Not trying to defend 9/11 jokes but some of the best comedy shows and films going were about the second world war and 60,000,000 lost their lives in that.
Comedy should be judged on it’s ability to make us laugh not about what it’s about.
Dealing with a difficult subject requires a bit of sensitivity but if sixty million deaths can be the background for really funny comedy anything can.
Just maybe in more skilled hands.
I agree. Pretty much most of comedy has it’s roots in something dark. That’s the point of comedy, to make light of things. I think there can be good 9/11 jokes, there can be good jokes made about anything. Hansi’s post was hardly a joke, though, and was just meant to be edgy and provocative.