Whenever this argument about humour comes up, it calls to mind the episode of MASH in which Hawkeye (Alan Alda) was being interviewed by the media for a program to be aired back in the USA.

The journo said "I noticed that you don't seem to take the situation of these wounded men very seriously, and you joke about it all the time in the OR"

Hawkeye said simply "Sometimes you have to laugh, to keep from screaming"

Kinda struck a chord with me

Don T