Jimmy Carr - Offensive jokes

[mwbutler]

If you find those jokes offensive, certainly do not look up Doug Stanhope or "Doug Stanhope Sarah Palin" on Youtube. This is tame compared to that

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Haha oh wow seems I upset someone *looks at my negative rep*
Grow a back bone. I'll laugh at what I want no matter how distasteful it may be.

[mthomas08]

/summon "Bigger Troll"

Also, Jimmy Carr furore.

This time about people maimed in wars.

People seem to be forgetting, this is what he does. It's pretty well established he's a dark comic.

If you don't like black comedy... Don't watch it.

Exactly - I do watch his show when I get the chance and find it hilarious.

[j17sparky]

If you find those jokes offensive, certainly do not look up Doug Stanhope or "Doug Stanhope Sarah Palin" on Youtube. This is tame compared to that

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Haha oh wow seems I upset someone *looks at my negative rep* *cough*

Grow a back bone. I'll laugh at what I want no matter how distasteful it may be.

Nope, was in my car driving to work when you posted.

[localzuk]

Haha oh wow seems I upset someone *looks at my negative rep*

Making random accusations against a single person who has been discussing things quite civilly about this topic on a forum with 41k members is a bit, let's just say, lacking in intelligence... Kinda proves j17sparky's and my point!

*takes troll hat off*

[X-13]

Exactly - I do watch his show when I get the chance and find it hilarious.

It's on tonight.

I'm starting to think this is all a publicity stunt.

*takes troll hat off*

What does a troll hat look like? In my mind it looks like a shoe, just so it starts an arguement when you say it's a hat.

[bandgeekmafia78]

Jim Jefferies is the epitome of offensive jokes. If your into crude/offensive stuff check out his 'Alcoholacaust' DVD.

[X-13]

Jim Jefferies is the epitome of offensive jokes.

4chan would like a word.

[Greenbeast]

I may find it funny because I am able to use my intelligence to separate fact from fiction and allow the ridiculous situation described make me laugh. I certainly find other offensive jokes funny for exactly the reason stated; jokes that other people may consider equally or even more offensive.

This is a good point, if not one of the main points. Separating fact from fiction. The events in the jokes told are not anecdotal, they are pure fiction.

I for one love a bit of Jimmy Carr and Frankie Boyle, but consider myself a sympathetic, rounded human being.

[X-13]

Thread: Jimmy Carr - Offensive...
"If you don't like black comedy... Don't watch it." - that's like saying if you don't like rasicm/homophopia etc just ignore it - doesn't make it right.

FFS. People need to grow a pair.

Also, Racism/Homophobia stem from hatred of certain groups of people. Racist and Homphobic comments are made with the desire to hurt someone.

This is a joke. Designed to be shocking, but not aimed at hurting anyone.


Side note: Who decides what's racist? Are Black comedians racist because of their jokes. [Black as in Back, not Black as in dark/black humour]

And if not, why not? They make the same stereotypical comments.


Side note the 2nd: Are "3 men walk into a bar" jokes sexist?

[witch]

Rather not "grow a pair" if you don't mind.

Are you seriously saying that as long as someone doesn't say something deliberately to hurt someone, it doesn't matter if they do? What about the pandering to the racist/homophobic etc instincts of the people you are speaking to?

I don't think that making stereotypical comments makes you racist, whatever colour you are. It just makes you ignorant.
(*runs away*)

[mwbutler]

Making random accusations against a single person who has been discussing things quite civilly about this topic on a forum with 41k members is a bit, let's just say, lacking in intelligence... Kinda proves j17sparky's and my point!

*takes troll hat off*

You don't know what was said in the rep comment so please don't stick your nose in something that has nothing to do with you.

[mwbutler]

Nope, was in my car driving to work when you posted.

Apologies for the random accusation then.

[X-13]

Rather not "grow a pair" if you don't mind.

Are you seriously saying that as long as someone doesn't say something deliberately to hurt someone, it doesn't matter if they do? What about the pandering to the racist/homophobic etc instincts of the people you are speaking to?

I don't think that making stereotypical comments makes you racist, whatever colour you are. It just makes you ignorant.
(*runs away*)

~Blocks escape path~

You can grow a pair. A pair of what, however, remains to be seen. You can also grow a pear.

This is one of those "thin ice" things. It can go either way depending on how you decide to view it.

I know Jimmy Carr makes these jokes, I know what to expect. If I thought I was going to be offended by the jokes he tells, I wouldn't watch. [Which was what I was trying to say... I suck at explaining.]

Also, stopping something because it panders to a minority of -phobes would end up with everything being banned.

[mrbios]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9HRLvfbauA

This should just about cover it

[MK-2]

I could have done, but I found your post offensive and took exception to it.

What exactly about my post did you find offensive? the fact i quoted a joke made by a comedian to illustrate my point? can i assume you find children in need and comic relief offensive too as they show scenes people wouldn't like to see, the same goes for the news reporting on things like war.
just because someone brings something to your attention, it doesn't instantly make the fact it was brought to your attention offensive. if i had posted "heres a good joke about down syndrome haha", that could be seen as offensive, but how is me saying "this is what he said, this was his counter argument, do you agree" offensive?

And if you post things I consider stupid, then I will assume things about you. (As people do about me )

again, you are the one actually being offensive here. i asked a question, do you think that audiences regulate comedy in light of thhe recent jimmy carr story? you jumped in with me being a troll and being offensive and now follow it up with me being stupid and assuming things about me.

Now you can be offended by my remarks or you could learn from the experience

and once again, you are now coming across as very patronising in that. i can learn from the experience? learn what? know my place and don't start topics on things i'd like to talk about and see talked about? would you have been happier if i'd have put a NSFW tag at the top?

if the news site reports had said "jimmy carr is in trouble for his comment [buy the dvd to see the comment] again" it wouldn't really illustrate their point would it?
i quoted him, the same as you are quoting me and everyone else here quoting each other. i didnt post this as a joke, its not in the jokes forum; it was a discussion, a debate, and judging by 7 pages worth of content it has at least invoked some discussion around it.