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"'Sometimes funny has a sexual character.' Sometimes? Nearly always, according to Sigmund Freud."

althouse.blogspot.com » 2008 » June » 29th » "'Sometimes funny has a sexual character.' Sometimes? Nearly always, according to Sigmund Freud."

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"The whole point of humor, Freud thought, is to get around our inhibitions." Jim Holt — author "Stop Me If You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes" — reacts to the story of Judge Alex Kozinski, his personal (but on-line) porn, and his wife's defense of it ("Alex is not into porn — he is into funny — and sometimes funny has a sexual character.") The very ability to enjoy such humor … Continue Reading »

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