Re: The 59th Annual Beanpot Tournament
Not that I really care if people make fun of it or not but... Do you have any examples of comedians that have made jokes about children getting molested by priests and getting a ton of laughs? Just curious. Maybe there is something on youtube? I haven't seen a routine on stage that made a joke of something like this and my gut feeling is that people probably wouldn't think it's funny.
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That's fine, it shows how low class BUers are. I'm pretty sure if anyone made a Travis Roy joke you wouldn't see it the same way...
If Travis Roy started molesting little kids who he was trusted to oversee, then you're free to joke away!
See, the difference in a joke is "subject" vs. "object," or, in other words, who does what vs. who is the recipient of the action. Travis Roy was the victim of a horrible accident. He didn't decide to play around or go mountain biking; he was simply playing hockey and was paralyzed (think of the goaltender who got slashed on his neck, another case where he was the victim of something out of his control). Since then, he's gone on to help people with research and speaking about overcoming obstacles.
Catholic priests, on the other hands, molested kids. Then, when they were done molesting kids (who were put into his care, thus scarring them for life), denied it, kept molesting
other kids, and if enough kids complained, the priests would be moved to a new parish, or as they liked to call it "fertile ground." I have absolutely no sympathy for these priests, or the organization for letting it happen. I say they deserve the scorn. But no one's making fun of the kid, here.
And as Christopher Titus
once said (when saying the Church hasn't stepped up): "If I have offended or angered anyone, all you have to do is give me the pro- raping little kids side of the argument."