| The_Yoda said: Again I could be wrong but these seem like questions asked when looking at the points Runa was trying to make. These questions seem pretty pertinent in the UK by the way which seems to worry about "Punching Down" (pretty much the crux of Runa's argument). I've seen plenty of posts from people that are upset about UK "hate speech" laws on other sites. I think you are being obtuse. Once again not my questions though. I am guessing at their intended target. They seem to be a natural progression in that line of reasoning is all I am saying. |
Julius wasn't asking Runa or anyone else any actual questions. They were pretending to argue on the behalf of Runa or myself or someone else in the thread, while vastly misunderstanding what has been argued in the thread.
I don't think I'm the one being obtuse.
Again, this is another post that encapsulates what I was talking about a few pages ago.
| the-pi-guy said: A big issue I have with a lot of this thread is that it is incredibly subjective. Comedy is subjective. Boundaries are subjective. A lot of people here are coming into this discussion talking about completely different things. A lot of people are coming into this discussion with completely different baggage (I'm upset about ____ being cancelled or something). A lot of people here might even be interpreting "comedians" differently from each other. A lot of people have different ideas on how boundaries should be enforced or not enforced. Then people are being expected to take ownership of someone else's viewpoint on how enforcement happens, on the basis that they agree with boundaries existing. |
Just because someone is talking about there being boundaries, doesn't mean they agree with whatever it is people think is happening in the UK.
Punching down is not some concept that is exclusively applied in the UK.
This is a concept that George Carlin was effectively talking about here.
A major issue with Julius's comment is the implication that "punching down", "power" are these ultra vague concepts that anyone can define in completely different ways in a way to manipulate people.
