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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
The key message in my post was that some jokes are not meant to be received lightly, no matter where they come from and that "jokers" are ought to expect the strong reaction.
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Strong reaction does not, or should not, include criminal conviction.
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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
Your reaction to that message is rather dumb (and, honestly, puzzling). When Larry David jokes about dating at a concentration camp, that's a joke; yes, a questionable joke and an offensive joke to some people; but it's still a joke. "Gas the Jews" as a joke is indefensible.
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Who gets to decide what's indefensible as a joke? There's poor taste, there's even consequences to poor taste (banned from forums, loss of job, etc.) but there should not be criminal conviction.