I had amoebic dysentery once and it is horrible to try to kill. ...You have to take a nasty drug that causes all sorts of nasty side effects. And it stays in your system until you kill it.
The role of satire is to ridicule or criticize those vices in the society, which the writer considers a threat to civilization. The writer considers it his obligation to expose these vices for the betterment of humanity. Therefore, the function of satire is not to make others laugh at persons or ideas they make fun of.
Satire is a very effective way of exposing the falsity of positions issue by issue and politician by politician. But too many satirists now take the position that they should satirize the whole enterprise of politics rather than particular positions or individuals. I think thatâs a mistake.