Originally Posted by Ki (Post 1373909)

Because I do understand what it means to be hurt by words, but then I also realized how silly it was to be hurt by someone who was just joking about a situation. If they're being serious and are out to hurt me, of course it will leave a thicker mark than a simple innocent joke. If joking about offensive behavior and someone whom i'm not even talking to takes offense, why should I feel obligated to care? I'm not making them listen to me. And yes, it happens in public more frequently than most think. Say you're on the bus and you're talking to your friend and you start making jokes that wouldn't seem offensive and somebody completely far away from you comes up to you and says the jokes are offensive. Of course, i'll stop making those jokes, but i'm not going to be made to feel bad about them prior to that situation.

Just fyi, I never said i'd continue to make the jokes if someone felt offended. If anything, i'll move somewhere else and continue to do so with the person i'm speaking with.

Originally Posted by Junkyard Donner (Post 1373924)

Ok, but the example you gave was sitting in a break room with people you knew and people you didn't know well. In that context I don't find it acceptable to make a joke that runs the risk of offending someone within earshot. The same goes if you're on public transport or in a coffee shop. I think that we all have a social responsibility as thinking adults to err on the side of caution.

Originally Posted by Junkyard Donner (Post 1373924)

Also you said that you wouldn't feel bad if you're making jokes with a friend that wouldn't seem offensive that did end up offending someone, but that's a different situation. I'm talking about jokes you know are offensive that you choose to make regardless of who is around to hear them, the situation in which you seemed to take the "that's their problem" approach.

Originally Posted by Ki (Post 1373931)

I think people are completely missing the fact that I don't just scream random offensive jokes to people I don't know.

Originally Posted by Engine (Post 1373914)

^good point of the day. Can you tell us some pro comedians who you think are in the ******* camp? I'm just curious.

Originally Posted by Mr. Charlie (Post 1373938)

Man, you've completely ruined the image of you I carefully built up in my head. I liked that image too.

Originally Posted by Burning Down (Post 1373940)

Daniel Tosh could be one, wasn't he the one who said rape jokes are funny?

Originally Posted by Junkyard Donner (Post 1373905)

But if you can't extend that assurance to your audience then you're a shit comedian and, as Mr. Charlie said, your joke has failed. If you get gratification from making people question your morality or decency as a human then you're a shit person.

Originally Posted by Engine (Post 1373951)

A heckler yelled at him about a rape joke, and he made a retort that made headlines. I like Tosh because he's intelligent and funny. He's very irreverent but I don't think his jokes put him in the *******-just-to-be-an-******* camp myself. Granted, I'm still trying to understand that concept.

Originally Posted by Engine (Post 1373951)

A heckler yelled at him about a rape joke, and he made a retort that made headlines.