Holocaust jokes are never acceptable · 4:20pm Oct 5th, 2015
When it comes to offensive humour, when have you crossed a line that nobody should ever cross?
Here is Doug's stance on the issue.
PRO:TIP The rest of the blog will make more sense if you watch the video.
I generally agree with most of his points and I do want to particularly emphasise the Too Soon concept which some people seem to have problems getting.
Seriously guys, it's still too soon for 9/11 quips, I mean the victims families are alive and still probably get a little raw every september.
Although I expect there to be a little debate about wether its acceptable for bad taste humour on an event where a lot of time has passed, but joking about tragedies that are currently happening... you'd have to be really thick to go down that road, and really insensitive.
I actually think a lot of it can be tolerated though and I kind of agree with the sentiment of Duckman in the video. Yes sir, challenge people, offend em and make em think.
But that brings me to the title point. Holocaust jokes will never be acceptable.
There's nothing inherently funny about mass death camps, the motive of racial hatred makes it even worse, as regards the too soon concept, it is always going to be too soon for the jewish people which I think is fair enough.
This was not a crime against individuals, it was a crime against a whole race and way of life.
I mean child abuse jokes, generally not funny, but child abuse is such a nebulous and ill defined concept that it does need to have fun poked at it, providing its clever.
Aside from that, I have never seen, when going to the less tasteful corners of the web, a holocaust joke that was funny. They have never challenged my way of thinking and they're really not clever, they're really stupid and seem to be going out of their way to offend.
I don't even want to type an example it would make me puke in my mouth.
I just can't conceive of one being intelligent or worthwhile.
I don't know if the people who come up with it are just twats are it's those historical revisionists, who like to refer to a certain momentous event in WW2 as the holohoax.
Which is bizarre, I thought that was a british soap opera with Nick Pickard and Jennifer Metcalfe.
See, that was a joke about holocaust deniers, not the event itself, hopefully everyone gets the difference.
I'm not saying there should be laws made against it or anything but if you do make jokes like that and find em funny you are probably a douchebag and probably should not be invited to anyones party.
FIRE!
You know what you should do? You should ridicule people and events back instead of... this... rant. Don't get mad; get crazy funny! Example: "Now if you excuse me, I got some useless authoritative game reporters to make useful by heating my room." Or insert whatever group or event that needs a good fucking. Trust me, we deserve all good fucking to keep the shit out of ourselves.