On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 11:42 PM, pedegars <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The problem with telling jokes about the people you mention is that > they are all public figures---largely by choice. There is a big > difference between them and someone's child---even when that child is > the progeny of a public figure (cf, Chelsea Clinton). > > Let's assume that, instead of going to a London pub for fish & chips > this week, Michelle Obama and her daughters went to a Yankees game > instead. Imagine hearing Letterman saying the following:(SNIP) > > There's also another issue, which NOW is being mocked for. None of > the male figures you mention is generally mocked for a generally male > trait.(SNIP) Wow - I am impressed by your ability to completely ignore the salient points in this conversation. In your initial post you acknowledged that it is acceptable for comics to make jokes about public figures. You seem to not believe that Bristol Palin is a public figure. So that is the the point that we are debating here. You seem to believe that 18 year old single mother Bristol Palin, who was an active campaigner and campaign prop during her mother's campaign and has recently been hitting the talk show circuit talking about teen sex among other things is a privite figure, no different from Maila and Sasha Obama. I say you seem to believe these because you have not even attempted to support such assertions. I will grant that if Bristol is a private figure than the jokes about her were inappropriate (If Dave were to make similar jokes about my underage daughters, I would be somewhat pissed). Maybe you can tells us a little bit about why you believe this, given the ample record that indicates that she is a very public figure, and 18 years old. I also have to assume that you have not seen very many episodes of Dave's show; if you had, you would know that, even counting all of the jokes he told about George W Bush for 8 years, he has probably told more jokes (and more rude, tasteless, lowbrow and offensive jokes) about Bill Clinton and his generally male trait than he has about any other single person (Sarah Palin would not even register on a graph that included the number of tasteless Clinton jokes Dave has told). It simply is not true that Dave specializes in telling jokes about slutty women - indeed, it is the opposite of true. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
