 Comedy: April 26, 2017 Issue [#8257] |
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This week: Is there such a thing as "too far"? Edited by: Andy~hating university  
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Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
TS Eliot
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I’m Andy~hating university , and I’m your guest editor this week.
I’ve always wondered about comedy and joke-telling and if there are some things that just shouldn’t be used as comedy material.
Are there things in human history, such as the Holocaust, slavery, and 9/11 that were just so cruel, evil, or shameful, that they should be respected and not ridiculed?
I have a Jewish friend, who I’ve known since primary (elementary) school whose father tells the worst jokes about Jewish stereotypes and the Holocaust I’ve ever heard. Now, is that ok because he’s Jewish? Would it be ok for me tell a joke about a Jewish person? Would it be ok for to crack wise about the Torah, life in Nazi Germany, or the concentration camps?
I guess, the same is true of me. I’ve told some truly horrible jokes about Christians and the Bible over the years, but since I’m a Christian myself, that’s ok isn’t it?
Is that fact that anything can be used as the basis for humour one of the prices of living in a free and democratic society?
Is it through humour that we remember the shocking events of our past, but show that our lives are no longer controlled or overshadowed by them? For any South Park fans out there, you’ll know that it takes 22.3 years for something tragic to become a source of humour!
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