Essay about the role of satire in the society Nowadays satire is a very controversial topic, because poeple like it only if it is not referred to them. In other words people appreciate satire, but only when they can take the mickey out of people and social habits they do not like. The problem comes, when the subject of the joke changes and they becaome the sobject of the joke, they will get offended. Personally, I think I am one of those people, because i like satire only if it is witty. That means, i do not appreciate when a satirist use as a subject stereotypes or make sexistic comments. I want to be honest, sometimes I find these kind of joke funny as well. My opinion changes, when I realize the reason of my laughter, at that point the joke does not make me laugh anymore. Maybe that is exacly the purpose of satire, but the point is that it is based on the common idea of people being inferior to someone else for an unspecific reason. That is why, in my opinion, it is important to think about the reaon why we laugh to a joke or not. Because although it can appear innocent, who do not hurt anyone, the real problem is the idea of the person, social class or whatever, that is behind the joke or comment. However, I do not get offended, becuase I think there are things, which are more important. For example ,last summer there was an earthquake in a region of Italy. At that time there was an image on the internet of italian people with spaghetti among the ruins of the buildings. At the beginning, I was quite impressed, but then I realized there was no point in complaining about an image on the internet. In conclusion, a joke is just a joke.