I agree that using humor to point out how ridiculous the over-reaction of some people is not a bad thing. Humor, when intended to do so, like Rock and Carlin for example, is fine with me because that's the whole purpose of the joke. Some I may not find particularly funny, but I don't find it poor taste. Compare that to jokes made by Andrew Dice Clay. I found most of his jokes targeted at gays, blacks, women, etc. in poor taste because there was no point to it. It was funny to people because it was shocking and it reflected their own thinking about those topics. I'll admit, I thought his mother goose jokes were hysterical. But beyond that, not funny. I hope that I'm able to articulate the differences. It's kind of a grey area, but that's how I make the distinction.
Respectfully, Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 5:55 PM Subject: Re: Dark Humour > At 11:06 AM 10/4/01 -0500, you wrote: > > > Exactly what line did it cross??? > > > >As I explained in a previous e-mail: > > > >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. > > In Denton, Texas, just a little south of Oklahoma, someone fire bombed a > mosque. So I don't feel using humor to point out how ridiculous the > over-reaction of some people can be is out of line. > > I work with a bunch of these bubbas and that was almost exactly their > reaction to the Nth degree..go out and find any one who didn't fit the > standard 'American' appearance and beat the crap out of them. Heck, they > were even jumping on the Mexicans, and blacks with Caribbean accents, > cause, you know: "they ain't from around here". > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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
