Good Satire Stings

[Guest guest]

That was the whole point about the satire, to make uncomfortable anyone

with even a modicum of humane feelings.

 

This contrasts how the real world is: Sociopathic and sadistic.

 

 

On Thursday, January 8, 2004, at 11:03 AM, (AT) (DOT)

com wrote:

 

> Message: 6

> Wed, 07 Jan 2004 21:48:49 -0000

> " Feral " <terebinthus

> kittens in bottles?

>

> So good to know this is indeed a hoax, but you know,

> it is something I could certainly fathom humans doing!

> We can be the most cruel beasts.

>

> ~ feral ~

>

> We feel safer with a madman who talks

> than with one who cannot open his mouth.

> ~ E. M. Cioran

>

>

the american republic started as a private club for rich white men and

has managed to maintain that same group in political and economic power

with remarkably few missteps since 1775. the war between the states was

only another of those petty errors that afflict all major institutions at

one time or another, but the powerful ones manage to survive with only

cosmetic accomodations to lesser beings.

--King Reynolds, Cultist

[Guest guest]

Your idea of good satire and your world view is a matter of

perspective. Bad taste does not make something good satire. Mark

Twain was someone who I would consider a good satirist, but he was

not discusting. He saw social ills and even wrote about contrary

attitudes and ignorance but could challenge his reader without

flinging dung. I know that there are many points of view but even

visions of animals being tortured can cause some people to be more

callous and desensitized. Some even find it funny.

 

, The Stewarts <stews9@c...> wrote:

> That was the whole point about the satire, to make uncomfortable

anyone with even a modicum of humane feelings.

> This contrasts how the real world is: Sociopathic and sadistic.