The great Hungarian bridge naming contest

[adamdobay]

   The newest Hungarian bridge, which will run over the Danube in Northern Budapest once it's finished, has been given a naming vote on the net by one of the Hungarian ministries. Anyone could submit any name and anyone could vote once. Once, of course, meant once if you don't delete your cookies. So it was not much time until "Chuck Norris Bridge

Comments

[lupagreenwolf]

*shakes head* That's ridiculous.

[ferndragonstar]

Wow that's insane!

[siennna]

Yeah, it saddens me greatly as well. I read a lot of gaming forums, and I've seen threads on almost all of them about this... "Vote for Chuck Norris/David Hasselhoff!"

[prezzey]

My favorite is the "Perl-Script" Bridge :D

[adamdobay]

I would really like Hofi Géza. Seriously.

[ysidro]

I kinda think it's hilarious. We know "silly" names will not be used, so there's no danger there. Also, I understand the sense of violation many Hungarians must be feeling at having foreigners intrude on this vote.

However, the makers of the poll really didn't do a very good job with it and that is what makes it funny. "Oops, we didn't think a bunch of people around the world would be silly and disrespectful on the internet!"

First rule of the 'net: assume everyone you don't know is a jerk.

Also, the "asshole" comment was just wrong. There was no point to it.

[adamdobay]

However, the makers of the poll really didn't do a very good job with it and that is what makes it funny.

I agree with that, but I also think that pointing out a problem and abusing it is two different things.

Also, the "asshole" comment was just wrong. There was no point to it.

Clearly there wasn't. I just don't understand why these people don't think such things over. I mean, if we would be going around saying that George Washington was an asshole and Abraham Lincoln was an asshole, or that they were gay, I doubt that Americans would all be saying "Oh, we greatly respect your decision to make fun of our great historical persons."

[andorszabo]

I don't think we should have to worry, there will be other nominees recommended by a committee of experts besides the netnominees, what means that even if only that man would be on the net, must not have been chosen as final winner.