Satire

Wikipedia says that satire is:

"a literary genre, chiefly literary and dramatic, in which human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods, sometimes with an intent to bring about improvement. It is used in graphic arts and performing arts as well. Although satire is usually witty, and often very funny, the purpose of satire is not primarily humour but criticism of an event, an individual or a group in a clever manner."

Couldn't have put it better myself. The following are articles of satire on this site:

• User Friendly Software
  30 Jul 2009 12:25 by Mark
  Comments: 3
  
  User Friendly Software and the Open Source Community. Technology's odd couple.
• Police Pathology
  19 Apr 2009 09:47 by Mark
  Comments: 3
  
  Thinking about becoming a police pathologist in the wake of Ian Tomlinson's death and subsequent balls-up (not cover-up, oh no) of a post-mortem finding?
• A Gay Sex Date With Fred Phelps
  27 Feb 2009 09:15 by Mark
  Comments: 8
  
  Fred Phelps is coming over for some gay sex! Fred Phelps is coming over for some gay sex! Fred Phelps is coming over for some gay sex! I'm soooo excited! I hope he's not weird or anything.
• Second Secret Gospel Chapter
  06 Jan 2009 11:50 by Mark
  Comments: 6
  
  What are the odds? At just about the same time that Israel is disproportionately attacking the Palestinians and killing women and children by the hundred I only go and find another previously unpublished Gospel chapter from Mark! Wow!
• Complaints About Ross And Brand
  29 Oct 2008 10:57 by Mark
  Comments: 9
  
  It was revealed today by Ofcom that over sixty million British people have not complained about the comments made by Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand during a BBC Radio 2 show on the 18th October.
• Beijing Olympics With The BBC
  09 Aug 2008 10:29 by Mark
  Comments: 7
  
  The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics as covered by the BBC very nearly almost verbatim apart from the parts that aren't. But, seriously, it was like this. In my mind.
• A Statement To The Media
  08 Apr 2008 11:04 by Mark
  Comments: 2
  
  A statement to the media by Creamyhinge Buttwart on the results of the inquest into the death of Timbo, his loyal butler-toadfrog.
• Exclusive Picture! Prince William Fighting In Asia
  01 Mar 2008 15:22 by Mark
  Comments: 10
  
  British Royal Prince William has been fighting in Asia since late December and has been directly involved in unarmed combat. Exclusive picture revealed exclusively inside!
• Police Shift Blame In Menezes Investigation
  01 Oct 2007 14:14 by Ira Estate
  Comments: 2
  
  The Metropolitan Police have been quick to shift the focus of blame after a court heard today that it was they who were at fault for the fatal shooting of Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes in July 2005.
• Bin Laden Tells US To Convert
  08 Sep 2007 10:15 by Ira Estate
  Comments: 0
  
  A new video purportedly by Osama bin Laden released this week to al-Jazeera television shows the al Qaeda leader urging Americans to convert and end worldwide hostilities.
• Friendly Fire To Be Reclassified
  25 Aug 2007 10:02 by Ira Estate
  Comments: 3
  
  British military officials today bowed down to the wishes of the public and agreed to formally reclassify incidents previously known as "friendly fire". From now on all such occurrences of military death resulting from accidental actions by allies will be referred to in official documents and media dispatches as "killed by some fuckwit".
• Hunting The Japanese
  19 Jun 2006 08:42 by Mark
  Comments: 7
  
  New food for the discerning hunter is on the world table. Do you prefer Japanese, Norwegian, or Icelandic?
• Christians
  26 Nov 2004 16:14 by Mark
  Comments: 24
  
  Have you ever been to chick.com? Oh, you should! You really should. Because if you're not a Christian ... you're going to HELL!
• Secret Gospel Chapter: Revealed!
  11 Nov 2004 13:05 by Mark
  Comments: 3
  
  Scholars have long suspected that Mark wrote a so-called 'secret gospel chapter' never printed in the Bible. Scholars have also suspected that girls avoid them because they're afraid of their brain power. One suspicion is correct.