From: Michael Lorrey (retroman@tpk.net)
Date: Wed Dec 25 1996 - 20:52:38 MST
Eliezer Yudkowsky wrote:
>
> > Another sure way of revealing the sacred cows is to try to joke
> > about them. If there is anything a sacred cow cannot stand, it is
> > humour (at least about itself, joking about others sacred cows is
> > quite acceptable). The best way to reveal someone to be a fanatic or
> > memeoid is to see if he or she can joke about his or her beliefs.
>
> Do I qualify? I see the Holocaust as a horrendous tragedy, and if
> someone smaller than me made a joke about it, I'd punch his lights out.
> --
I concur with Eliezer. While we can joke about ourselves, it is
exceedingly rude to joke about the dead, especially the trajically dead,
as they will never experience the joy and possible immortality of 21st
century technological advances, and as a result we all suffer from their
loss. I am not related to anyone who was in any way a victim personally
of the holocaust, yet I was deeply offended that someone had the utter
gall to make a $100 million dollar profit from a movie on it.
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