--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anon_couscous_ff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "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? > > If a comedian / comedy entourage makes fun of everyone, and if they > are funny, its hard to make a case of bigotry.
I don't recall The Onion ever having made fun of black people *as a group*, or of Jews *as a group*, or of Muslims *as a group*. > Is Margaret Chou a bigot when she makes fun of her korean mother? Or > faghags? I'm not familiar with Chou's jokes about her mother. It would depend. As to fag hags, that's a bit different, because fag haggery is a behavior of choice--usually adult choice--not something one is born into or brought up with. Behaviors of choice are pretty much fair game, by me. On the other hand, if by making fun of fag hags she's also making fun of homosexuals *as a group*, that's another story entirely. 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/
