Obviously the gentleman who became enraged over the " next MR" posting lacks a sense of humor and felt the need to retailate due to his vocation. I thought the picture at The Onion was not in bad taste at all and was quite comical. It did not offend me at all and in fact I have had some good chuckles over it all day.
In the world of publishing what was posted at The Onion is called a spoof. Here's the definition according to The American Hertiage Dictionary....
NOUN: 1. Nonsense; tomfoolery. 2. A hoax. 3. A gentle satirical imitation; a light parody.
TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: spoofed, spoofing, spoofs
1. To deceive. 2. To do a spoof of; satirize gently.
That's the lesson for today...class dismissed!