polymath
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ryanf said:anonymous123 said:I don't think the 9/11 post is in good taste. I get the concept you are going after, but 9/11 hit a lot of us hard and some of us have ties in the wall street community with direct impact from that photo. I just think this one should be off limits.
You are the moderator. Your call.
With all due respect, where do you stop with "off-limits" for comedy? I know the slippery slope argument is cliche, but it exists for a reason. Lindy West hates rape jokes, and thinks they should be off limits, but where do we stop?
Probably you stop where the joke ceases to be funny for innocent people who would rather their old wounds remain out of sight and out of mind.
Some of us live in New York and work in skyscrapers in the Financial District.
To be fair, there's no law against jokes that go too far, and that line is subjective. I tend to laugh along most of the time, if there's no harm intended.