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...apparently there's thousands of people washing up on the beach in Indonesia...
Wonders if this has been put up before...
Wonders if this has been put up before...
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SHEEPY wrote:
> Plus, gingers are funny.
First thing in this thread to make me smile
> Plus, gingers are funny.
First thing in this thread to make me smile
Precisely.
This isn't just a couple of people dying in an accident, this is hundreds of thousands of people that will be affected for years.
I have to say I've never laughed at Princess Di/NASA jokes, not my taste.
And I have punched somebody unconcious in a bar for telling a Sept 11th joke.
But that's just me
This isn't just a couple of people dying in an accident, this is hundreds of thousands of people that will be affected for years.
I have to say I've never laughed at Princess Di/NASA jokes, not my taste.
And I have punched somebody unconcious in a bar for telling a Sept 11th joke.
But that's just me
Plus, gingers are funny.
Personally I don't think I'd laugh at this five years down the line... there's a difference about a Princess Diana joke and a Tsunami one in my opinion.
Like that hundreds of thousands are dead, millions of homeless and orphans plus whatever lies ahead in the future. Whilst the other was one woman who led a good life and died in a car crash.
Like that hundreds of thousands are dead, millions of homeless and orphans plus whatever lies ahead in the future. Whilst the other was one woman who led a good life and died in a car crash.
English_Bloke wrote:
> So you've never chuckled at a joke more offensive then about the
> colour of someones hair?
>
> If not then I say sorry, but I doubt it is the case.
I laughed at 'the son of God's post in that thread a little way down the page. Because I found it funny.
But if I had the choice, I would trade my little chuckle for it not being there, simply because if a friend of mine had stayed an extra month in Thailand that comment would have been utterly, utterly, shattering.
> So you've never chuckled at a joke more offensive then about the
> colour of someones hair?
>
> If not then I say sorry, but I doubt it is the case.
I laughed at 'the son of God's post in that thread a little way down the page. Because I found it funny.
But if I had the choice, I would trade my little chuckle for it not being there, simply because if a friend of mine had stayed an extra month in Thailand that comment would have been utterly, utterly, shattering.
No I agree with you on that. But I do think that in 2 years time I'll be a hypocrite and laugh at these kinds of things.
Let me expand.
It is tasteless to make jokes like this when there are bodies actually washing up on the beach. But in 2 years time just because it isn't plastered all over our TV's does that make it any less tragic?
Let me expand.
It is tasteless to make jokes like this when there are bodies actually washing up on the beach. But in 2 years time just because it isn't plastered all over our TV's does that make it any less tragic?
Personally I'd say that, for me, it's too recent to find anything amusing in the death of thousands of people.
But hey, I'm not as cool as y'all.
But hey, I'm not as cool as y'all.
So you've never chuckled at a joke more offensive then about the colour of someones hair?
If not then I say sorry, but I doubt it is the case.
If not then I say sorry, but I doubt it is the case.
English_Bloke wrote:
> We'll act all high-and-mighty about this joke, then go and laugh at
> something that could be equally offensive to some.
Such as jokes about a recently deceased parent? Ginger jokes are surely not as offensive as jokes about the DEATH of people you care about?
> We'll act all high-and-mighty about this joke, then go and laugh at
> something that could be equally offensive to some.
Such as jokes about a recently deceased parent? Ginger jokes are surely not as offensive as jokes about the DEATH of people you care about?
English_Bloke wrote:
> But if this was never to be read by someone who has actually lost
> someone then it would be ok?
No, it wouldn't. If there was no chance that anyone who lost someone would ever read it, then that would be OK. Actually, I'll clarify that a bit - if there was no chance of anyone who actually THINKS about these things and attempts to COMPREHEND what it must actually feel like to lose an entirely family, village, communiity, if no-one like that could POSSIBLY read it, then it would be OK.
But this is a public forum, not a joke between a few mates.
> But if this was never to be read by someone who has actually lost
> someone then it would be ok?
No, it wouldn't. If there was no chance that anyone who lost someone would ever read it, then that would be OK. Actually, I'll clarify that a bit - if there was no chance of anyone who actually THINKS about these things and attempts to COMPREHEND what it must actually feel like to lose an entirely family, village, communiity, if no-one like that could POSSIBLY read it, then it would be OK.
But this is a public forum, not a joke between a few mates.
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