12-year-old tased by police officer

[als463]

Originally Posted by Kevin

You know nothing about me. In fact, I do a rather large amount of pro bono representing victims of abuse in juvenile deprived court after being taken away from abusive parents by child welfare services, usually trying to terminate the parents' rights. It's a very serious matter. I suppose you've never told or laughed at an off-color joke in your life?

I wasn't trying to be tasteful, neither were DrPhil or cheerleader, who think it's okay to throw around words like racist without giving it a second thought.

This is on par with saying, "I have friends who are black so, it's okay for me to make racist jokes." As far as it being an "off color" joke, I don't see how making a "joke" about children being sexually abused is supposed to be funny and no big deal. You tried to derail this thread by making a joke at the expense of abused kids. Way to go, pro bono attorney!

The joke about Joe Paterno looking the other way was also lacking taste. What is sad is that I generally agree with some of your views but, now I question your character.

[Iota Man]

Originally Posted by als463

This is on par with saying, "I have friends who are black so, it's okay for me to make racist jokes." As far as it being an "off color" joke, I don't see how making a "joke" about children being sexually abused is supposed to be funny and no big deal. You tried to derail this thread by making a joke at the expense of abused kids. Way to go, pro bono attorney!
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CTFU this is some funny ass shit LOL!

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by als463

This is on par with saying, "I have friends who are black so, it's okay for me to make racist jokes." As far as it being an "off color" joke, I don't see how making a "joke" about children being sexually abused is supposed to be funny and no big deal. You tried to derail this thread by making a joke at the expense of abused kids. Way to go, pro bono attorney!

The joke about Joe Paterno looking the other way was also lacking taste. What is sad is that I generally agree with some of your views but, now I question your character.

What do you do for abused children? Seriously.. get a sense of humor. I don't care about taste, I do real things for real people. Thousands of dollars of billable hours each month go to abused children. Glad to see you're taking a stand by raging against jokes on the interwebs.

[Iota Man]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Glad to see you're taking a stand by raging against jokes on the interwebs.

Be glad for everybody else on here who has an opinion about shit they want to post too.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Kevin

What do you do for abused children? Seriously.. get a sense of humor. I don't care about taste, I do real things for real people. Thousands of dollars of billable hours each month go to abused children. Glad to see you're taking a stand by raging against jokes on the interwebs.

Kevin, quit with this elitist jargon, boasting about the "favors" that you are doing for those who are suffering. You know good and well that this does not make sense. Defend your "joke" all you want but surely you can see the problems with your rationale. You better care about tact and for conveying respect for the "real people" you do "real things" for. You would most likely not make these jokes in front of those abused children and their caregivers. We can defend our racy humor all we want but there are reasons this humor does not work with every audience and tends to be reserved for particular audiences.

By the way, since your last sentence reminds me of earlier in this thread when you lost your mind and said things like "you're expecting thread on the interwebs to lead to new understandings of commonalities which could lead to greater understanding of...", people can call things out and address misconceptions wherever they deem necessary. Surely you can relate.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Kevin

What do you do for abused children? Seriously.. get a sense of humor. I don't care about taste, I do real things for real people. Thousands of dollars of billable hours each month go to abused children. Glad to see you're taking a stand by raging against jokes on the interwebs.

Wait, didn't you tell als463 she shouldn't make assumptions about you, saying "You know nothing about me"? If you don't want people to make assumptions about what you do or don't do, you might return the favor to them.

And don't act like you didn't know your joke was tasteless, or at least might be perceived that way. Why else would you have asked "too soon?"

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Wait, didn't you tell als463 she shouldn't make assumptions about you, saying "You know nothing about me"? If you don't want people to make assumptions about what you do or don't do, you might return the favor to them.

And don't act like you didn't know your joke was tasteless, or at least might be perceived that way. Why else would you have asked "too soon?"

As I said before, quoting a recently semi-famous comedian, if you don't like it, do as Paterno did and look the other way.

[als463]

Originally Posted by Kevin

What do you do for abused children? Seriously.. get a sense of humor. I don't care about taste, I do real things for real people. Thousands of dollars of billable hours each month go to abused children. Glad to see you're taking a stand by raging against jokes on the interwebs.

I used to be a child protective services caseworker. I've also worked at a Juvenile detention facility with kids who have been abused and neglected. I have volunteered as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA--Kappa Alpha Theta's philanthropy) and I currently work as a therapist for many abused and neglected kids. So, I guess you are right. I'm not doing too much for those kids that you like to make jokes about. I guess you can call me a prude. As far as getting a sense of humor---I can laugh at many things but, I have never found child abuse (particularly sexual abuse) to really be all that hilarious. I don't "rage against jokes on the interwebs." Instead, I actually do donate both time and money to kids who have been abused and neglected. So, maybe you should continue to contribute some billable hours because the more billable hours you rack up, the funnier child abuse becomes. Thanks for the lessons on how I should be a better person, Kevin.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by als463

Thanks for the lessons on how I should be a better person, Kevin.

You what I said and turned "What do you do" into "You do nothing"?

I'm certainly not going to apologize for something I never said.