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**AngegepeM** · 01-08-2006, 08:00 AM

Oh, YOU do not take offence! Great. But in a heterogenous group, there's bound to be mixed reactions. Sure, there will be other persons like you who would choose to enjoy the wit. But there will also be others who will choose to NOT get angry at that moment, but to get even later (as the cliche goes ). 555 Don't be surprised to find them later to be telling the same joke, but with the original storyteller's group as the target now.

Of course they will, these kind of jokes get recycled all the time with the major players being replaced depending on who is telling it!

Taking the discussion one step further; most humour is based on poking fun at others. If you want to avoid giving offence then humour has to be legislated against.

Are you against telling jokes about attorney's, Mother In-Laws, Little Old Ladies, Men, Women? Just today, the comic strip "Non-Sequitur" contains a joke which literally is offensive to half the human race (using your argument). Personally I laughed but I am sure that there are men out there that are mortally offended.

01-08-2006, 08:00 AM	#5
AngegepeM Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 449 Senior Member	Oh, YOU do not take offence! Great. But in a heterogenous group, there's bound to be mixed reactions. Sure, there will be other persons like you who would choose to enjoy the wit. But there will also be others who will choose to NOT get angry at that moment, but to get even later (as the cliche goes ). 555 Don't be surprised to find them later to be telling the same joke, but with the original storyteller's group as the target now. Of course they will, these kind of jokes get recycled all the time with the major players being replaced depending on who is telling it! Taking the discussion one step further; most humour is based on poking fun at others. If you want to avoid giving offence then humour has to be legislated against. Are you against telling jokes about attorney's, Mother In-Laws, Little Old Ladies, Men, Women? Just today, the comic strip "Non-Sequitur" contains a joke which literally is offensive to half the human race (using your argument). Personally I laughed but I am sure that there are men out there that are mortally offended.
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