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Mervin Nicky Huffman <[log in to unmask]>
Thu, 29 Oct 1998 08:07:34 -0500
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You have a point, but why is it when we run out of skilled argumentaion
in these times we have a tendency to resort to this relativistic
approach.  Ah!  But blessed are the peacemakers.  Bless you, Paul.




Paul P. Reuben wrote:
>
> >
> >Well, "conservative" and "sanctimonious" are not necessarily synonymous, and
> >second, even if they were, the point you are making seems irrelevant to me
> >since the discussion was whether the kind of raunchy "humor" practised by
> >(say) Pryor is on the level with real humor, and moreover, even approaches
> >Twain's literary and comic genius.
> >
> "Raunchy" and "real" humor are relative terms based on one's social,
> cultural, and racial background.
>
> I'm sure many, in MT's time, considered his humor "raunchy."
>
> Paul P. Reuben
> http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/home.htm

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