"I have a sense of humour, however I don't find Punch and Judy funny or enjoyable. That domestic abuse can be trivialised like this is terrible. If domestic abuse was minimal or non-existent then yes, the jokes may be funny. But in the UK two women every week are killed by their partners. Making domestic abuse and misogyny acceptable entertainment will not affect all children's ideas of relationships, but it will condition some to think it's normal when daddy hits mummy. I don't want everything to be politically correct but we should be more careful about the messages we send to children about serious issues like this. Just because something is a tradition doesn't make it OK."
Sabre, London
Whilst enjoying as short article on the BBC site about Punch and Judy I came across this twaddle, the usual whiny attack on Punch and Judy making the mistake that representation is akin to brain washing.
It's a dead give away when somebody says they have a sense of humour; they don't. Then it follows on with the usual puerile arguments and when they say they don't want everything to be politically correct; they do.
But I really wouldn't waste space on this clod-hopping, box-ticking puritanism except for the delightful irony of the name. Sabre!
So when he says, it's supposed to be a boy's name, though of course it might be a lady writing in, so when it says "we should be more careful about the messages we send to children," it's OK to call your children, Claymore, Daisy Cutter or possibly Napalm.
The first symptom of a humourless sod is the death of their irony.
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