Gavjenks
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I didn't see where that was done. Humor regarding violence is different than directly attacking/threatening someone specifically, regarding violence.
I've spent my entire adult life dealing with the reality of it. For me it isn't a forum discussion or philosophy.. it's life. I fought a war and went on to a decade in law enforcement. What I understand about violence wasn't an education I received from books nor is it theory.
Just about any cop, paramedic, veteran, doctor or nurse could tell you why it is violence has to be seen and dealt with very differently based on your exposure to it.
Okay, and that might explain a darker sense of humor being acceptable by default in a police station, bunker, or hospital break room. Not on public forums with people of every background. And it certainly doesn't explain a failure to adjust, apologize, or at the very least, acknowledge personal differences if and when somebody DOES react badly. Even more ridiculous and unexplained by the above is that happening in a thread where the same person was arguing for 3 pages about respect and sensitivity toward others. If somebody is a rough and tumble cowboy veteran with a thick skin, okay. But they can't quite be both that, and really touchy about child photography at the same time..
Nor does your logic explain why a murder joke would be okay, but not a rape joke.
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