The Australian Dictionary of Invisible Culture for Teachers
irreverence
value: many people in Australia think it is good if people can think like this (see more)
In Australia it can be like this:
Many people think like this about some things: This is something very good, very few other things are like this. People can’t say something bad about something like this.
It is very bad if people think like this at all times. Because of this, it can be good if some people sometimes say bad things about something like this.
It is good if they say it because they want people to laugh.
When people say some things like this, they know that some people can feel something bad because of it, they know that some people can think something bad about them because of it.
They don't want not to do it because of this, this is very good
Note
Everything is a target of irreverence, including authority, religion, sport, funerals, political correctness, or anything that people 'take seriously'.Back to Humour