If making a good joke about the subject matter is "harming", then it's obvious someone didn't cope with it yet.
This is such an hypocritical thing to say. People die and it's a tragedy, right ? It's always a tragedy, be it a road accident or cancer or a terrorist attack. Do you deeply care about those that died by artillery fire in Bagdag during the first days of the war ? I doubt so, yet there's very little difference between them and those that died in the towers.
nothing hypoctricial, its called i dont walk up to accident victims and make jokes about car crashes......you are making it worse than it is, your labeling without the need for it.
You do remember that you asked for opinions and I gave u one? Never said you are going to like it. Ive never made a 9/11 joke sofar really, so kudos to me I quess. "The Yogscast are assholes thread" was pretty retarded. In the first video all the dude said was "I almost reenacted 9/11 there". Thats really such a horrible joke? Are you kiddin me? I dont really talk about the catastrophies in my lifetime, because I dont want to make people feel uncomfortable. Make them feel limited on the subjects and discussions, cause that would be me secretly thinking im better then they are. Also mainly most people(if not all of em) calling others insensitive and assholes about the subject arent the ones who are getting hurt by it. They just automatically assume there is someone who is getting hurt by it nearby listening and act like the insensitive police.
Why would you even care? It's called a joke for a reason.
Everyone of these posts COMPLETELY MISS the fucking point. Yes if i was in Iraq speaking to people in Baghdad i wouldnt be making jokes about the U.S bombing them, Why you ask? because ITS FUCKING OFFENSIVE, THATS WHY, and then telling them to get over it, ya im sure thatll go well. Take the 9/11 part of it, throw it away completely, its insulting to someone, this isnt some sort of "American" thing, its world wide, black and white thing called courtesy, and when you are an entertainment source for several cultures i dont think you should be throwing out humor that offends a certain culture, simple as that. I agree our opinions will vary, and im fine with that, but courtesy is something that even language barriers cant hold back, everyone knows what they are, and how to do them. I get the first joke was quite light, but was still aware it would offend people, the second joke was commenting on how Simon spilling his tea was as tragic as the death of over three thousand Americans, thats not really a light comment to make. If you and your pals wanna make jokes with one another, i think thats fine, but if you and your pals wanna make jokes infront of an older gentlemen who maybe fought in WW2 then all of a sudden you dont make those same jokes because it may offend the person, thats my point, you change your actions, and filter yourself because you dont want to harm someone.
