On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 2:51 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have come to accept that Palin, her family and her followers speak a > language and use a system of reasoning that bears little resemblance to > English or logic. But I can't find anything in my Palin-Sanity Dictionary > that allows me to translate this. > > To interpret this Family Guy episode insulting the Palin boy with Down's > Syndrome, wouldn't you have to be assuming that the insult is taking the > form of "your mother is Sarah Palin"? If you are Sarah Palin, or her > daughter, or her supporter, wouldn't you want to interpret that as a > compliment, and not an insult? > > I have worked a bit with families with Down's children - I have never ever > met any parent who is as hair-trigger hypersensitive to insults or jokes as > the Palins.
When the manufactured outrage started last summer over David Letterman's remarks, I posted in alt.fan.letterman to wait until MacFarlane and Parker & Stone see what kind of buzz they can get from using Palin as a target. This outrage is only going to fuel more and crueler comedy. Tom -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! 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
