[Theo]

There’s a legitimate place for ridicule. It can be an effective means of communication.

[Bear_Slayer]

and biblical too

1 Kings 18:27

Elijah to the prophets of baal

And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.

Very interesting is the phrase "he is pursuing" meaning "in a private place" or to use the common vernacluar "on the crapper."