--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ---authfriend wrote: > > > > Does this strike anybody as just a wee bit racist? > > Probably. But I consider all such criticisms of humor > to be category errors. In my world, humor cannot be > racist, insensitive, unjustified or subject to any > descriptors other than "funny" or "not funny." > > All humor derives from something being wrong or > out of the ordinary. To condemn it for being *too* > wrong or *too* out of the ordinary seems to miss the > point. To me, it's either amusing or not. > > The greatest condemnation I can apply to a joke is > not to be amused.
Well said. Humor is exempt. It has immunity, and is beyond the jurisdiction of political correctness. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
