To The Iconoclast

a reply to: theultimatebelgianjoke

I agree with you on your statement about irony and humour in general.

I'm sure that's just what the OP wanted to hear. The fact that he is not alone in his particular stance on two topics is most pleasing to the ears.

Humor is often considered as universal, even if, most agree that you can't laugh about everything.
How can it be universal if you can't laugh about everything ?
Probably because there is a way to laugh with everyone. Everyone who has sense of humour of course ...
Otherwise, laugh from the others. Everyone should accept criticism through humour, it's better to harm the ego than the flesh. It should however never degenerate into bullying of stereotypes.

The only universal is that there are no universals. Talking about people as if they're all the same is inaccurate. We're different in statistically insignificant ways. The fact that mankind has been able to get along at all when something as insignificant as prolonged eye contact or a hand signal can cause aggression in others is astounding.

"If there is a man and he created God according to his image, then he too must have a sense of humor ... And if he does, his jokes are far superior to what any single God can think of. The Holy scriptures applied to Monty-Python logic can do wonders, trust me." - The apparent profundity of any statement is inversely proportional to the truth of it.