"Paul M. Cook" > fnord
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>
> "Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
> news
>> Steve Pope wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> Please report back with a count of how many dogs have been offended
>> by the telling of that joke.
>
> That's just why the joke isn't funny. A guy kills a little dog
> because he's ****ed at it's owner? What if instead of throwing it
> from the train he bludgeoned it to death with a club.

Because that would make no sense. The bludgeoned dog would still be
occupying the seat.

> Would that be
> more or less funny? What if instead of a dog it was a baby? Would
> that be funny?

Uh, no. the punchline wouldn't work then.

> How many infants would be offended by that joke?

Don't tell me you've never heard of dead baby jokes?



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