Posted by Happyflower on April 21, 2007, at 8:41:21
In reply to dear, » Happyflower, posted by karen_kay on April 21, 2007, at 7:36:03
and one more thing, god forbid something should happen to my family. i'm not quite sure what you meant by that one or why it was worded the way it was. that one kinda stuck with me.Well the wording has to do with not getting blocked because as you can understand my posts are under radar now.
What I meant about the family thing is that most of us here, has had things happen to us, family, pets and otherwise. I don't know if you have or not but most of us who have seen abuse of animals or people would never joke about it especially on a mental health forum in which the majority of readers would be offended or bothered by it.
I know a lot of jokes that would offend a lot of surviors, but I wouldn't tell them for 1) I don't joke about abuse 2)I would be more selective of the jokes I would tell on Babble because of the sensitivity of many of the readers concerning those sensitive subjects, and
3) I don't believe those jokes don't belong on a mental health site.
Perhaps if it was a Jerry Springer site, there is no need to censor one's jokes, but on Babble I would like to see some sensitivity to what is allowed with or without a trigger.I have nothing against you, you are a wonderful girl, who is a lot of fun. I am just against the animal jokes you posted for the reason I have stated above.
For example if you had a friend who went through being raped. Would you tell her a joke of that nature? Do you think she would be sensitive to that even if you were just joking? If you went through a rape, would you be likely to tell a joke about it?
When I tell a joke, and I tell a lot of them, I consider how someone might preceive it. So anything "controversial" like animal cruelity, would not be in my "bag of jokes" I tell. There are a lot of "safe" jokes that can be told that is just as funny and less likely to hurt anyone.
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