[WikiEN-l] Admins shouldn't shoot back

[Ray Saintonge]

Marc Riddell wrote:

>on 6/20/07 11:09 PM, Gracenotes at wikigracenotes at gmail.com wrote:
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>>On 6/20/07, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
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>>>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.
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>>I would almost like to protest your classification of American
>>crowds as dense, but... eh... we are. It would not be entirely
>>untrue to say that the key to humor here is not making the
>>right material, but finding the right crowd for it.
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>Gracenotes & Ray,
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>Since the material in question was posted here, how would you classify this
>List's audience?
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In a word: Mixed.

My sympathies, of course, lie with those who, like Brian, "always look 
on the bright side of life", but it's hard to share the comic stage with 
those true believers determined to [[Carry A. Nation]].

Ec