"The true satirist is conscious of the frailty of man's institutions and attempts,
through laughter, to inspire a remodeling. The best satire does not seek to do harm
or damage by its ridicule, rather it seeks to create a shock of recognition and to make
vice repulsive so that the vice will be expunged. Whenever possible this shock of
recognition is best conveyed through laughter or wit. Far from being simply destructive,
satire is implicitly constructive."

~ Robert Harris