Norwegian gunman denies he was encouraged by News International to knock hacking scandal off front pages.
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Is this in bad taste?
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rikkor
offlineMemberWell, here's a good way to examine if it is funny or not: Imagine your teenager being hunted by a homicidal maniac for 2 hours on a tiny island with no hope of escape. Or, if you have no kids, think of it happening to your mom. If you still think your sub is funny, then publih it.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Corrigan
offlineMemberIt's an interesting topic. I took a post down yesterday after a complaint. It wasn't about Norway directly but I can see now it was misjudged and I was wrong to put it up.
If you believe Joan Rivers though anything is fair game, if it's funny. She said if Hitler came back and had a good ten minutes (stand-up) we'd give him a second chance. Not sure myself.
People did not seem to have qualms about doing Amy Winehouse stuff on the same day. She was actually a real person and had family and friends who are now mourning her and are no doubt going to read all the jokes that will inevitably surface. She was in the public eye and did destroy herself, but does that give us the right to sneer?
I suppose it comes down to the old chestnut common sense.Posted 1 year ago # -
The All New Jeni B
onlineMemberThe most important difference between Amy Winehouse's death, and the slaughtering of all those innocent lives is quite simply.
One made a conscious decision to live life in public and chose to take drink and drugs and the others had their lives taken from them.
I can't say I find the Winehouse jokes terribly amusing, but it's an unfortunate effect of fame that jokes will be made about any and all aspects of your life.
However, the appalling acts of this man, who has killed so many in the name of religion can be found in no way funny or entertaining.Posted 1 year ago # -
rikkor
offlineMemberCorrigan, Thanks for the thoughtful comment.
Here's the difference in a nutshell: Amy Winehouse was an out of control, filthy-looking, millionaire addict who sang songs about not going into rehab.
Anyone could see where she was going, but, it doesn't make her any less of a person. That said, by seeking and profiting from drug-addled fame, she made herself fair game. Replace her name with Pete Doherty for a similar (pending) case.
Different situation: innocent bystanders who are blown apart, and scores of kids who are shot down for no reason by a maniac. Some restarint and good taste are in order. So, go pick on Amy Winehouse instead.
Posted 1 year ago # -
The All New Jeni B
onlineMemberI like to think of it as the synchronicity of genius.
Posted 1 year ago # -
shitsu_tonka
offlineMemberI found out Amy Winehouse had died when I was texted a joke about it. Not a very funny one but there you go, same as when Micheal Jackson bought it, a lot of people's first reaction for various reasons all linked to his fame and lifestyle was to have a bit of a giggle.
Whereas the Norway tragedy is just that a tragedy and one involving innocent people. Any of us could be caught up in something like that. You just have to be in the wrong place on the wrong day.
There are Norway jokes and will be many more - don't think the second tower had fallen before I heard my first 9/11 gag - but at the moment they are private with friends spur of the moment while you all try to make sense of something horrific and laugh as a nervous reaction kind of jokes. Sitting down and writing one in isolation for others to read on a screen is not yet acceptable. Too cold, too callous. But the day will come when it's the height of mirth. It always does.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Had this Norwegian psycho been Muslim, the world would have reacted much differently . Where there is double standard, a joke should be made to expose that. However, I do see how some things are so tragic that no joke can be made about them. Perhaps this is one of them.
Posted 1 year ago # -
shitsu_tonka
offlineMemberDo we really need a huge chunk of this nutter's stuff copy and pasted into this thread? It's not something that I wanted to see and I would have liked to have had a choice. The more it's spread around and debated the more he gets what he wants: attention and legitimacy.
Posted 1 year ago #
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