--- 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.
Interesting approach. I didn't particularly mind the parts about caste, but the bit about cooking fires and cows on the plane struck me as unpleasantly and gratuitously derogatory. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
