The 'Funny (ha, ha)' side of religion

Worztron

robindch wrote: »

Worztron has been carded for posting a racist comment.

Everyone can see that by the big red text and red card on my previous post.

That "[RACIST COMMENT DELETED]" was only a joke. More politically correct madness.

It's hypocritical that the many jokes about other nationalities are not replaced with [RACIST COMMENT DELETED].

You should have left the joke there and let others decide.

pauldla

Worz, I enjoy a lot of your posts, but your last joke wasn't mocking religion, it was mocking ethnicity, and IMO that's not on. One can change ones religion, after all.

FWIW it was I that reported your post as racist.

gaynorvader

Worztron wrote: »

Everyone can see that by the big red text and red card on my previous post.

That "[RACIST COMMENT DELETED]" was only a joke. More politically correct madness.

It's hypocritical that the many jokes about other nationalities are not replaced with [RACIST COMMENT DELETED].

You should have left the joke there and let others decide.

Yeah, but what you have to realise about this site is that [ANTI MOD CONTENT DELETED]. If you just [SECRETS OF THE MODS CENSORED], then there's no way [PERSONAL REMARKS DELETED]. After all at the end of the day, this thread is about [CENSORED JUST FOR FUN].

robindch

pauldla wrote: »

FWIW it was I that reported your post as racist.

You weren't the only person who reported it.

Race, as jewishness tends to be in practice, is something one can't change and it's tasteless and unhelpful to mock an attribute which one had no part in choosing, particularly when -- and I'm trying to avoid godwinning myself here -- that exact joke was doing the rounds 80 years ago in a certain large country to the east of us which subsequently lost the run of itself.

Also, and speaking just for myself here, the joke wasn't funny (but that's not a cardable offence; yet).

norrie rugger

robindch wrote: »

You weren't the only person who reported it.

Race, as jewishness tends to be in practice, is something one can't change and it's tasteless and unhelpful to mock an attribute which one had no part in choosing, particularly when -- and I'm trying to avoid godwinning myself here -- that exact joke was doing the rounds 80 years ago in a certain large country to the east of us which subsequently lost the run of itself.

Also, and speaking just for myself here, the joke wasn't funny (but that's not a cardable offence; yet).

YOU FAILED!!!!
I feel like I missed out on some possible internet rage, by not seeing that post

pauldla

robindch wrote: »

You weren't the only person who reported it.

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Way to ruin my 'It was I...!' moment Rob, throwing back my cape with a dramatic flourish etc.

Turtwig

pauldla wrote: »

Way to ruin my 'It was I...!' moment Rob, throwing back my cape with a dramatic flourish etc.

You were the most important person who reported it. Truth be told, any time you report a post, Rob, Dades or I's pager goes off, we instantly stop what we're doing and rush to the computer/internet device, to log on and deal with the situation! You're that important.

pauldla

Turtwig wrote: »

You were the most important person who reported it. Truth be told, any time you report a post, Rob, Dades or I's pager goes off, we instantly stop what we're doing and rush to the computer/internet device, to log on and deal with the situation! You're that important.

I'd imagined a red telephone, the silhouette of an A in the sky, a nod silently exchanged, dissonant notes played on a piano and a bookshelf sliding back etc...

Worztron

pauldla wrote: »

Worz, I enjoy a lot of your posts, but your last joke wasn't mocking religion, it was mocking ethnicity, and IMO that's not on. One can change ones religion, after all.

FWIW it was I that reported your post as racist.

Judaism was the link to religion. It was only a joke. This all seems like a storm in a teacup.

oscarBravo

Worztron wrote: »

This all seems like a storm in a teacup.

First you post something that's not funny, and get defensive about it. Then you post something overtly racist, and get defensive about it.

Rather than get defensive, maybe you should take a step back and try to understand where the lines are drawn.

Turtwig

pauldla wrote: »

I'd imagined a red telephone, the silhouette of an A in the sky, a nod silently exchanged, dissonant notes played on a piano and a bookshelf sliding back etc...

