[CrazedZooChimp]

I can only presume everybody on this thread also believes that the Band shouldn't have joked about the potato famine or polygamy or the spotted owl, either. Surely we're at least as opposed to the demonization of Irish famine victims, Mormon sects and innocent woodfowl as we are sex workers. Though it appears from the website linked by BigAppleBucky that Kelly isn't a worker but a hobbyist, since the $600 that changes hands is merely a donation rather than a price.

Thank you Garvin.  Reading many of these I can now understand how the band gets in trouble after every field show, whether it's making fun of a musical about Oklahoma or a throw away joke about marriage (that happened to be mixed into a joke about lines for the women's bathroom.  No one ever remembers that).  As I said before, I'll be shocked if they're even allowed to use the word cheese for fear some Wisconsin dairy farmer will take offense by interpreting it to imply bestiality.

I also don't see how making fun of something absurd is shaming.  I doubt the band will be promoting shunning this woman for her depression, and would probably be equally happy to make fun of anyone who did.  I hope none of you listen to stand-up comics or late night talk shows.

The best the band can hope for I think would be a series of completely non-sequiter jokes that are absurd enough to be amusing while also not having any chance of offending anyone.  On the plus size, I think the band should be about 200-300 people strong.

[CrazedZooChimp]

I can only presume everybody on this thread also believes that the Band shouldn't have joked about the potato famine or polygamy or the spotted owl, either. Surely we're at least as opposed to the demonization of Irish famine victims, Mormon sects and innocent woodfowl as we are sex workers. Though it appears from the website linked by BigAppleBucky that Kelly isn't a worker but a hobbyist, since the $600 that changes hands is merely a donation rather than a price.

Thank you Garvin.  Reading many of these I can now understand how the band gets in trouble after every field show, whether it's making fun of a musical about Oklahoma or a throw away joke about marriage (that happened to be mixed into a joke about lines for the women's bathroom.  No one ever remembers that).  As I said before, I'll be shocked if they're even allowed to use the word cheese for fear some Wisconsin dairy farmer will take offense by interpreting it to imply bestiality.

I also don't see how making fun of something absurd is shaming.  I doubt the band will be promoting shunning this woman for her depression, and would probably be equally happy to make fun of anyone who did.  I hope none of you listen to stand-up comics or late night talk shows.

The best the band can hope for I think would be a series of completely non-sequiter jokes that are absurd enough to be amusing while also not having any chance of offending anyone.  On the plus size, I think the band should be about 200-300 people strong.