Posted by mair on October 29, 2002, at 16:19:26
In reply to roast posts » Dinah, posted by BeardedLady on October 29, 2002, at 12:05:12
For whatever reason, I am generally very uncomfortable being the focus of anyone's attempts at humor, no matter how affectionate it may be. As such, when I first read Phil's song, I tried to think how I would feel if it were about me. I would've been pretty upset even if he left out all the stuff about Nazis. Maybe I just don't have the right sense of humor and I probably take myself way too seriously, but the way I look at it, "roast" posts, no matter how amusing and lighthearted, are always at the expense of someone else. Some people aren't bothered by them at all and some people just don't like it. Because we are all so different, it's probably so much safer to just avoid these kinds of posts.
All that said, I think we'll all miss Phil while he's gone.
Mair
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