From: MAX                 
To: ALL                 
Subject: Hamsters...    
Date & Time: 12/25/90 23:01:45
Message Number 10971

The stuff about hamster abuse didn't particularly impress me on Beyond
Chaos, but here I feel more comfortable asking people -- what the hell
is so goddamn funny about torturing small, furry animals that compels
you to have spent the last month talking about it?  Yes, I realize all
the messages are meant as jokes.  I'm sure it's also possible to make
jokes about torturing and killing human beings, but I don't think
anybody here would be particularly tolerant of "Holocaust Humor."  (If
anyone feels like trying to make an Auschwitz joke in response, I'll
save myself the trouble and tell you to go to Hell now.)
 
If anyone thinks I'm a "killjoy," so be it.  I asked this on BC and
didn't get any response (at least any that I saw), so I'll propose it
again.  A joke or two is fine, although I might personally feel they're
in poor taste.  But an ongoing joke for over a month on two BBS's that
concentrates on the joy of killing little animals in creative ways is
just downright sick.  How can any of you (supposedly) rational and
intelligent people find it this humorous?