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[Soton Seagull]

Brings up a tough issue. The 'funny because it is wrong' scenrio is very hard to argue against (well it is for me as I would be a complete hypocrite!). It has an almost naughty school boy feel about it. You know you shouldn't laugh, but that makes it worse. Some of the best and most famous comedy is based on that notion.

I accept, however, that such humour, directed at an individual can be extremely offensive. It is surely about finding a balance. Humour is an individual thing and requires an individual to judge their audience, be it friends or strangers, before opening their mouth.

Crikey, this one could rumble on for hours. I'll end it here:

If in doubt, assume it's humour, however misguided. The world is full of individuals, if we were all the same and laughed at all the same things, what a dull world it would be. (Sh*t - imagine a world where we all had to laugh at Les dennis!)

 

[Highfields Seagull]

Brings up a tough issue. The 'funny because it is wrong' scenrio is very hard to argue against (well it is for me as I would be a complete hypocrite!). It has an almost naughty school boy feel about it. You know you shouldn't laugh, but that makes it worse. Some of the best and most famous comedy is based on that notion.

That's kind of what I was trying to say. Some things you shouldn't laugh about, but if someone makes a joke you sometimes can't help it. You then feel bad afterwards as you know that it isn't really a laughing matter.

 

[Safeway]

Exactly. My 'bugger' comment at the top of this thread wasn't a direct insult towards anyone in particular, like most people I wouldn't do that. As BB pointed out herself, none of us know what afflictions each other has, (or what each other's families have!), so to fly off the handle like that I would say is being just a tad hypersensitive.

Or maybe they were just looking to have (yet another) dig at me.