Wayne Boatwright > wrote:

>It didn't have to be a Marine, but it pretty much had to be a man.
>Likewise, it had to be a dog or the punchline wouldn't work. There are far
>more crude jokes than that, that target minority groups, etc.

I have to deviate into a time-worn argument, but animals cannot
fight back, or even express in words their disgust about anti-animal
humor. That makes it all the more important not to joke
about trashing them.

Steve