# Is this terrorism joke offensive? Is the reply offensive?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-terrorism-joke-offensive-is-the-reply-offensive/761473>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 1, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-terrorism-joke-offensive-is-the-reply-offensive/761473 "2016-08-01T15:30:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-terrorism-joke-offensive-is-the-reply-offensive/761473/41 "2016-08-02T07:08:00Z")

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Looks to me like English is a second language for whoever wrote the comment…

And no, I don’t see anything offensive in either post or comment  
But I must say - the post and costume seems dumb to me

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**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-terrorism-joke-offensive-is-the-reply-offensive/761473/42 "2016-08-02T07:24:10Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> Not offensive, but never very smart to pretend you have a bomb.

This. Making a joke is one thing, making a fake bomb is quite another.

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**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-terrorism-joke-offensive-is-the-reply-offensive/761473/43 "2016-08-02T09:15:03Z")

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It’s not really a joke and it’s not funny. Do you get that, yet?

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-terrorism-joke-offensive-is-the-reply-offensive/761473/44 "2016-08-12T04:54:42Z")

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I actually read it a few times, trying to figure out what was supposed to be offensive.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-terrorism-joke-offensive-is-the-reply-offensive/761473/45 "2016-08-12T05:37:16Z")

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> [@Grumman](#):
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> This. Making a joke is one thing, making a fake bomb is quite another.

Even if it’s a costume on a dog? Seriously?

I chuckled at the idea of a dog that looks like an obviously fake bomb, but I thought calling him a “Wiener of Mass Destruction” was a bit of a stretch.

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