Posted by OddipusRex on February 3, 2003, at 12:11:15
In reply to Oddipuss, posted by NikkiT2 on February 3, 2003, at 11:50:25
> is it just jokes regarding ethnicity that anger you though??
No , anything that demeans or stereotypes an entire group of people would be unacceptable. I also wouldn't think jokes about schizophrenics or quadraplegics would be funny. I also think there needs to be sensitivity to the audience. For instance kidding a friend about something would be different from reading ethnic jokes over the intercom at school.
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> I am just interested in whether you do tell jokes, and whether you realise that, as a rule, a joke is making fun of someone in someway..
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I occasionally tell jokes. And believe it or not I frequently laugh at other peoples jokes. I of course think the same principles would apply to me as to anyone else. I don't agree that jokes always make fun in the sense of stereotyping or dehumanizing people. I think jokes about individuals are different than jokes about groups. For example I think a joke about Colin Powell would be different than a joke about "African Americans". I think the safest jokes end up being the ones about ourselves.
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