Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Taste Does Matter
Despite my precoccupations with the tasteless, I think the magazine "New York Press" was wise in dealing with its editor over the article he published entitled, "52 Funniest Things About the Upcoming Death of the Pope."
Look, making fun of people has been part of debate pretty much since man started to speak. But there are limits. Wishing for their death is one of them. Couldn't he have just waited until after the Pope dies? -- May it be a long time away. It would have still been tasteless, but not contained a wish for someone's death. Bad judgment -- not good in an editor.
Look, making fun of people has been part of debate pretty much since man started to speak. But there are limits. Wishing for their death is one of them. Couldn't he have just waited until after the Pope dies? -- May it be a long time away. It would have still been tasteless, but not contained a wish for someone's death. Bad judgment -- not good in an editor.
