family guy cancer jokes
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The more people are afraid of cancer, the less likely they are going to survive from it.
If people continualy have a fear that "OMG I GOT CANCER I WILL STRAIGHT AWAY DIE!" it will be alot worse for them then if they were able to think about cancer as another thing that will be massivly un-healthy but still at the same time.
To joke about it isn't a great thing, but to be able to not think of it as a deadly lump of deathy death will help so many people live through it. (I know this because I've had cancer, had a friend and family members die of it etc.) If a person is paralyzed with fear, they can't get better and they can't even enjoy the last days of their life.
Joking about it is one of the few ways to be able to get over the stigmatism people shove on it
If people continualy have a fear that "OMG I GOT CANCER I WILL STRAIGHT AWAY DIE!" it will be alot worse for them then if they were able to think about cancer as another thing that will be massivly un-healthy but still at the same time.
To joke about it isn't a great thing, but to be able to not think of it as a deadly lump of deathy death will help so many people live through it. (I know this because I've had cancer, had a friend and family members die of it etc.) If a person is paralyzed with fear, they can't get better and they can't even enjoy the last days of their life.
Joking about it is one of the few ways to be able to get over the stigmatism people shove on it
Everyone has their point when they have to just stop and say "Dude, not funny." [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DudeNotFunny]Cancer may still be funny to some people, but pushing or past the limit for others. Personally, one joke I hated myself for laughing for at was their jab at Michael J. Fox's PD. That's not to say that other people didn't find it hilarious, though. Your mileage may vary.
I think that it's not gone too far, Cancer is part of life for so many people that laughing at it may actually help take the edge of their own suffering. If you are treated with reverence that you feel you may have already died and not noticed you may appreciate something which takes out the seriousness of your disease.
My dad has cancer, I have been taking the mick out of his baldness recently and it seems to have helped, all humour about anything is permissable. It takes the sting out of a miserable human existence.
My dad has cancer, I have been taking the mick out of his baldness recently and it seems to have helped, all humour about anything is permissable. It takes the sting out of a miserable human existence.
I'm with the South Park people in saying that creators have a right to say absolutely anything. It's not a right to free speech if there are things you aren't allowed to say. With that in mind, either it's all okay, or nothing is.
But I do hate Family Guy. I'd like it if everybody started hating them over this.
But I do hate Family Guy. I'd like it if everybody started hating them over this.
Comedy's comedy. It's an aesthetic thing and shouldn't be restricted by other people's subjective sensibilities. Whether any one person (or indeed mass popular opinion) finds it funny or not is immaterial in the question of whether it should be 'allowed'; only being material in the question of whether it is appropriate to a particular audience/time/age group etc.
in the words of Voltaire "I may not like what you say, but i shall defend to the death your right to say it"
I think that family guy does take the whole cancer thing a little too far,but there are so many other shows that do that. It's just something that happens and actually is funny sometimes. But needless to say that they should lighten up.
I think it depends on how it's presented and one's ability to take a joke. For example, South Park had the episode "Breast Cancer Show Ever" and it aired when my mother was a few months out from losing her personal battle to the disease, so it would appear I would be a prime candidate to be offended by the episode. Instead, I found it to be very amusing and was laughing out loud at Cartman's joking and Wendy's reactions to it.
I think overall it takes a certain type of person to deeply enjoy shows like Family Guy and South Park, and those people HAVE to have a somewhat thicker skin and openness to parody even on taboo subjects.
And, I'm sure I'll get some flack for this, but was there some Cancer jokes on this most recent Family Guy that I'm not aware of? I guess I was too busy laughing at the Dragon's Lair joke and the "milking" of the mentally damaged horse.
I think overall it takes a certain type of person to deeply enjoy shows like Family Guy and South Park, and those people HAVE to have a somewhat thicker skin and openness to parody even on taboo subjects.
And, I'm sure I'll get some flack for this, but was there some Cancer jokes on this most recent Family Guy that I'm not aware of? I guess I was too busy laughing at the Dragon's Lair joke and the "milking" of the mentally damaged horse.
To be honest if you get offended by Family Guy and South Park then don't watch it. Nobody is forcing you to turn on your tv and watch it. For example, the South Park episode where the Queen shot herself. I'm British and was I offended? Hell no because it was funny.
