--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" > > > <jpgillam@> 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. > > > > > > > Mmmmmm... > > > > Did you hear the one about the two niggers? > > Yeah, wasn't the punchline something about all them > niggers want is tight pussy and a warm place to shit?
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