Meh. I don't think this is smart. Continues to miss the point. Although I don't know when this was recorded.

Patton Oswalt has changed his mind. He listened and finally got it.

It isn't about censorship. And yet they are still talking about censorship.

For those who may not have read it:
http://www.pattonoswalt.com/index.cfm?page=spew&id=167

http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-questions-people-debating-rape-jokes-should-ask-themselves/

Thanks for the links - always interested in hearing what Patton thinks abou tthings.

Yeah, Ricky, it does suck when silly people tweet you poorly thought out complaints about your jokes.

Meanwhile, after Lindy West debated Jim Norton on rape jokes, she was the target of literally hundreds of tweets and comments saying she should be raped (or that she wishes she was raped but unfortunately she's too ugly).

http://jezebel.com/if-comedy-has-no-lady-problem-why-am-i-getting-so-many-511214385

So excuse me if I don't have much sympathy to spare for the poor oppressed comedian complaining about how people are trying to take away his FREEZE PEACH by criticizing his choice of material.

Let me quote from Lindy's post:

"I don't believe that previously non-raping audience members are going to take to the streets in a rape mob after hearing one rape joke. That's an absurd and insulting mischaracterization. But I do believe that comedy's current permissiveness around cavalier, cruel, victim-targeting rape jokes contributes to (that's contributes—not causes) a culture of young men who don't understand what it means to take this stuff seriously.

And how did they try and prove me wrong? How did they try to demonstrate that comedy, in general, doesn't have issues with women? By threatening to rape and kill me, telling me I'm just bitter because I'm too fat to get raped, and suggesting that the debate would have been better if it had just been Jim raping me."