RE: Censorship, rape culture and free-speech
February 28, 2011 at 12:13 pm
(This post was last modified: February 28, 2011 at 12:16 pm by Skipper.)
Read through the time time line of this incident because I had no idea any of it was happening and its really amazing how much of a shit storm a cartoon is causing. A cartoon that, as far as I'm concerned, is pretty tame and CLEARLY isn't laughing at rape.
No topic should be out of bounds for comedy. It's simple. Once you start saying you can't laugh at things, THAT'S when other things become offensive. Obviously, using rape (or murder or suicide or whatever) in comedy is one thing, but when you start using individual situations or victims as a source for the laughs with no other intent than to cause suffering or further pain then that's when things get a bit more complex and a bit of common sense should be used. But for the most part anything should be admissible with comedy. If you don't like what you hear, don't listen to that comedian or show or whatever it is. It really is that simple, life's to short to spend your time being offended by what others find funny when it really is causing no real harm. Nobody has the right to not be offended.
No topic should be out of bounds for comedy. It's simple. Once you start saying you can't laugh at things, THAT'S when other things become offensive. Obviously, using rape (or murder or suicide or whatever) in comedy is one thing, but when you start using individual situations or victims as a source for the laughs with no other intent than to cause suffering or further pain then that's when things get a bit more complex and a bit of common sense should be used. But for the most part anything should be admissible with comedy. If you don't like what you hear, don't listen to that comedian or show or whatever it is. It really is that simple, life's to short to spend your time being offended by what others find funny when it really is causing no real harm. Nobody has the right to not be offended.
