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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2016 14:50:42 GMT
I hate comments like that because there's a part of me that wants to laugh, and another part of me that's appalled at the first part, and another part of me that's worried that the reaction of the second part implies that I think disabled people aren't strong enough to be the subject of humour, and another part of me is appalled at the implication of the third part, and before long I'm tangled up in a knot of anxiety over a reaction that nobody but me would know about anyway were it not for the fact that I'm writing about it on a forum.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2016 15:14:45 GMT
First rule of comedy - punch up. White? Avoid riffing on race. Posh? Don't mock poor people. Grown adult? Well done you, picking on a child. Powerful? Your cleaner is not a rich source of mockery. (I mean there's scope for forgiveness if your material is sufficiently hilarious and/or well thought out, but it's dicey. And probably not applicable here.)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2016 15:57:29 GMT
When you're dealing with people who have power over others, perhaps. It would be tasteless for the CEO of a company to joke about the problems faced by the staff when that CEO has the power to fix those problems. But I'd argue that there comes a point where there shouldn't be an "up" and "down" between black and white or able-bodied and disabled people. The very notion implies inequality. Doesn't true equality mean the jokes can be directed both ways?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2016 20:51:13 GMT
Equal =/= fair. And sure, there really really REALLY shouldn't be "up"s and "down"s, but while we're living in a society based on the few historically having power over the many, the repercussions of which we're still feeling, there are.
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Post by stefy69 on Aug 24, 2016 6:57:22 GMT
If the Paralympics are half as exciting and engrossing as they were in London 2012 then I for one can't wait for them to start.
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