I totally agree Jim. Quality humor goes a long way, but unfortunately not everyone agrees.
Bruce -- "We have the best Congress that money can buy." Will Rogers Jim Davis wrote: > > I can't see how. It's satire (good satire in my opinion). > > I firmly believe that the ability to laugh at things that might otherwise > divide is a good thing. Much of the best comedy is rooted in saying out > loud things that would, in conversation, be unacceptable. Once we've turned > our stereotypes into jokes that everybody can appreciate we've taken much of > the sting out of them. > > Quality satire could deal with blacks or Asians in the same way - and just > as innocuously. Poor quality satire might be patently offensive (even if > not meant to be)- there's an art to it, no doubt. > > I truly think it's a matter of intent and quality. This may not be the > quality of say "The Onion" but it's pretty damn good. > > Jim Davi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:255040 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
