Talk:Lawyer joke

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in an age in which humor based on race, creed, color, sexual orientation, physical or mental disabilities, or national origin is, quite properly, taboo

I modified this because it seemed POV. Hammerite 23:05, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." A revolution kills off the lawyers not because they are evil, but because they are the cornerstone of justice system. The leaders of a counterrevolution to whom the forces of truth and justice will rally.

Best lawyer jokes I have read. --216.8.171.192 23:15, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

I know a few self-hating lawyers that love lawyer jokes, actually they are pretty common.--Exander 03:30, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

What is encyclopediac about this article? It seems to be a good candidate for deletion. There is no documentation for any of its assertions rewinn 22:45, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Is rewinn perhaps a lawyer? ;-)

Above anon edit by Rlong19

Check my user page and see ;-) But is there an answer to the question? rewinn 07:27, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ethnic humor genealogy false

Simply put, Peter Tiersma is wrong. His claim has no backing, is just a guess. An argument in making the distinction between "lawyer jokes" and "non-lawyer jokes dealing with lawyers" could be made in the same way with ethnic humor. Dead Mexicans and skunks as opposed to lawyers and skunks. In both cases the joke does not derive from the ethnicity's or profession's characteristics. This is a broader form of joke that is use in many contexts. The goal is to amuse by showing how "bad" something is in an unexpected way. Above unsigned comment is by 24.118.107.3

[edit] Distinguish Analogy and Geneology

The question is one of analogy, not of geneology. The analogy is accurate: many lawyer jokes are simply hate jokes; which came first (ethnic or lawyer jokes) would be easy to document but, in the absence of documentation, the straightforward hate jokes have been deleted pending documentation. rewinn 22:05, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
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