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Micheal Jackson is in the Hospital!
Inlander:
I feel that there's a clear distinction between making jokes about the fact of somebody's death, and making jokes about the cultural circumstances surrounding that death.
E. Spaceman:
Gallows humour is a perfectly valid humour.
Zingoleb:
I went to an open mic and a stand up comic was already cracking jokes about it.
The only one I remembered was, "Michael Jackson died today, and little boys the world over sleep easy tonight."
Granted, this is still shitty as hell. :|
De_El:
Be that as it may, I think when we speak negatively of people making fun of a person's death, we are probably thinking of the sort of thing that Some Jerk-ass from High School would post on his Facebook, like,
--- Quote --- "Honestly people, I couldn't care less about michael jackson, but at least I can tell my kids about Peter Pan without wory"
--- End quote ---
Not even a joke! Really half-assed! Man, Some Jerk-ass from High School, you're kind of terrible!
Edit: someone beat me to it with an example, but I think it's understood what distinction we're making.
Will:
So it goes.
Even a curmudgeonly old hardcore kid, grumpy in the ways of life, and full of hatred and vitriol for damn near every kind of music (by this I mean myself) found him to be a pop genius. His songs were catchy as hell...I can't really say I'll miss him personally, because the loss of Micheal Jackson does nothing directly to my life. I will, however, say that every single accolade that will be given to him over the next few days is deserved IMO.
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