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To: Soul_of_Chogokin
"These two scum made a disgusting reference to children of special needs ...

One thing you must accept in comedy is that anything and everything is a legitimate target. It's nothing new, only something that we've been "spared of" by decades of political correctness.

Black can be funny, Irish can be funny, and killing Kenny can be funny; so can dueling comedians on crutches and Big Gay Al....

Can't make yourself ineligible or immune unless you are willing to write off the entire genre.

53 posted on 10/16/2004 11:50:09 PM PDT by norton
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To: norton

It was Carol Burnett who once said, "Comedy equals tragedy plus time"


55 posted on 10/17/2004 12:09:25 AM PDT by MarkeyD (<a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com>Maggot</a>)
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To: norton
Black can be funny, Irish can be funny, and killing Kenny can be funny; so can dueling comedians on crutches and Big Gay Al....

Complaining that some humor is "inappropriate" misses the point that all humor is inappropriate. If it were appropriate and proper, it wouldn't be funny. Of course there are degrees, and Parker/Stone push the boundries. But they are the boundries of the comfort-zone, not the humor-zone.

My $0.02...

62 posted on 10/17/2004 5:22:58 AM PDT by TigerTale (From the streets of Tehran to the Gulf of Oman, let freedom ring.)
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