I generally agree—though I think that there are some cases in which even the first sort of joke is perhaps unwarranted. Jokes about spelling errors and other trivial mistakes seem to fall into a middle category where, while they are based on incongruities or errors, they are not based on substantive or meaningful ones.
Also, C.S. Lewis is far from an unlikely ally of mine. I consider his writing important and useful in many respects.
I generally agree—though I think that there are some cases in which even the first sort of joke is perhaps unwarranted. Jokes about spelling errors and other trivial mistakes seem to fall into a middle category where, while they are based on incongruities or errors, they are not based on substantive or meaningful ones.
Also, C.S. Lewis is far from an unlikely ally of mine. I consider his writing important and useful in many respects.