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LonDom61 -> RE: George Carlin (10/28/2007 12:02:32 AM)
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ORIGINAL: mons
greetings
only a man would say a silly thing a horrible thing like that, now mind everyone i did not read the post but to say rape is funny is just crazy. i remember sometime ago they made a moive that had a officer who handle woman who had been raped. he was not very kind to this these and just did not care, but then he was raped but a group of men . i remember the shame and horroe they show on his face and how the other police person treat him. it was a lesson learned
mons...while I absolutely feel compassion for your sister and for you, I have to respectfully disagree. This may appear insensitive. I don't mean it to be.
First, I concur with the comments above that sometimes humour is the best way to deal with pain. Jokes have spontaneously popped up almost immediately after, for instance, Princess Dianna's death, 9/11, etc. Perhaps, among other factors, it helps us defuse the tension.
But also, if comedians had to determine their material on "what will offend no one"...well, they'd have a lot less material. Part of that means that, occasionally, many of us will be in one of the groups that gets offended. I think that, as part of society, in those cases we've gotta "take one for the team".
But that's a man talking, right? Well, how about jokes that include, say, castration? A terrible thing that could happen to a guy. Or impotence...premature ejaculation...prostate cancer...baldness (note the pic)...whatever. I might find it funny, or I might not. But I'm not going to say "don't joke about that, cuz my Dad died of prostate cancer and some day I might too".
Also, I take issue with the "I didn't read the post, but..." and also that, I'm guessing, you didn't watch the video (well, listen to it; it was mostly just audio with a picture of George). He did do a very good job of saying "rape isn't funny? Well, think about this..."
I don't condone rape (well, non-consentual rape...and this is one of the few areas & communities where THAT would have to be added, because 'something like it' is right there on our interests list). I don't condone mysoginistic joking around about it. But I also won't agree with "you can't joke about ___" fill in the blank. You can't have "free speech...except for___". Who gets to fill in the blank? And what would the end result be?
My $.02 anyway.
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