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Hey, as is often pointed out, and sometimes by me - comedy is tragedy plus time. If you're not connected to the situation, plenty of time has passed.
I can see how these things would be funny. What we have going here in this country is a sort of self-feeding grief at this point, I think. The natural time for really severe grief is over, I think. And what we have now is everyone sharing their own grief, which makes everyone sad again and prolongs the cycle.
The other aspect of this is that... well, I believe that anything can be fodder for humor. I believe that anything is fair game. A lot of people won't find something funny because they don't find it a joking matter. Those people should, IMO, just take it. Because different people handle things differently and the one thing that I find vital is a sense of humor.
All the late night comedy shows have had to come back cautiously, stumbling over themselves a little, to wonder openly whether comedy is permitted. Even comedy entirely unrelated to WTC. That's a shame, I think. The time has come to end this cycle of grief and get on with life - get on with activity, get back to being productive, which will stop the stock market's decline and put everything back on track. One thing that can do that is comedy. The sooner we get to laughing the better off we'll all be.
Of course, that's just my opinion, and I could be wrong.
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