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Dr Jack Member Posts: 3514 From: Immigrant in the land of Deutsch Joined: Member Rating: 9.2 |
The Joke:
A reporter walks into a bar and sees Rumsfeld and Bush at the bar laughing. He walks over and asks what's so funny. Rumsfeld says, "The President and I were discussing his plan to bomb 40 million Iraqis and one big-titted blonde." The report exclaims, "What! Why are you going to kill one big-titted blonde?" Bush turns to Rumsfeld and says: "See, I told you, no one would worry about 40 million dead Muslims" Now, I think this Joke isn't it bad taste at all but others have said it is because it mentions "40 million dead Muslims". What do you think? Is it in bad taste? Why?
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Dan Carroll Inactive Member |
No, I don't think it's in bad taste. The joke is that 40 million dead Muslims is a bad thing, and maybe the kind of think people should frikkin' care about.
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Quetzal Member (Idle past 5903 days) Posts: 3228 Joined: |
You're asking Dan about whether a joke is in bad taste? Now THERE'S a strange concept...
What do you think? Is it in bad taste? Why? "Taste" is pretty subjective. A lot of political humor is designed to hit very close to home - that's what makes it "funny", in a grim sort of way, as people can relate to it (sometimes uncomfortably). I don't think this particular version is "funny" as in ha, ha. I do think the "joke" is quite accurate in portraying the relative mindset of our current leadership (not to mention a large fraction of the US population, apparently). This kind of black humor is supposed to be over the top. I'm not sure whether the fact that it is probably offensive to some or even many people is important.
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Dan Carroll Inactive Member |
You're asking Dan about whether a joke is in bad taste? Now THERE'S a strange concept... Think of it this way... if I say yes, this joke is in bad taste, then you frikkin' know it is.
A lot of political humor is designed to hit very close to home - that's what makes it "funny", in a grim sort of way, as people can relate to it (sometimes uncomfortably). See, I'll go you one further, and say that any really good humor does this, political or not. Bill Hicks says it better than I could:
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Minnemooseus Member Posts: 3945 From: Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. (West end of Lake Superior) Joined: Member Rating: 10.0 |
I think the joke is valid comentary on the Bush administration.
Perhaps make the subtitle "Expected (albeit exagerated) stupidity vs. unexpected stupidity". Simple minded Moose
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Mammuthus Member (Idle past 6506 days) Posts: 3085 From: Munich, Germany Joined: |
Now you have gone and done it...contracycle will be here any moment to tell you that because you 1) come from the country from which the joke derives 2) come from the country that is part of the subject of the joke 3) were born in the US 4) he saw a television show about it, that you are a fascist, imperialist, nazi like anyone else who disagrees with him and you must be dealt with using violence...oh yeah and whether you voted for or against Bush...it is your fault Bush was elected.
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crashfrog Member (Idle past 1498 days) Posts: 19762 From: Silver Spring, MD Joined: |
oh yeah and whether you voted for or against Bush...it is your fault Bush was elected. Personally I think it's Contracycle's fault Bush was elected, for not coming over here 4 years ago, naturalizing as a US citizen, and voting in this last election. Shame on him!
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Loudmouth Inactive Member |
Of course the joke is in bad taste. But isn't that the point of the joke?
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berberry Inactive Member |
An SUV filled with nuns crashes into a Yugo and all of the nuns are killed (talk about the unfairness of it all). As they reach the Pearly Gates, St. Peter tells the first one "before I can allow you into heaven I must ask one question: have you ever had any contact with the male sex organ?" The nun responds "well, when I was just a little girl I saw one". St. Pete says "oh, I don't think that's so bad. If you'll just step right over there and wash your eyes out with the holy water you can go on into heaven."
The second nun approaches and St. Pete asks "have you ever had any contact with the male sex organ?" The nun hesitates, then says "well, when I was a teenager I once touched one". St. Pete says "that's not so bad, really. If you'll just step over there and wash your hands with the holy water you can go on into heaven." Just then a commotion arose in the queue of nuns. One nun shoves another aside and runs past her and straight up to St. Peter. St. Peter says "now, now, what's all this about?" The nun says "St. Peter, please, please, please! Can I just go over there and gargle with the holy water before Sister Rose has to sit in it?" Dog is my copilot.
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MrHambre Member (Idle past 1424 days) Posts: 1495 From: Framingham, MA, USA Joined: |
Marx predicted we'd see tasteless humour like this when the fascist McCarthyite brainwashing indoctrination reached a certain point in the United States of Fascism. That's why I consider it ideologically inevitable that the nuclear-weapons-equipped USF will be overthrown by a loosely-organized band of gender-and-race-mixed freedom fighters whose goal is to set up a collective commune of two hundred and fifty million people (give or take twenty million who might complain), all united in weaving things and being equal.
your comrade,Esteban Hambre
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Loudmouth Inactive Member |
quote: Perhaps we become the USC, the United States of Canda? (Not meant as an insult to Canadians, I would actually support such a movement).
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zephyr Member (Idle past 4581 days) Posts: 821 From: FOB Taji, Iraq Joined: |
Oh my god! How dare they waste a pair of titties! Can't they air-evac her before the bombs start falling?
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SoulSlay Member (Idle past 5641 days) Posts: 44 From: billy's puddle, BC Joined: |
ALL good jokes are in bad taste or offensive. If a joke doesn't offend SOMEBODY it can't be funny. There are some ok non-offensive jokes, but no great ones. By the way, great nun joke, I'll tell you what my catholic friends think of it.
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Phat Member Posts: 18354 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0 |
In the hopes of offending an Irishman or two...
Two Irish friends greeted each other while waiting their turn at the bank window. "This reminds me of Finnegan," remarked one. "What about Finnegan?" inquired the other. "'Tis a story that Finnegan died, and when he greeted St. Peter, he said: 'It's a fine job you've had here for a long time.' 'Well, Finnegan,' said St. Peter, 'here we count a million years as a minute and a million dollars as a cent.' 'Ah!' said Finnegan, 'I'm needing cash. Lend me a cent.' 'Sure,' said St. Peter, 'just wait a minute.'" This message has been edited by Phatboy, 12-10-2004 04:42 AM
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SoulSlay Member (Idle past 5641 days) Posts: 44 From: billy's puddle, BC Joined: |
nice... not offensive enough however.
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