http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2009/06/11/australia-tv-comedy-boss-demoted-over-cruel-program/ Beating Them With Their Own Sickle And Hammer Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:01:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2009/06/11/australia-tv-comedy-boss-demoted-over-cruel-program/comment-page-1/#comment-119117 thelasthacker Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:44:40 +0000 http://www.stoptheaclu.com/?p=23596#comment-119117 I find it frustrating that the question at the start of this post (and the other article like it) is "How could any decent person laugh at terminally ill children?" Which is completely missing where the humour in the sketch was. The repeated use of this in the media skews the whole public perception of the sketch to be 'laughing at dying kids.' Which of course would have very small opposition. Watch the clip for yourself and name one joke where the punchline lands on a dying kid. The jokes are all about a low cost version of the charity. Anyone laughing at dying kids is completely misinterpreting the sketch. We shouldn’t censor satire for misinterpretation, and people should definately not lose their jobs over it. I find it frustrating that the question at the start of this post (and the other article like it) is “How could any decent person laugh at terminally ill children?” Which is completely missing where the humour in the sketch was. The repeated use of this in the media skews the whole public perception of the sketch to be ‘laughing at dying kids.’ Which of course would have very small opposition. Watch the clip for yourself and name one joke where the punchline lands on a dying kid. The jokes are all about a low cost version of the charity. Anyone laughing at dying kids is completely misinterpreting the sketch. We shouldn’t censor satire for misinterpretation, and people should definately not lose their jobs over it.

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