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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cadence" data-source="post: 6182911" data-attributes="member: 6701124">I completely agree with everything you say in those first four paragraphs and posted things in that vein upthread. I was taking issue with it being "ridiculous to be offended" when a humorist does hit something that was horrible in one's life and that being a humorist gives carte-blanche to be publicly "condescending and insincere" to those who do take such offense.  I intentionally made the post sarcastic (with a last line labeling it as a joke) because I thought it would both make the point I was intending and might also make any angry responses seem somewhat ironic.    I thought that line in my post was clearly aimed at discrediting the particular argument that charitable works implies someone is a good person and was clearly not aimed as an accusation at PA itself.  I would not have used such an example if I thought it would be taken that way and I was not attempting anything like a breach of Godwin's law.  I apologize for not making it more clear that I was solely commenting on the argument in question.   I wish I did as much for good charitable causes as the folks at PA.Stepping away from anything having to do with PA, humor, comedians, or the internet -- I worry that giving any currency to the argument that "charitable works implies someone is a good person" is a bad thing because of the many cases in modern America where it has been effectively used as a multi-year shield by the truly vile to continue doing heinous things. On the other hand, taking that away from everyone (the only way to deny it to the evil?) seems unfair to all those who are good.   I wonder if the whole thing is related to some of the upthread discussions on judging the morality of individual actions based on them alone and not trying to divine intent, but I need to study philosophy more before wading in to that one.</blockquote>

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