I'm just going to comment on Omi's entry here after seeing the other entries that have gathered up....

Good point. I want to address Ca's actions myself in the near future.

-CF

PS, Dalek Paan, your text burns my eyes.

Subjective or not, there are boundaries. what you laugh at with your friends is one thing, but certain 'jokes' aren't acceptable at certain times or in certain places. Like, for example, a predominantly children's message board, maybe? Thats really what it comes down too, not what you find humorous and acceptable, but what is socially acceptable, or what is acceptable according to certain guidelines designed to make the environment safe and worry free for parents of said children.

while yes, some "jokes" can be considered offensive, we all shouldn't have to stay up to these political standards. What one person consideres funny is different from anothers. We can all laugh at whatever we please, wether it be at someone elses expense or not, when it goes to far is when someone gets offended by this. When that happens, the offender doesn't need to be cast out as a heretic and a traitor who is marked for death. First off the person who is offended should tell that person to stop, you cant just be mad at someone for one joke, if it were to persist then you have a reason to complain. Those who stay quiet refuse their rights.

so basically humor is an opinion of how one finds the situaton funny or not, but making fun of others to the point of offense is just morally wrong.

Kame (with many others) speaks the truth. I may disagree with Omi in that I think what constitutes humor varies from person to person, but there's no denying that there is a boundary of what is or is not acceptable to say in a community as a whole. I know you don't care what other people think, Ca'gerrin, but it seems you need reminding again that this is a forum where it does matter what other people think, whatever you think about that rule. What you find funny, many, many others find offensive, and this is a situation where, quite simply, majority rules. There's no way anyone can really change what you think. But by just being on BZP you agreed to act in a certain way – or, more accurately, agreed to refrain from acting in ways that would offend others. I know there are places where things like the recent actions in question would be appreciated and found funny; no point denying that. So why not take them there instead of here, and leave BZP free of the things there are rules against in the first place?

As many have asked, why can't we all just get along and respect each other, even if we don't agree?

There's only so much of a subjectivity limit to humor.

Confusing...

~

So as I have read from this entry...

You're saying that Nazis are not funny.

Except for Col. Klink and Sgt. Schultz.... but they weren't really loyal to the party, just their lives. But they were hilarious.

But yeah, if anyone calls anyone a Nazi these days, they'd better have 3 references of Goosestomping and/or references of saluting a nutjob.

*shrugs* But yeah, I agree whoever called you that probably had no proof, and probably sank worse than a Nazi.

But then again, what could be worse than one? >_> -Swert

Two nazi's?

刹那

Hmm. It seems like I'm missing something here...

What spawned this?

Ca'gerrin did.

Placed Hapori Tohu's gears behind Hitler's face. Made a banner to go along with it.

Chaos ensues.

Go check out his blog.

刹那

Well the way I see it, if you sport the look, you support the view.

(This is just an example, I'm not trying to bring up politics.) So you're saying if I'm a Democrat and I put the Republican elephant as my av, I'm then a Republican?

MB has spoken

Ca'gerrin did.

Placed Hapori Tohu's gears behind Hitler's face. Made a banner to go along with it.

Chaos ensues.

 

Go check out his blog.

 

刹那

Though I know I'm not the first person to do it, though probably the first person to do it on BZP itself.

~D

Could you answer my question?

~SGT~

The answer would be yes. Humor is not being a Nazi.

 

-Omi

How 'bout my 2nd question?

~SGT~

What second question?

 

-Omi

Calling someone a Nazi is not funny, it's not a joke, and it's not even sarcasm it just shows your own stupidty.

I think Kitlers are funny... am I a bad person?

What about those who make fun of themselves?

Is that humrous?

But at the same time it offends Nazis.

Personally, no offense to you Omi, but with all this comparing people to nazi's, I'd like to see this entry locked.

However a joke offending someone doesn't make it fully un-funny. I've got admin clearance and we'll see what BZP thinks soon enough. But, as Sharky said, what about those who laugh at themselves?

Can't we all just get along?