Morals anyone?

Are there conditions in which you could accept that it is best to make fun of another?

Is it always wrong?

i think if kept light and with the understanding that it is all in good fun, sure...

if someone gets their feelers bent...well that's an offline topic

Yes,unless you work for American Goverment and in that case you can make fun of people being tortured,raped,and murdered to your wicked little hearts delight.

Not always wrong. Not always right. Not at the expense of another.

I always make fun of me....the conditions are always best...


as to of others...most times they are aware of the jest, and that the intention is still love based, not venom based.

The nature of human being is as such that it is not possible to be funny without someone else's expense. If you think about it there is no comedy that is not ridiculing someone's ill fortune.

As to joke there are certain things I wouldn't joke like someone's death or car crashes or sickness. I would however joke if someone puts themselves right in the middle of a funny one. For example a lady posted in the forums "I am not wearing any". She immediately got an answer "I can see from the dandruff on your shoes"

So there you have it. Important thing is can you laugh at yourself and if you can you know what is what and what is not

Its all about context. If your audience want to hear it than its fine if not it can get ugly. Morals are evolving as they always have. Whats acceptable today was unfathomable in the past.

"Is it morally or ethically acceptable to make fun of another?"

It is absolutely despicable, morally repulsive and insanely funny to do that.

Certainly, if that is the only way of showing the absurdity of another's contention!
There's a big difference between a healthy sarcasm and a rude/insulting joke! (both of which are opened to interpretation, nonetheless...)

I never make fun of anything a person can't change. I'll laugh at their chothes, their haircut, their shoes, their makeup, even their weight. But, I'd never say anything about someone having a big nose, or being too short. Anything that can be changed is fair game IMHO.

I think it is OK to poke fun at someone else s fun, but not at their misfortunes. If that makes any sense..

pompous windbags! deflate them!
narcissistic primpers! slime them!
self righteous ideologues! lampoon them!



it's a public service!
but don't let's get personal!



Nationsl Lampoon's High School Yearbook

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What she said.

I'd also like to add: If you can't take it, don't give it.

I like to poke fun at myself, at my friends, but I'm able to take as good as I give.

Some people just get their knickers in a twist over nothing, then one should be careful.

comedy, it's always funny then

Well put. Humor is part of the human condition. Humor adds to life and friendships. Of course there are those to make fun of others to be mean, and that situation is obviously wrong. However, I make fun of myself and my friends, my friends make fun of me ... all as it is supposed to be.

Humor is a measure of intelligence. The ability of take good natured ribbing is a measure of integrity and maturity. The lack of a "sense of humor" is sometimes a sign of an emotional disorder.

My sentiments entirely
Now can I pull your leg too? opps I mean wing?

Anytime Robert, everyone else does!

Now I have it in writing too

Its a matter of taste. I think we should make fun of politicians and of anyone who takes themselves too seriously.

A person with no sense of humor for parody or about their own lives is in sad shape and not much fun to be around.

I used to like the celebrity roasts in the old days of Dean Martin. They had more class than the pieces of crap they call roasts today, which are vulgar, vicious, mean and uncouth. Not funny to me. Perhaps I'm now classified "old fashioned."

I don't think it has anything to do with morals but more with manners and respect for others. There is a time to joke and a time to keep your mouth shut I think.

It is "immoral or wrong" in my opinion to purposely and viciously make fun of someone with the intent of hurting their feelings or ousting them from a group. I think your intentions have a lot to do with whether it is moral or not.

Poking vicious fun at some individual you don't know in their presence can be hurtful to them. Celebrities risk that as a price for their fame.

I would take it even further:
It might be acceptable poking vicious fun at some individual you don't know in their presence -- giving them the opportunity of explaining or defending themselves.
But doing that behind their back is Totally inacceptable... (unless the victim is an unfamiliar out-of-towner nobody even knows or pays any respect to!)