--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], anon_couscous_ff > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Just off the top of my head -- some comedy that possibly "demean" > > some groups and stereotypes -- but does so in the context of so > > many mult-dimensional barbs aimed at many others that it is not > > bigoted (these are top of my head, hypotheses - not firm > > arguments ) <snip> > > I think the larger issue is that some people are > AFRAID of the power of comedy to reveal truth. > > Look at the basic issue being *ignored* in these > discussions (or the parts of them I see as a > result of killfiles).
Second time now Barry has broken his latest vow to ignore me. The basic issue is the > caste system. The original article just DEVASTATED > the concept of the caste system, rather effectively. > > So what happened? A few people tried (successfully) > to DIVERT attention away from the real subject of > the parody -- the caste system and its indefensible > evils -- and get people to focus on whether the > style of the humor was socially acceptable. Or: That we all think the caste system is indefensible is a given, no debate necessary. > As far as I can tell, these attempts WORKED. In the > posts that I can see, only Shemp kept trying to come > back to the real subject -- the caste system and how > much of an affront to humanity it is. Anybody here *not* agree that the caste system is an affront to humanity? If so, I'll be *delighted* to debate them on that point. > Other folks > got lured into the DIVERSION, and got lured into > arguing with people who were (essentially) trying > to dictate to them what is permissible as humor and > what is not. See, TMers (particularly me), according to Barry, are not allowed to express a personal opinion on ANYTHING. If they do, they are ipso facto attempting to dictate to others whatever that opinion advocates. > Lesson to be learned from all this: whenever someone > reacts to a joke by trying to say that the humor in > the joke is politically incorrect or racist or > demeaning, LOOK CLOSER. Right, it actually may *be* racist or demeaning. > Chances are that this is a tactic, a DISTRACTION, > meant to divert attention from the thing that the > joke made people laugh at, and see a new side of. No, Barry, sorry, but you're once again taking your own bilious paranoid fantasies for reality. > > Kudos to Shemp for being the only one to be able > to stick to the subject... > 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/
