From: utzoo!hcr!steve Newsgroups: net.jokes Title: Coed jokes et al Article-I.D.: hcr.199 Posted: Wed Sep 1 09:43:29 1982 Received: Wed Sep 1 10:10:19 1982 References: sdcarl.508 Why not have a new newsgroup called "net.libbers" or some such for all the goody-two-shoes who can't see beyond a haze of sexist/racist/...ist verbalism and actually look at the humourous intent of a joke. Much of our humour has to do with building on caricatures (e.g. Newfies, Westerners, Easterners, etc. (in Canada), Texans, College girls, etc. (in the States). The people/races/sexes/etc. being caricatured can either find this humourous or not, depending on whether they know how to laugh, not only at others, but also at themselves. What's happened to people? Why is everyone so defensive nowadays? Why can't people laugh? (I realize there is a net.jokes.d, but I've wasted a lot of my time reading other peoples's philosophy here, and I think somebody ought to stand up for a more reasonable point of view.)