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From: ndiamond@watdaisy.UUCP (Norman Diamond)
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Subject: Re: Are jokes really offensive...
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Date: Fri, 29-Mar-85 13:03:24 EST
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> If you were in Ethiopia starving to death, I don't think you would be
> laughing.

You probably wouldn't be laughing at much else either, including very
witty intellectual inoffensive jokes that we like to share.  In fact,
yes I think that a lot of Ethiopian jokes are offensive and should be
ROT-13'd before posting, just like a lot of other offensive jokes.  I
am not offended very easily, and always ROT-13 (decode) any ROT-13'd
joke.  If a joke exhibits a libellous sort of offence (e.g. inciting
racism, depending on people to really believe that some ethnic group
is inferior), then I am offended.

Some early Ethiopian jokes said "poor taste" in their headings.  That
may be more accurate.  They still should be ROT-13'd.  There is still
no justification to ban them.

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   Norman Diamond

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