Should humour be banned?

[Luckieman]

Well, there are two kinds of humor - cruel humor (A invites B to laugh with A about C) and self-deprecating or Jewish humor (A invites B and C to laugh at A).  The second kind is defensive while the first is offensive... but only in the military, not necessarily the etiquette sense.

Which kind is funnier?  Jewish humor is safer, so listeners may laugh more easily - cruel humor could be directed at them next.  But cruel humor seizes the initial sense of being attacked (didn't see that coming) and redirects it to the victim, so is more intense.

Should either be banned?  Only if the victims are allowed to hold (or act out) a grudge beyond retaliatory humor.  But that's a male view,  the female character feels real pain from mental anguish and hasn't had that pathway cauterized in youth.

Don't throw shoes, folks, you're a tough crowd already!

" self-deprecating or Jewish humor (A invites B and C to laugh at A) "

There's also another kind of Jewish humour that demonstates the aplomb of A, as in:

A Jewish seamstress was walking home through the park when a flasher leapt out from behind a bush and opened his overcoat wide, exposing himself. She stared hard for an instant, then said "you call that a lining?"

I find that much funnier than A invites B and C to laugh at A.