Post by Kim on Feb 13, 2007 11:45:57 GMT -5
I've been reading a lot about the CCSU controversy over publishing a pro-rape editorial in the campus newspaper. The author claims, of course, that is was satire. A lot of people have said that rape is not funny, and that's 100% true. But there is a way to write satire about rape. The Onion gives us some great examples:
www.theonion.com/content/node/31558
www.theonion.com/content/node/29690
www.theonion.com/content/node/38793
See, I think what offends me the most about this is that the editorial just wasn't funny at all. Just writing, "rape is good" doesn't make it satire. ANyway, it 's been really bugging me and I had to get it out
By the way, here's a link to a story about the original piece:
www.courant.com/news/local/hc-rape-satire-0208,0,5365879.story?coll=hc-headlines-home
www.theonion.com/content/node/31558
www.theonion.com/content/node/29690
www.theonion.com/content/node/38793
See, I think what offends me the most about this is that the editorial just wasn't funny at all. Just writing, "rape is good" doesn't make it satire. ANyway, it 's been really bugging me and I had to get it out
By the way, here's a link to a story about the original piece:
www.courant.com/news/local/hc-rape-satire-0208,0,5365879.story?coll=hc-headlines-home
