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Humor is very subjective, and I believe this editorial incident has received far more attention than it warrants. We laugh at a lot of things: prison rape jokes, humorous depictions of torture, e.g. "Top Secret" that I'm sure would stir up painful memories for the crimes' real life victims. I confess to finding cartoonish Schwarzenegger-style violence to be hilarious; others find it to be in bad taste Laughing at horrible acts does not mean I condone them. We should think long and hard before declaring any subject to be out of bounds for satirical treatment. When I find something tasteless, such as the rape humor of the editorial, I simply turn the page. There's no need to organize an angry mob.
