Jack Schlossberg, JFK’s grandson, found Julia Fox’s Jackie Kennedy assassination dress costume disgusting, desperate and dangerous. I have to agree with him here.

Then I remembered a friend who made a joke about the Lincoln assassination, something akin to other than that Mrs. Lincoln how was the show which my 17 year old self thought was hilarious. I can remember being told a joke about Jesus’ crucifixion (Peter, Peter, I can see your house from here)*. A joke about Jesus’ death, for Christ’s sake. I found it quite funny. I think I even told my Dad.

So are Schlossberg and I being a bit too sensitive. The problem is, I believe, I was alive when John Kennedy was shot. It was one of my first vivid memories. I can remember where I was, the weather that day, what Sister Anthony said when she entered the room with the news. The memory of his death has stuck with me.

For Julia Fox, age 35, John Kennedy is just a history lesson. He probably is a history lesson for her parents. This is how long John Kennedy has been dead. When can you start making jokes about the Kennedy Assassination? Well, now, apparently, but you run the risk of offending some of the old timers who remember the event.

• let me know if you want to know the whole joke but I think you can guess from the punchline I left.