03-02-2023, 03:59 AM
With any 'belief' or 'cause' there will always be a range of emotions connected to those things depending on how strongly and passionately folks believe in them.
In the case of religion some will have a chuckle at a joke directed at their religion, others will be incensed and outraged.
It all depends on the strength of feeling and that's a very personal thing.
So for the 'comedian' there is always going to be a case of 'did they go to far'.
But comedy has always been about 'pushing the edge'
The really funny thing is that some things that 'pushed the edge' thirty or forty years ago and would possibly have got you arrested, would seem tame by today's standards... and yet other subjects are now considered off limits.
In the case of religion some will have a chuckle at a joke directed at their religion, others will be incensed and outraged.
It all depends on the strength of feeling and that's a very personal thing.
So for the 'comedian' there is always going to be a case of 'did they go to far'.
But comedy has always been about 'pushing the edge'
The really funny thing is that some things that 'pushed the edge' thirty or forty years ago and would possibly have got you arrested, would seem tame by today's standards... and yet other subjects are now considered off limits.