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To: GretchenM
As I often have observed on FreeRepublic, satire is not for everyone.

Certainly not for those dying of head injuries sustained on the battlefield.

746 posted on 01/30/2006 1:33:46 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg (an ambassador in bonds)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
As I often have observed on FreeRepublic, satire is not for everyone.
Certainly not for those dying of head injuries sustained on the battlefield.

Certainly you make my case utterly. Satire is for people who can separate the current event (people tragedy) from the overall and underlying concepts of perverseness, corruption, whatever, the satirist is shooting at. If one cannot separate those, then it is wise to avoid reading posts headed with the (in some people's case, warning) words, "Satire." It is not difficult to scroll past such posts if they disgust.

It seems the position that satirical comment is beyond the pale is strikingly similar to the liberals' well-known propsensity to lack humor that drives them to demand constriction on American freedom of speech.

747 posted on 01/30/2006 2:17:52 PM PST by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)
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