Posted by: behoove_me April 25, 2013
Shivaji and his Magic Johnson
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Rethink,
That was my point, the reason I posted in sajha instead of posting in kantipur was because I believe majority of us sajhaites are educated enough to discern a humor from an acerbic mockery. Although I did understand that it would ruffle some feathers, but then I believed that considering the maturity and generosity of visitors here, it would still be considered completely innocuous.
Kiddo,
I understand comedy has bounds and you were right on about how comedians cannot joke about few things that are deemed sensitive unanimously. But the measure of sensitivity on this matter is far less than certain other matters like you mentioned, at least from my judgment. Several people think I might be completely wrong, but then there would be several others who would speak well of my beliefs. That balance gives me enough reason to post what I think is legit. Now, if a certain devotee gets killed in a stampede while visiting Pashupatinath, the last thing I’d even think of is to make a mockery out of his death. So besides perspectives, it is also a matter of criticality. Quite honestly, if everyone else cared about everyone else’s sensitivity, we’d be living in a perfect world (not that I am against it, but it is so hard to attain).
I could always pitch in my silly rationales and you could always play devil’s advocate, and this amicable crossfire would never end, we both know that. The key here is to ignore each other’s beliefs and stay akin to our own.  That would keep our sanity at best.
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