> I'm not sure there is anything positive about a > stereotype in general, so isn't a 'negative stereotype' an tautology?
There's a stereotype about African-American males and the size of their...uh...unit? Doubt that would be considered negative ;) Respectfully, Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin Falloon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 12:31 PM Subject: Re: Dark Humour > 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 > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
