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Originally Posted by FRPLG
This is an interesting question. Is it in bad taste to fool around about a subject like this when the aflicted we surely never read it? On one hand the reason it is considered in poor taste is because of the insensitivity towards the victim and how their feelings would be rightfully hurt. So by that logic, assuming they would never read it, it really isn't all the bad to do. On the other hand there is the thought that something like this should not be made fun of since it was random and could have happened to anyone and making jokes shows a more general insensitivity. Not sure which way I fall on that.
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Assume for the moment that the girl, her family, her friends, other children on the ride who witnessed the accident, their families or their friends (starts to add up doesn't it?) will NEVER read any of this. I would suggest that does not change the inherent cruelty of the remark: A disfiguring accident happened to an innocent person and someone else laughed at it. I don't have to look up the definition of "cruel" to believe that behavior falls within its parameters.
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Originally Posted by FRPLG
Why do people think it is bad to make jokes? Not a challenge but pure curiosity to help me settle my thoughts on it.
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It is absolutely okay to make jokes appropriately. Humor can be great medicine in overcoming trauma. When offered by a victim, it is an excellent way of reassuring those concerned for the victim that they (the victim) are getting better (e.g. - some of SBF's comment about his leg). In this case, however, the humor was not created out of concern or kindess for the girl but, rather, as I said above, as a way to laugh at another's misfortune.
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Originally Posted by Hog1
While I think that is some TASTELESS shit Schneed is spouting. I totally agree with the idea of turning the channel, if you can't hang with the format.
And YES, Americans have become ridiculously ......falsely, dramatic, and sensitive about EVERYTHING and totally lost the ability to laugh at themselves. I get sick of hearing so, and so disrepected somebody else. Stupid BS
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IMO, an overly general statement but useful - While people may be overly sensitive and "politically correct", does that mean the opposite approach is perfectly acceptable? Shouldn't there be a middle ground? Don't some things merit respect, concern or gravity? The mere fact that the concept of being "sensitive" has been overplayed does not mean there are no things to which we should be sensitive.
One more thing, just to be clear, I thought Schneed's remarks were cruel. I am also absolutely certain that they were not offered with cruel intentions.