> HANNITY: It's what?
>
> BIDERMAN: The platform is important. It's
> important to create a platform for these people
> because having them utilize a single dating site
> and meet an unsuspecting single, that's
> inappropriate. Having an affair in the workplace
> and risk you losing your job, that's
> inappropriate. What is so wrong with having a
> social network of their own?
>
> HANNITY: Now, you are rationalizing —
>
> (CROSSTALK)
>
> HANNITY: You have compartmentalized, you're
> rationalizing your contribution to the potential
> break up of marriages which, by the way, will not
> only affect the two people involved, but also the
> children that will no longer see their spouse.
>
> Now maybe that's the way you want to make your
> money in life. But I think people that have a
> conscience and a soul don't want to make their
> money this way. In other words, you might make
> money selling drugs, but I wouldn't want to
> contribute to somebody's death and demise.
>
> Where is your soul in this? Where is your
> conscience?
> ...
>
>
> While religion may not be perfect, it does
> (generally) teach you to have worthwhile morals. I
> don't care about singles sites that cater to
> same-sex meet-ups - but to create a site the
> promotes having affairs is pretty cheesy. This guy
> is all rationalization - and no conscience.
>
> BTW - the ads were originally being placed for the
> Superbowl. So they obviously had enough money to
> promote their site even with the Superbowl ad
> rates. Hannity has about as much to do with the
> success or lack of it for this site, as you do
> FUNdy. OMG - you promoted the site here, on FFXU -
> that means we are all potential paying customers
> now. They must be paying you to do this huh?
You are missing the point; the point is not if affairs are good or not, the point is this service is a scam, lying every step of the way trying to get men to sign up with the promise of sex. There are not "six million members," of this site, as Sean said, there are not 3000 women signing up every Monday, and there were not 31,000 new women members signed up the day after Mothers' Day ("after disappointing displays of affection from their husbands"). It is a scam-you sign up wanting to meet and have an affair with a "desperate housewife,” and you then pay money to get introduced to a computer program or actor.
Hannity presented this website as a legitimate business (a morally reprehensible business, mind you) that will get you sex, and not as a scam, machinated to separate lonely men from their money. I also believe Hannity took a fee for this "debate."
Regarding Deal of Day, that tiny POS website is a side business run by a guy that is a weak competitor to the company I am with. Even though he is a weak competitor, he still is a loudmouthed opinionated jerk. He loves Sean Hannity, Dick Cheney, and George W. Bush, still thinks we invaded Iraq because of 9-11, and believes Fox News is "Christian," and the main street media is out to destroy this country. So, every once in a while I screw with him by posting stuff that will piss him off. Once I even posted an unflattering story about his other company on this website.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/17/2010 04:01PM by FUNdamental.