How far can humor go?

[Brandon Rhea]

The key thing with what people like Pros and anyone else with that line of thought are saying is that you don’t have to like the joke. You don’t have to think it’s funny. You can be hurt and offended by it. You can feel like the joke was horrible, that it pained you, that such things are unspeakable to say out loud because of the offense or hurt that they can cause somewhat. Yet, at the same time, you can believe that people have the right to say it, because peoples' freedom to say what they want to say is not limited to things that do not offend you.

 

[Horizon]

The key thing with what people like Pros and anyone else with that line of thought are saying is that you don’t have to like the joke. You don’t have to think it’s funny. You can be hurt and offended by it. You can feel like the joke was horrible, that it pained you, that such things are unspeakable to say out loud because of the offense or hurt that they can cause somewhat. Yet, at the same time, you can believe that people have the right to say it, because peoples' freedom to say what they want to say is not limited to things that do not offend you.

Sum that up into one word.

 

[Brandon Rhea]

Sum that up into one word.

Liberty.

 

[Phil]

The thing is, should people make those type of jokes at the worst time, or anytime?

 

[Horizon]

Liberty.

Clever.

 

[Jacques]

Sum that up into one word.

Snore. :CRawr

 

[Brandon Rhea]

The thing is, should people make those type of jokes at the worst time, or anytime?

Should is irrelevant in vague generalities and hypotheticals.

 

[Solaris]

The thing is, should people make those type of jokes at the worst time, or anytime?

Why shouldn't they? Humor is a coping mechanism.

 

[Horizon]

Why shouldn't they? Humor is a coping mechanism.

That probably made more sense in your head.

 

[Brandon Rhea]

That probably made more sense in your head.

Except he’s not wrong. It is a coping mechanism for some people. It’s incredibly arrogant of you to dismiss one person’s coping mechanism as something that sounds stupid as if your way of dealing with something is anymore valid than theirs is.

 

[Vulpes]

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[Horizon]

Except he’s not wrong. It is a coping mechanism for some people.

From reading Phil's post, I'm looking at the people making the jokes retaining to the death of another. Not their own relative.

 

[Brandon Rhea]

From reading Phil's post, I'm looking at the people making the jokes retaining to the death of another. Not their own relative.

It’s still someone’s right to make that joke, even if you don’t agree with it and even if it may be generally accepted as being in bad taste. This is what it means to live in a free democratic society. You do not have the right to not be offended.

 

[Horizon]

It’s still someone’s right to make that joke, even if you don’t agree with it and even if it may be generally accepted as being in bad taste. This is what it means to live in a free democratic society. You do not have the right to not be offended.

I never argued their right to make that joke and I'm in total understanding of the fact that they have such rights.

 

[Phil]

Brandon's very thought process makes my head hurt. :(

 

[Jacques]

Brandon's very thought process makes my head hurt. :(

Yes, we know you never graduated third grade. No, we aren't sorry. :CStern

 

[Venom]

Yes, we know you never graduated third grade. No, we aren't sorry. :CStern

God you're boring. :P

 

[Brandon Rhea]

Brandon's very thought process makes my head hurt. :(

Then you need a civics lesson. What I'm saying is Democracy 101.

 

[Jacques]

God you're boring. :P

You're boring God. :CStern

I can play that game all day, if you want boring.

 

[Venom]

You're boring God. :CStern

I can play that game all day, if you want boring.

That actually made me laugh.