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**Patrick Bateman** · 01-06-2012, 10:14 PM

You can either joke about everything or joke about nothing.
You can not say what can and can't be made fun of.

**TheMythOfSisyphus** · 01-06-2012, 10:44 PM

Bateman is right Laz. You should leave the butt hurt to the rape victims.

**Asshole** · 01-06-2012, 10:44 PM

feed the rape culture like a good patriarch

**TheMythOfSisyphus** · 01-06-2012, 10:46 PM

Because men don't get raped too amirite.

**Asshole** · 01-06-2012, 10:52 PM

the patriarchy sustains both homophobia and misogyny, i'm standing in solidarity with both genders of victims.

**Patrick Bateman** · 01-06-2012, 11:10 PM

Who are you to say what can and can't be joked about? You mocked Kim Jong-Il when he died, so jokes about death are okay? If Noam Chomsky died, would you say that jokes about his death were okay? If not, why? Because one is good and one is bad? But then who are you to say who is good and who is bad?

I see you made a joke about a guy touching girls boobs. This could easily be seen as sexual assault. So jokes about sexual assault are okay? Or because he didn't actually hurt the women, the assault was okay? So when is it not okay to make jokes about sexual assault?

Where is the line in the sand on what can be joked about, and what can't?

Like I said before, you can either joke about everything, or joke about nothing.

**cleef** · 01-06-2012, 11:20 PM

Sorry Laz, while i find it a bit distasteful i have to agree...

As Doug Stanhope said (& Patrick Bateman put across pretty well) offensive comedy is the most subjective of all art forms-

Quote:"The person who should be taking the brunt of all this is the woman who complained. How does the audience fall under the illusion that they have some right to not be offended? Certainly you have the right to not be harmed; but offended? Imagine the number of subjects that might offend any single individual and multiply that by the number of people in any given audience. Subtract all those topics from any given comic’s set list and what do you get? Mime."

**Asshole** · 01-06-2012, 11:27 PM

sure but i put the safety of women above comedy.

**Just Jim** · 01-06-2012, 11:27 PM

Seems like Laz doesn't like rape jokes.
In my experience I find it helps break the awkward tension afterwards.

**Asshole** · 01-06-2012, 11:34 PM

(01-06-2012 11:10 PM)Patrick Bateman Wrote: Who are you to say what can and can't be joked about? You mocked Kim Jong-Il when he died, so jokes about death are okay? If Noam Chomsky died, would you say that jokes about his death were okay? If not, why? Because one is good and one is bad? But then who are you to say who is good and who is bad?

if you disagree with a man and mock him when alive, feel free to mock when dead. its a bit cowardly if you didn't do it before though. i don't respect the dead more than the living, only exception i'd make if the grieving family was around me.

(01-06-2012 11:10 PM)Patrick Bateman Wrote: I see you made a joke about a guy touching girls boobs. This could easily be seen as sexual assault. So jokes about sexual assault are okay? Or because he didn't actually hurt the women, the assault was okay? So when is it not okay to make jokes about sexual assault?

no, it was a social agreement that they all volunteered for. additionally, they blocked comments to avoid sexually disrespectful remarks.

do some research.

(01-06-2012 11:10 PM)Patrick Bateman Wrote: Where is the line in the sand on what can be joked about, and what can't?

rape. yep.

**Fuzzly Bear** · 01-06-2012, 11:38 PM

but raping dead babies is fine

**Asshole** · 01-06-2012, 11:44 PM

if i made one of those jokes on our one status hamish i'm sorry. i've learned a lot since that.