I miss the 'oklahoma' nuances... guess you have to be american to understand that, but in terms of stereotypes, I'm not sure there is anything positive about a stereotype in general, so isn't a 'negative stereotype' an tautology?
Then again, maybe it's not so bad because there are people out there that have an ignorant attitude (expressed in this 'sterotype') and what's the harm in poking fun at the sterotype... isn't that what the statement does as well as it's obvious interpretation? ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 2:49 AM Subject: Re: Dark Humour > Come off of what? I think that its wrong to use negative stereotypes on any > group of people. What's wrong with that? I don't condone it. You may, > but I don't. I think that a lot of George Carlin jokes are really funny, > but some do cross the line. I wouldn't say that would embody George Carlin's > act though. Same with SNL. But SNL even knows where to draw the line. > Lorne Michaels said that any jokes related to the events of 9/11 will most > likely be targeted toward the media. He said that there's just not really > anything funny about what happened. I think Chris Rock is a riot, but I > don't particularly care for some of his standup routine either because it's > all about black and white stereotypes. I do appreciate that a lot of his > humor on that front is intended to point out the absurdity of it all, which > has value. Same with Carlin. But, in this case, it was just a rip on > people from Oklahoma City. That doesn't have value. > > > Because it's people from Oklahoma there's something wrong with it now? > > Not just now. Always. > > Respectfully, > > Michael > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Angel Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 10:17 AM > Subject: RE: Dark Humour > > > > Oh come off it. > > Saturday Night Live does it every saturday night, as do several comedians > worldwide. > > You don't find George Carlin funny? > > > > You've never looked at Saturday Night Live where they make fun of people > with their Satire? > > Because it's people from Oklahoma there's something wrong with it now? > > > > -Gel > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > I don't think using negative stereotypes to describe a group of people (in > > this case, people from Oklahoma City) is ever in good taste. You may > think > > otherwise, but I don't. > > > > Michael > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
