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Originally Posted by SilverStreak
and Bob  By virtue of where we live you may consider that there is a very very good chance that you know someone whose mother, father, brother, sister, son, daughter, husband or wife is dying of AIDS. Can you respect them enough not to make jokes about it? If you knew someone dying of cancer would you walk up and make a cancer joke? Why don't you wait in the ER and ridicule the families of heart attack victims? You work downtown right? Hang out in front of GW Hospital and make fun of all the breast cancer survivors who have had mastectomies. |
I would not go to a funeral or hospital and make such jokes, but this is not a funeral parlor or hospital. Some situations require a different level of decorum than others. I read the culture of this site to be one where topics other than race, religion, politics, and porn are open. Some find it a welcome break from the tight rules of political correctness. If you find it offensive, be offended and vocal about it. It serves to further entertain those that enjoy the irreverent humor around here. Everyone will die of something. Being offended by jokes about death will not lengthen anyone's life. Being offended rarely does anything positive.