Always punch up
I really like the maxim, which apparently originated in stand-up comedy, that you should always punch up:
Jokes are funny when they mock the powerful. They are not funny when they mock the powerless. […] Jokes are not funny when they have victims. Some of the tricks played by PR would be funny if they didn't have victims. But they do. They have victims. …
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