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Old 12-27-2010, 10:04   #4
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If it's Funny?

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Originally Posted by Wiseman
Yeah, the sad thing is that just like the Simpsons, Family Guy type humor will no longer be popular in a couple of years.
Why? If it's funny you can get away with just about anything, this has been the case through history, and IMHO won't change unless human nature does.

Take even a despotic Nazi for instance, Head of the Luftwaffe Herman Goering. He loved uniforms and medals and would often wear as many as possible. Berlin comedians joked he had a duplicate set of rubber medals made for wear in the bath tub. When police forces informed him of this and offered to arrest them, Goering replied something like, " No, no, if the people are saying this, it only proves how popular I am."
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