Post news and information from your neighborhood: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________ The purpose of satire is to provoke, not assuage. People are going to be offended in satire. Period. The fact is, offense is the point. This was not harmful or destructive, in any event, except, perhaps in an overreaching stereotype linking SUV drivers to neo-fascism, hardly a universal condition - for which Rob Scarlett has apologized..
Aside from the fact that this matter has gone off the St. Paul topic, the basic message is that satire does have a berth in the marketplace of ideas and that satire is going to offend. That's its effectiveness and its durability as political commentary (witness Alice in Wonderland, Gulliver's Travels and most of Shakespeare's comedies). Back to St. Paul. Andy Driscoll Crocus Hill ------ > Fine. I cannot see any purpose in putting something like this "satirical" post > on this list other than to make fun of select groups of people and offend > other people. It certainly does nothing to further any discussions. > > And the reason I had to say say something is the nuns in grade school taught > me to speak up in public when I felt what was passing as humor was harmful or > destructive. And I think they were right. > > Renee Jenson > Como _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ _____________________________________________ For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract
