[MILAMBER]

Originally posted by Melusine: quote: Originally posted by MILAMBER: I really don't think that Hunter meant that they actually deserved to die. It seemed to me that he was joking, and if that is the case we should probably cut him a little slack.

I don't think making jokes about people who get hurt or die are funny, not in this way. Being crushed to death in a crowd is a terrible way to die and not as rare as you think. Can I make jokes about 9/11 then? Not that I'd even want to... but maybe that demonstrates my point.[/QUOTE]I don't want to get into a big debate here, but I believe that sarcasm can be used to make light of an aspect of a situation without attacking the situation as a whole. I believe Hunter was making light of their musical preferences, not the fact that they died.

I'm not trying to take sides here, and I certainly don't think that it's funny that people die that way, but I believe there can be comedy in almost any situation, it just depends on how you look at things.