sootyj
Wednesday 19th November 2008 7:15pm
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Quote: Dolly Dagger @ November 19 2008, 2:12 PM GMT
Well I agree with you Matthew. I often get feedback that stuff I write (to my surprise) is very dark and sometimes a bit sick, so I wouldn't say I'm Mary Poppins (though I am practically perfect in every way), but I like to think I know where to draw lines, because I do care about other people's feelings to a certain extent.
The lines are where the real danger lies.
Because if you're on the wrong side your an "acceptable target."
Like those poor sods in the BNP who had their privacy violated.
They commited no crime and political discretion is the cornerstone of any democracy.
Quote: Griff @ November 19 2008, 2:13 PM GMT
Applying endless tortuous logic here to say "but this isn't consistent with that, and what about that other joke" is just pissing in the wind.
The point isn't whether things should or shouldn't offend people, the question is, whether people actually do find it offensive or not.
Which you can't gauge by examining the logic of the joke, only by asking people what they think of it.
It's fairly clear that rightly or wrongly, most people would be offended by jokes about the death of Baby P. You might choose to ignore that, for example if you don't give a f**k about other people.
So then it's up to you as a writer or performer whether to do those jokes or not, and where to send/perform them. There's probably an audience somewhere that'll lap them up. Even if it does mean a career doing open mic spots in maximum security prisons.
I think an 85 debate summed up in one post, I agree,
