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stevenleser

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23. When you are a major political or religious figure that influences billions of people, too bad.

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #6)

Thu Jan 8, 2015, 10:38 AM

Jan 2015

At that point, you've earned the right to intense scrutiny and very tough satire. You've even earned that if you are a fairly low level elected official.

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Humor doesn't have to be satirical. It could, you know, just be crude for the sake of being crude. [View all] Drunken Irishman Jan 2015 OP

Satire is a very rare breed of humor and most humor is TreasonousBastard Jan 2015 #1

I don't like that "humor" as it's called. It's awful. Cha Jan 2015 #2

South Park and Chappelle do it better JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #3

That Chappelle skit on race and music deutsey Jan 2015 #10

I have Every Rose Has It's Thorn JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #11

So do I deutsey Jan 2015 #12

Awesome! JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #14

Chahlieee Murphaay! deutsey Jan 2015 #21

all publications could use good taste get the red out Jan 2015 #4

And satire doesn't have to be funny hack89 Jan 2015 #5

Western satire is the only kind of satire acceptable in the world and all the world must accept the Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #6

Satire does not need to be funny to be satire. Scuba Jan 2015 #7

These cartoons depicted serve no other purpose than hate and they were religious themes, not political. Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #8

"religion is not topical" Scuba Jan 2015 #13

Then those disagreeable people would be in error about the definition. Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #15

I think that definition fits religion very well. Scuba Jan 2015 #16

Then "topical" has a brand new definition...we should add "religion is always topical"? Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #17

I think religion is always topical, because it's applied constantly to political and social issues. Scuba Jan 2015 #18

Have a pleasant day. Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #19

I'm having a very pleasant day, thank you. Same to you. Scuba Jan 2015 #20

Religion is ALWAYS topical. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #22

When you are a major political or religious figure that influences billions of people, too bad. stevenleser Jan 2015 #23

That's a Western world construct that we insist on imposing on the rest of the world. randome Jan 2015 #9