[WikiEN-l] Admins shouldn't shoot back

[Marc Riddell]

on 6/20/07 9:48 PM, Ray Saintonge at saintonge at telus.net wrote:

> Marc Riddell wrote:
> 
>> on 6/20/07 7:39 PM, Ray Saintonge at saintonge at telus.net wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> When you turn the cited programs on you already have an idea about what
>>> is going on.  You are forwarned to suspend your beliefs.
>>> 
>>> 
>> But Ray, through weekly repetition these shows became know as satires; the
>> real genius of satire is presenting it straight - and having the audience
>> discover it is satire. This is as old as theatre itself.
>> 
> That works with a literate audience.  The people who don't realize that
> you're joking can take things to a completely different level.  English
> humour doesn't always work with an American crowd.
> 
That still does not give anyone the right to beat up on the writer.

Know you've been spoofed - get back up - and finger your jaw in painful
admiration.

And, "English humour" is still humor - but with a British accent.

Marc