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Originally Posted by nuttyjoe  My point, Hev; is simply that I just don't particularly like the double standard applied in comedy or in everyday conversation; whether by racial, religious, or nationality. Either we can accept one standard or we can't. It's not just use of the N-word (although that probably is the most quoted of the double standards applied). Maybe it's just me. I never really found Polish jokes funny; neither imprecations againt Jewish people. I'm actually more a fan of the Rodney Dangerfield " I get no respect" dialogues. |
Rodney Dangerfield cursed like sailor. 
The way I look at it NuttyJoe, is that doing comedy is an artistic expression not bound by the standard applied to everyday life. I wouldn't want a musician, artist, or director to censor any aspect of their artistic output and neither should a black comedian. A lot of artistic expressions need to taken with a grain of salt.
Now if someone was randomly dropping the n-bomb in a public setting, well that is just a MF being rude.
Does that make sense?
I have jewish family but I still laugh like hell at jewish jokes (even holocaust related). Joking about things, as long as there is no hate in the heart of the joke teller, can be really healthy and spark a different perspective about things. --- help me Instant Runoff Voting, you're my only hope --- "There is no such thing as laziness. Laziness is only lack of incentive." Norman Reider, MD
Morality is not contingent on religion to exist. Therefore religion only detracts from the purity of morality.
Last edited by hevusa; 09-19-2007 at 08:51 PM.
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