>>The Freedom Tower bit was funny and the marathon bit could
>>have been funny if he cut the wait time on the punchline.
>All
>>of the folks saying "oh he shouldn't mention the marathon
>the
>>day before...", why? Do you think someone is going to say
>"hey
>>I think I'm gonna bomb the NYC marathon since that Chris
>Rock
>>monologue was so damn good. He had a point!"
>
>No. More like, it makes you start thinking, "damn I hadn't
>thought about it but is it possible someone may try to bomb or
>attack the marathon tomorrow?" which isn't what you want
>people thinking while they are suppose to be laughing.
>
>>
>>We gotta do better as a society. You can feel outrage if you
>>want but that doesn't make something not funny it just means
>>YOU can't laugh at it.
>
>It's not outrage, it just doesn't work as a joke contextually
>(or like you said isn't funny).
>
>
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