Satire and Suicide

Satire is a very popular form of comedy. Shows like Family Guy and SNL use satire and parody very often t make their show humorous. Satire is a method of making fun of someone or something through imitation of it. Parody i to mock something like make a video of gucci gang that makes fun of the lyrics. These two forms of humor are what some call hurtful, but they are protected by the first amendment. You cannot try someone in a civil court if they do either of these things, it would be a suit with no merit because its protected under first amendment. This protection has allowed many people to express their feelings and not be sued. Imagine your hanging with your friends and you imitate Mrs Wool-folk if the first amendment wasn't there she could take you t court and suck your pockets dry in damages. This protection really gives shows a wide area of humor and related jokes. The shows like family guy and south park heavily rely on this area of humor. To what extent can do use satire or parody. Say you make a SNL skit that makes fun of Miley Cryus and the next day commits suicide. Are you still protected by the first amendment? In the first amendment doesn't talk about killing someone. So there are laws that can get you if you take satire and parody too far. Be kind and use satire and parody sparing.