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Originally posted by SlowwHand
I didn't know you were short, but now I picture b etor, and you, biting hell out of someone's ankle. I better watch my mouth. That wouldn't be a joyful experience. Considering some of the movies B etor has watched recently, I'd be concerned about some other things a bit further up. |
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I'd say it's funny, for 3 reasons:
1) It doesn't traffic in negative stereotypes about the Jews; if anything, the joke insults the rest of the world, not the Jews 2) The type of humor it displays is actually very, very Jewish (and more specifically Yiddish). For example, the short stories of the great Russian-Jewish humorist, Sholem Aleichem, are full of that kind of dark, self-deprecating jokes. 3) As an American, I'm largely on the outside of the whole joke. If the joke were about a Grand Wizard of the KKK calling a press conference and announcing that he plans to lynch a dozen black men and a clown, I'd find it a lot less funny -- or maybe just as funny, but also more distasteful. |
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IMO the effect of it also depends a bit on who would tell exactly this joke, in what environment, and with what intentions. If you're with people that all agree that Hitler = bad it's different from a situation where say a group of antisemites tells the joke in front of a Jew. In both situations you could give the joke completely different 'meanings' (well not sure if meaning is the right word here).
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