Austerity hit us hard.
(There were also some concerns that the starlight often gave the veil of appearance of a plus beside the silhouette of the A! :eek:)

Gordon

The nose joke was too far and not funny worz, no positives in making those kinds of jabs, it's the kind of joke kids would have told in school 20 years ago, like the polo mint and the drowning Ethiopian joke. Not actually a joke at all tbh.

Bannasidhe

Gordon wrote: »

The nose joke was too far and not funny worz, no positives in making those kinds of jabs, it's the kind of joke kids would have told in school 20 years ago, like the polo mint and the drowning Ethiopian joke. Not actually a joke at all tbh.

Awww feck...now I want to hear the polo mint and the Ethiopian joke so I can get outraged. :mad:

Delirium

robindch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6MOnehCOUw

Sulla Felix

Bellatori

I would like to think that this is funny but I am not sure. It is certainly the most bizarre story I have seen recently. It is all about the

MONEY... MONEY... MONEY...

Indian court asked to rule on whether Hindu guru dead or meditating

The family and followers of one of India's wealthiest Hindu spiritual leaders are fighting a legal battle over whether he is dead or simply in a deep state of meditation.

His Holiness Shri Ashutosh Maharaj, the founder of the Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan religious order with a property estate worth an estimated £100 million, died in January, according to his wife and son.

However, his disciples at his Ashram have refused to let the family take his body for cremation because they claim he is still alive.

According to his followers, based in the Punjab city of Jalandhar, he simply went into a deep Samadhi or meditation and they have frozen his body to preserve it for when he wakes from it.

His body is currently contained in a commercial freezer at their Ashram.

Delirium

Bellatori wrote: »

I would like to think that this is funny but I am not sure. It is certainly the most bizarre story I have seen recently. It is all about the

MONEY... MONEY... MONEY...

Indian court asked to rule on whether Hindu guru dead or meditating

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vuW6tQ0218

:pac:

Cabaal

Turtwig

Archer is the best!

Lucifer MorningStar

Love this

Worztron

oscarBravo wrote: »

First you post something that's not funny, and get defensive about it. Then you post something overtly racist, and get defensive about it.

Rather than get defensive, maybe you should take a step back and try to understand where the lines are drawn.

Gordon wrote: »

The nose joke was too far and not funny worz, no positives in making those kinds of jabs, it's the kind of joke kids would have told in school 20 years ago, like the polo mint and the drowning Ethiopian joke. Not actually a joke at all tbh.

Humor is subjective.

Replying is not automatically being defensive.

You say "overtly racist". Really? You should crusade all over Boards and jump on every joke about the Irish, English, Scottish, and many other races.

Steer clear of things like Family Guy and some of the funniest comedians around because you may get offended.

Worztron

Bandana boy

Worztron wrote: »

Humor is subjective.

Replying is not automatically being defensive.

You say "overtly racist". Really? You should crusade all over Boards and jump on every joke about the Irish, English, Scottish, and many other races.

Steer clear of things like Family Guy and some of the funniest comedians around because you may get offended.

in fairness though while edgy comics like Seth and Louie CK can fly quite close to the edge ,we excuse them because they are very very funny.

Your jokes are more akin to Roy Chubby Brown.

Lucifer MorningStar

Worztron

Bandana boy wrote: »

in fairness though while edgy comics like Seth and Louie CK can fly quite close to the edge ,we excuse them because they are very very funny.

Your jokes are more akin to Roy Chubby Brown.

Don't be dishonest, they go way beyond the edge -- that's a big part of why they are so very funny. You do like your double standards.

Worztron

Dades

Move on please. Enough analysis of a mod decision.

Kthxbye

bogwalrus

Not sure if this has been posted but it is very funny.

http://www.tickld.com/x/i-wish-this-man-was-my-father-hes-hilarious

robindch

On a not-unrelated topic to an current discussion: