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Originally Posted by Steve Dallas
First, I don't know the outcome of this...the guy who got hit is likely to be just fine (if a little bit stunned).
Would you have laughed if it was another football player that got plowed over on the sideline?
Would you have laughed if it was a cheerleader that got nailed.
Would you have laughed if it was the team mascot?
Would you have laughed if it was Justin Beiber?
Would you have laughed if it was a fat guy?
I'm thinking that it might be yes for a large percentage of people. Humor is generally at someone's expense.
And, knowing some disabled people, not all of them want to be treated differently or with kid gloves.
Not to get too political, but this is where Political Correctness has taken us...to question whether something is funny or not.
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For me ,what I'm saying is that watching someone in a wheelchair get run over just plain isn't funny. In fact at least for me none of the above would be funny to me. I guess I just don't get some people's sense of humor. If you like to see people get hurt and think it's funny then I guess that's your right.
Just like you said, you don't know the outcome and you don't know why he's in the chair. Maybe he's recovering from some kind of spine or neck injury ,and that little roll might have just set him back for many more months. We don't really know.
Would you think it was funny if a drunk driver went through someone's house but didn't hurt anyone. I would hope not ,but then again maybe you would.