So, it would be dishonorable, unfair, and show a lack of integrity if Cory does not correct the joke you didn’t get?
Does hyperbole have a place in humor?
How about a sense of history which might tie Russia, to spying and to bumbling?
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9178762/Russian_spy_ring_needed_some_serious_IT_help
and of course “Allow me to introducing myself. I am Boris Badenov, world’s greatest no-goodnik.”
So i think it is fair to say that the ‘bumbling soviet spy’ meme is a great way of pointing out, through deployed hyperbole, that Putin is absolutely no different than any of the past leaders.
Cold war humor, used sparingly, to make a point about which direction Russia would appear to be going. I am sorry if you don’t get it, but it seemed fair to offer my interpretation, as much as it can kill a joke.
I do wonder if it’s a generational thing? Picking on the Soviets and their terrible spies (ad our own, eventually) was a Cold War favorite. Were you of an age to be aware of the cold war in the 70’s or 80’s?
Here is what I hope is some helpful context:
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and will think that speaking up or pointing out those types of flaws would be encouraged, not suppressed.
Nobody is being suppressed. Insults are being moderated, and opinions are being disagreed with, and ideas bantied about… so don’t cry oppression. We were encouraged to create a new thread.
An invitation to converse is not oppression, and a joke is not a statement of fact.
