The difficulty of judging jests

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ID12196576
AuthorsBrigitte Adriaensen (0009-0003-2047-4166, Radboud University Nijmegen), Andrew Benjamin Bricker (0000-0003-4972-1282, Ghent University , Gent , Belgium), Alberto Godioli (0000-0002-6147-2760, University of Groningen , Groningen , Netherlands, corresponding author), Ted Laros (0009-0006-5792-2120, Open University of the Netherlands , Heerlen , Netherlands)
Year2022
Volume35
Issue3
Pages295-304
Publication date2022-07-19
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHumor - International Journal of Humor Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0933-1719 • E-ISSN: 1613-3722
PublisherDe Gruyter Mouton (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/humor-2022-0051
OpenAlexW4286221658
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited14

in Sorgues, in Southeastern France, a three-year old child was sent to preschool with a T-shirt reading "je suis une bombe!" [I am a bomb!] on one side, and "Jihad, n le 11 septembre" [Jihad, born on September 11th] on the other. The T-shirt played on the child's actual name (Jihad, which is common in the Arab world) and date of birth (which was actually September 11th). Jihad's uncle had given him the T-shirt as a birthday present, and asked his sister (Jihad's mother) to have the child wear it at preschool at least once. Both adults claimed that they only intended this as a joke. However, upon seeing the T-shirt while helping the child to change in the bathroom, the preschool's director was anything but amused; she reported the incident to the local prosecutor, who then charged Jihad's uncle and mother with glorification of terrorism (or "apologie de crimes d'atteintes volontaires la vie" [apology for crimes of willful attacks on life])

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