> >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