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Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology
From: ra...@atnet.at (Ralph Hilton)
Date: 1998/05/31
Subject: Re: Humor vs. Joking & Degrading
On Sun, 31 May 1998 00:23:22 +0100, Enzo Piccone <e...@ermes.it> wrote: There is also a dark side to this classification. Humor can be used to point out >WHIPPERSNAPPER wrote: >> It's this *dark* form of humor that is "joking and degrading." It is >> usually easily recognizable. Does it add more obscurity, or does it >> enlighten? Is it a subtle sort of moral or spiritual violence without >> clear intent? Or does it sweep aside a curtain and show us something -- >> something we really knew, didn't we -- all along? >> - Whippersnapper illogic in many ways. This can involve pointing out the ridiculousness of something that some take too seriously. It can involve ridiculing a person or organization which takes itself too seriously. Scientology management refuses to accept outside criticism and is thus sometimes Thus the labelling of humor as joking and degrading can be used to evade -- Ralph Hilton You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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