Oppo Camp Non-Essendon Football Thread XVII

[P Money]

I couldn't give a shit what people laugh at. That's not my point.

Well you seem to be saying that a particular historic event is ethically off limits from humour based on the suffering involved. I'm trying to demonstrate that your argument simply doesn't hold, by asking you to critically assess your own humour to realise that you yourself find humour in a myriad of human suffering. I obviously don't know you but (as far as I know) you are human and it's just a part of human nature.

 

[Loonerty]

surely there is another thread or board or hopefully website where people can talk at length about 9/11 conspiracy to someone who cares

 

[boncer34]

Well you seem to be saying that a particular historic event is ethically off limits from humour based on the suffering involved. I'm trying to demonstrate that your argument simply doesn't hold, by asking you to critically assess your own humour to realise that you yourself find humour in a myriad of human suffering. I obviously don't know you but (as far as I know) you are human and it's just a part of human nature.

He isn't saying that at all.

 

[dank420_]

Well you seem to be saying that a particular historic event is ethically off limits from humour based on the suffering involved. I'm trying to demonstrate that your argument simply doesn't hold, by asking you to critically assess your own humour to realise that you yourself find humour in a myriad of human suffering. I obviously don't know you but (as far as I know) you are human and it's just a part of human nature.

I updated my post above if you really want to stick to that topic, which I wasn't.

 

[boncer34]

surely there is another thread or board or hopefully website where people can talk at length about 9/11 conspiracy to someone who cares

Beats rugby league chat

 

[BrunoV]

It is not ethically wrong to find humour from suffering. It's been a part of human nature and existence since time immemorial. I'm sure if you're honest with yourself you've made or laughed at countless jokes or comedy shows/movies/stand-ups about war, famine, vikings, Hitler, fraud, theft, or someone stubbing their toe. Human suffering is clearly bad. Finding humour in it is not.

I agree, nothing is immune from being joked about not at an ethical level, but the funny stuff I am talking about does not touch on the human suffering. It's mockery of the narrative and the criminals who were involved in executive and/or the cover up.

 

[P Money]

I agree, nothing is immune from being joked about not at an ethical level, but the funny stuff I am talking about does not touch on the human suffering. It's mockery of the narrative and the criminals who were involved in executive and/or the cover up.

Can't pretend I'm on the same page as you re 9/11 but I think we agree on the sentiment; there's no subject that is too taboo to find humour in, but the ethics of it depends on the spirit of the joke.

 

[Corleone]

We want personalities and characters in the game. Of course those same personalities and characters need to not ever dip their toes across our ever changing moral code of decency.

I mean if you can't make a joke that doesn't offend a single person ever in the history of the world can you actually even be funny?

The AFL do an amazing job at sweeping little issues under the rug (Clarkson's attempts to save his players on the outrageous costs of DayCare for example) or turning a blind eye on things (like the rampant illicit drug use amongst its own staff and don't even get me started on the player base) or being willfully obtuse (like promoting "men's mental health" while sucking on the teet of gambling companies who are preying on young men all over the world and inflicting immeasurable damage on society as a whole) but there's only so many things the AFL can and will accept. And if you think they are going to let a couple of blokes make inappropriate jokes at a private function then you are dreaming.

 

[P Money]

I couldn't give a shit what people laugh at. That's not my point.

Also what you've written is pretty simplistic. Are we laughing at victims? Are we laughing at ourselves as victims? there's a bit of nuance involved here I would think.

Well yeah that's exactly my point really. The spirit of the joke is what counts (i.e. who/what are we laughing at?) not the subject.

 

[jmoo wan]

we’re reaching a Russel Brand level of using big word salad to try and sound clever now

 

[ant555]

What the **** have I walked into this morning?

Exactly.

 

[bombreys]

we’re reaching a Russel Brand level of using big word salad to try and sound clever now

Stop being so ambidextrous please

 

[DERO]

I'm advocating for a choice.

I also don't understand why so many people are so against fining dumb shit footy players.

They are dumb and it was no doubt in poor taste but jet fuel melts steel beams

 

[dank420_]

They are dumb and it was no doubt in poor taste but jet fuel melts steel beams

I think you’re meant to say it doesn’t man come on!!!!!!

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

but I think we agree on the sentiment; there's no subject that is too taboo to find humour in, but the ethics of it depends on the spirit of the joke.

Rape and paedophilia? How do you get ‘spirit’ into that joke?

 

[Beerfish]

Rape and paedophilia? How do you get ‘spirit’ into that joke?

 

[DERO]

I think you’re meant to say it doesn’t man come on!!!!!!

Just catching up now.

Gunna run a whole lot of canabis oil over myself and go for a deep dive.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

 

[Lore]

 

[Old Campaigner]

This is what the elites don’t want us to know

 

[ant555]

Just catching up now.

Gunna run a whole lot of canabis oil over myself and go for a deep dive.

Be careful the fish do not lick you

 

[Blind Turn]

I love 9/11 weird shit. Like when the band called The Coup made an album called Party Music that was planned to be released in early September of 2001 but unfortunately had this cover art and had to push the release back to November with new artwork;

 

[Blind Turn]

Then there’s the 1994 Illuminati card game;

 

[Blind Turn]

Then there was the sculptor Michael Richards who created a sculpture of himself in 1999 before being a victim of the Twin Towers collapse;

 

[DERO]

Then there was the sculptor Michael Richards who created a sculpture of himself in 1999 before being a victim of the Twin Towers collapse;
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Gerling had to hold back the release of their second album, "When young terrorists chase the sun", and then changed the name to Head2cleaner.