On 3/23/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman(a)spamcop.net> wrote:
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:14:40 -0800, "Silas
Snider"
<swsnider(a)gmail.com> wrote:
It
promotes the idea that we celebrate childish vandalism. What is
good about that, exactly?
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Actually, it promotes the idea that we are willing
to recognize humor
where it lies -- note that your definition of most of it as childish
is inherently subjective -- I often find the humor of the people
around me 'childish'. Since they are more mature than I, I must assume
that it is a problem with me rather than them.
Remember that one oft cited complaint about
bureaucracy is that it is humorless.
No, I have no problem at all with humour. Or humor. As long as it is
actually funny - but 99% of what's on the BJAODN pages is not. Not
even remotely so.
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This was the other point of my email: Who are you (and I mean this
without acrimony) to decide what is and what is not funny? What are
your credentials in this area? Sure, I find some of BJAODN to be
humorless, gross or juvenile, but I don't think that this allows me to
tell other people that that thing they are laughing at is not funny.
If you don't like the humor contained in BJAODN, just stay away from
that page, or create your own 'humorful' version in your userspace.
Sincerely,
Silas Snider
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