Comments on: Critical Mass http://lisabrandt.ca/wordpress/2009/08/30/critical-mass-2/ A weblog by Lisa Brandt Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:05:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Chris http://lisabrandt.ca/wordpress/2009/08/30/critical-mass-2/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Chris Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:45:34 +0000 http://lisabrandt.ca/wordpress/?p=1186#comment-87 "if you're not offending someone everyday by noon you're not doing anything important in this world". Keep it up Lisa!! “if you’re not offending someone everyday by noon you’re not doing anything important in this world”. Keep it up Lisa!!

]]> By: Lisa http://lisabrandt.ca/wordpress/2009/08/30/critical-mass-2/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Lisa Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:06:51 +0000 http://lisabrandt.ca/wordpress/?p=1186#comment-86 I think you're right about that, Allan. There are some instances of truly offensive humour but I don't think my column is one of them. If anything, it's light, airy and self-deprecating, too. I still have a Father's Day card that I bought from a pharmacy many years ago. On the cover it said, "Happy Father's Day from your little girl". On the inside: "Thanks for not drowning me at birth. They do that in some countries, you know." THAT I found offensive! I contacted the Toronto Sun as a woman on the west coast did virtually at the same time and after the paper published an article on it, the card was pulled from shelves. My point is, there's a big difference between suggesting that some men don't notice dust on a tabletop and the sentiment of that greeting card! I think you’re right about that, Allan.
There are some instances of truly offensive humour but I don’t think my column is one of them. If anything, it’s light, airy and self-deprecating, too.
I still have a Father’s Day card that I bought from a pharmacy many years ago. On the cover it said, “Happy Father’s Day from your little girl”. On the inside: “Thanks for not drowning me at birth. They do that in some countries, you know.” THAT I found offensive! I contacted the Toronto Sun as a woman on the west coast did virtually at the same time and after the paper published an article on it, the card was pulled from shelves.
My point is, there’s a big difference between suggesting that some men don’t notice dust on a tabletop and the sentiment of that greeting card!

]]> By: Allan http://lisabrandt.ca/wordpress/2009/08/30/critical-mass-2/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Allan Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:56:39 +0000 http://lisabrandt.ca/wordpress/?p=1186#comment-85 Hi Lisa, sorry to hear that someone didn't like your column about house work and asking the guy to pitch in, I still think it was very funny. Another possible reason for the readers response, and I've seen this in business over the past several years, is that if you use humour or tell a joke and someone doesn't happen to get the joke or think its funny. Then your showing a lack of respect for that individual if you continue to use humour or tell jokes. And I don't mean the type of jokes which clearly shouldn't be told, just the typical chuckle head jokes. I often have to laugh, we as a society will stand up and spout how helpful and tolerant we are, right up to the moment we don't understand something or don't like it and suddenly your wrong or showing disrespect. Hi Lisa,

sorry to hear that someone didn’t like your column about house work and asking the guy to pitch in, I still think it was very funny.

Another possible reason for the readers response, and I’ve seen this in business over the past several years, is that if you use humour or tell a joke and someone doesn’t happen to get the joke or think its funny. Then your showing a lack of respect for that individual if you continue to use humour or tell jokes. And I don’t mean the type of jokes which clearly shouldn’t be told, just the typical chuckle head jokes.

I often have to laugh, we as a society will stand up and spout how helpful and tolerant we are, right up to the moment we don’t understand something or don’t like it and suddenly your wrong or showing disrespect.

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