When blue peacock was declassified everyone thought it was an April fools joke. The British agency assured the people that they “do not joke”. Some things (particularly the things government involves itself with) should not be joked about by some people. The joke becomes sick. A king “joking” about cutting hands off is not funny for example.
there’s a reason why you don’t want to joke around as an authority that’s more practical than “it’s tasteless”: you simply want to make sure people take it seriously when you say things. you don’t want to declare something important and have people go “they’re fucking around again”.
When blue peacock was declassified everyone thought it was an April fools joke. The British agency assured the people that they “do not joke”. Some things (particularly the things government involves itself with) should not be joked about by some people. The joke becomes sick. A king “joking” about cutting hands off is not funny for example.
there’s a reason why you don’t want to joke around as an authority that’s more practical than “it’s tasteless”: you simply want to make sure people take it seriously when you say things. you don’t want to declare something important and have people go “they’re fucking around again”.