As far as I'm concerned, nothing is beyond ridicule and humour - and I include my own warped little mind in that.
Why can't I laugh at kiddy fiddling, religion, animal loving and making love to the dead? If people don't like it, they don't have to listen, do they?
I would be quite sickened if I spent my whole time reading the gushing garbage in the religion section, so I don't bother.
Where do you draw a line? How do you know what is just an inch too far? Surely it's better to just target everything - now that's equality for you.
No doubt I'll be censored before I get to 20 "You're sick" answers - except most of you will write "your sick", because you're stupid...
2007-03-14 13:44:18 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Because, if you laugh at something it means you are connecting with it, and agreeing with it, and finding it funny, and even condoning it, and if you are condoning necrophilia or pedophilia, then you are obviously in need of professional help, so just do not let anyone see you laughing. OK? Laugh behind closed doors, if you like, at your own risk.
2007-03-14 13:56:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 2⤋
Of course only you "decide" what you laugh at---although I think it's something more innate than a decision. But others who hear/see that laughter will judge your compassion and maturity based in part on the subjects that amuse you and in what context they are presented. If you laugh about victims of crimes like rape or pedophilia, it's likely that not many people will judge you as someone with much compassion for other human beings. Similarly, notice the dearth of jokes about the Holocaust, slavery, Hiroshima, Vietnam. Most people aren't interested in jokes like that, because most people find the subject matter too grave to be an ingredient in merrymaking. (I'll also point out that laughing about victims of any kind in front of those victims is usually seen as mocking cruelty, not humor, and I am not including that in my consideration here.)
However, there are times when anxiety and the heaviness of a serious situation leads to jokes about it, in an effort to get some relief from the weight of real feelings and actually distance yourself from serious consideration of a subject. That's why I know there are jokes about 9/11 or Columbine or current serial killers. Personally, I'm not the type of person who appreciates much in those except perhaps the wit taken in crafting them, if that. But I know to others they offer a great relief and release.
Comedians have long been aware of that sort of need for release from the pressures and awareness of consequence we feel in everyday life, and they've capitalized on that in various ways as different eras called for it. There are some who find the subject matter offensive, some who feel they should be offended but still find a tight coil within relaxing slightly, and some who rely on it as a way to escape the burdens of the rest of life. The people from each of those groups are going to judge the way the others react because it's different from their reaction, and they see theirs as "normal". Same as every other division in humanity and society. Go your merry way and be fine with it, or consider the idea you may be leaning toward a group switch.
2007-03-14 16:30:35 · answer #2 · answered by blueblue 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you laugh at some of the things you've mentioned then I dont think your sick I think your heartless. Some things are funny and are asking to be laughed at but others just shouldnt through sheer respect for the other person...it seems thats something that you clearly dont have either. If you laugh at stuff like child protection issues etc then that is sick as I have a dughter and if anything like that ever happened to her and someone laughed about it then I wouldnt just want to destroy the sicko who had done i would want to rip your face off to for being such a c**t
2007-03-14 23:52:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Laugh at whatever you want...you make the decision...some of these questions are quite funny, and the responses are even funnier. Yahoo Community Standards will take care of you when you cross the line...
2007-03-14 14:06:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Having a laugh at something is a form of acceptance. Consider the subject as a person you work with.
Do you make jokes about them or totally shun and resent them altogether?
Im an extremely anti PC person and regularly risk my email address being deleted to make a point on something for the good of common sense but im with Felix on this one. well said dude.
2007-03-14 14:02:09 · answer #5 · answered by Northern Spriggan 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
As a child,you were supposed to be taught some form of morality telling you the difference of right and wrong.
2007-03-14 16:08:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is a difference between someone having no humour, and being hurt and humilated. We all need to learn it.
2007-03-14 23:27:22 · answer #7 · answered by Thia 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I asked the other week if it would be funny going in fancy dress as a Klu Klux Klan member. Not many laughs that one.
2007-03-14 13:51:37 · answer #8 · answered by Robb the B.D.C. 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
you get to decide what you laugh at.. you also get to choose what repulses you. you cant stop people answering you even if they find your question distateful..shall we say! some people dont get the humour in it..and clearly have no better answer to give than "your sick" which you have to admit that you are...but funny.
2007-03-14 15:31:07 · answer #9 · answered by ♥♥Cat Lady♥♥ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You get to decide! It's your sense of humour, and you have the full right to exercise it whether people like it or not. It's called freedom of thought, speech and expression.
2007-03-14 13:48:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