I think the absurd and the ironic the MOST funny...
On Aug 26, 8:48 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Ahh laughing is a whole new sphere of things. I like to be happy and
> on the whole I am so, blissfully at times. I will laugh at mostly
> anything, things that I really shouldn't, racist jokes, jokes about
> the dead, jokes about pedophillia, really what it boils down to is
> that we can laugh at the absurd, and the more absurd the more we
> should laugh.
>
> Well I think so anyway.
>
> On 26 Aug, 13:03, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I think you nailed it, Lee. The original post here was one of those
> > email pass arounds, sent to me my a very intelligent, very caring,
> > very aware friend. As I was reading it, I found myself laughing until
> > the witness in me said "wait a minute, what am I doing? Why am I
> > laughing at this?" Is our human nature such that we can find the
> > mistakes and misfortunes of others so laughable? Taking ourselves too
> > seriously can be a pitfall, true. But why do we laugh? Like the
> > Darwin Awards, maybe it brings us to that part of our own nature that
> > is prone to mistakes, the archetype of misstep, and we can then laugh
> > at ourselves, and not take ourselves too seriously. There...maybe
> > this is how we arrive at compassion.
>
> > On Aug 26, 5:24 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
>
> > > In answer to your question Molly, I think that is it clear that our
> > > compassion is conditional, although I belive it should not be.- Hide
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