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>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.
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"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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