[Melusine]

I know you can make a joke about two people having Alzheimer's but not in this way - the idea of the news items is that there's something odd or unexplainable about them, but with the item in question that's not so.
And I knew when I typed it that people would fall all over me, but I still stand by what I feel on the issue. I know what Alzheimer can do to a person and I can think of few things that are worse. For those that think I have no sense of humour, I can see the way a joke about this could be funny, but I also think you cannot just laugh everything off - try to do volunteer's work in a home for people with Alzheimer and I bet your smile will be wiped off your face pretty quickly.
You can make fun of anything you want and I have nothing to say about it - it's just a disagreement on what is funny. I cannot tell anyone not to make fun of any disability or illness, but I CAN express my own opinion on it.

And Stormy, if you are referring to for instance the French bashing jokes ("can someone post something funny for one time without someone having to insult the people who think it is funny for once?"), then yes, I felt those were out of line too. They made a dear friend of mine leave the forum.
But don't worry, there's little on IW of interest for me these days, what with all the "hey I have this puss-oozing wound" "hey I have to go to the toilet now guys, see you later" "hey, another thought just popped into my head, I just HAD to post it" stuff - so I'll just shut up. If the majority of people feels a certain way, who am I to argue? [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ 05-25-2003, 04:40 AM: Message edited by: Melusine ]