The Funny Court

A NYT article on humor in the Supreme Court, entitled "So, Guy Walks Up to the Bar, and Scalia Says..." (HT Rich Kirkpatrick)

I think Rich is right, humor is important, even in the very serious issues of life. I deeply distrust anyone who does not nor cannot laugh, especially at themselves. I also distrust anyone who only laughs at others, but not at themselves. Irony and sarcasm are sometimes very funny, but I think these are "low" forms of humor. That is, there is a "superior" attitude when seeing irony or using sarcasm. These forms of humor are tinged with judgment, rather than grace. Genuine humor always seems to me to contain a good dose of grace.