http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/karla-ranby/ Karla is currently studying Journalism and Aboriginal Politics & History at the University of Technology Sydney. She moved to Sydney from Moree for University, and often still feels like she’s just a girl from the bush out of her depths in a big, cosmopolitan city like Sydney.  Karla is interested in politics, Aboriginal Affairs, the law and exploring social justice issues. But it’s not all serious stuff - she also have a massive interest in music and entertainment news. en Copyright 2013 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/when-a-joke-just-isnt-funny/ Controversial humour. We’ve all heard the ‘jokes’ that fit this category before. They range from somewhat acceptable digs at ‘yo mama’ to serious jibes about culture, race, religion and sexual preferences. It was also the disclaimer of sorts that Facebook inserted into the Aboriginal Memes URL before the page was eventually taken down yesterday—as if to say it was more acceptable when operating under the guise of humour. Copycat pages have since surfaced in a more horrible (hard to fathom), albeit a somewhat less targeted format just hours after the Aboriginal Memes page was no longer accessible: “Things that will offend people,” and “Being offensive for the hell of it”, are just some of the latest distasteful outlets which have emerged solely for the purpose of offending people. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Karla Ranby) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/when-a-joke-just-isnt-funny/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/when-a-joke-just-isnt-funny/#item9190 Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:35:06 +0000 Karla Ranby | Author bios | The Punch