Not Funny.

by Michelle . · 2009-06-18 15:00:00 UTC
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Few people are able to successfully pull off a joke about genocide. Most of us are not, try as we might, as adept as Eddie Izzard.

Case in point: Two radio talk show hosts in California recently apologized for tactless remarks made at the expensive of Armenians. On May 13, Bill Handel of KFI640-AM  "made an off- hand comment to ‘get rid of the Armenians,' as well as other groups, as a humorous solution to the cost of healthcare in America."

Not a sensitive thing to say about a community wounded by an actual attempt to "get rid of" them.

Public outcry led to an apology, aired almost a month later.

Michelle . has been involved in various activist endeavors, including the Teach Against Genocide pilot campaigns.
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