I laugh at anything I find funny....
Some of the most racialy(sp) offensive jokes you could wish to hear/read I receive from a black/coloured/afro carribean guy....
i always find RCB very funny even his racial jokes but after watching that documentary i really lost interest of his stuff,i used to think it was just a stage act...
yes i laugh at what is probably considered un-pc jokes, its life.
As for 'chubby brown' i have met him a a cpl o times within my line of work n i can honestly say he is nothing like his on stage persona he's a really down to earth normal type o guy
Anyone who knows me, knows I don't like the kind of black humour texts which circulate after any incident and they won't send them to me. I find Brown (and also Manning) very offensive. I don't care whether or not it's an act, I just don't like it. It's not just the 'ist' jokes, I don't like the excessive swearing either. I don't consider myself a prude or particularly PC; I just find that kind of humour tasteless.
We watched the RCB programme ... again I found the lines blurred but with his reputation I'm hardly surprised.
What I did find odd was his reaction to the hecklers! I completely understand what he and his wife were saying and do agree however, what does he expect, over the years he has garnered a reputation for bad language, picking on people in the crowd etc. In that respect he can only blame himself for setting the precedent!
With bad taste humour it does depend whether I find it funny or not as to the subject matter.
I laugh at anything that is funny.
Some of us in certain lines of work, use black humour to get through life. This is usually offensive, tasteless, crude, and politically incorrect. It is usually always very funny too....
Sometimes I look at the state of this country, and feel that even bad taste jokes can raise a smile. Sometimes it is a case of laugh or cry, and I know what I would rather do.
I love bad taste and black humour. Mine was honed during my 10 years as a paramedic. My non-PC humour is no doubt as a result of being a child of the 70s but not having been caught up in the ground swell of 90s whiplash effect.
Black humour has been with us since people could speak. We have always laughed at ourselves, it's only in recent decades that it was deemed offensive to laugh at others. well fuck that, I laugh at others quite guilt free, I laugh at stereotypes though. I rarely laugh at individuals (unless of course they thoroughly deserve it,e.g. Gary Glitter).
So let the laughing commence, someone somewhere will always be offended by anything anyone says. Some do it because they feel guilty, some do it because their very being is to be offended, they love it. Some do it because they are genuinely offended, but some do it because they believe it is incumbent on them. So do it because they like to put on a facade whereas inside they a giggling like a loon.
The upshot is, if it's funny then laugh or take the piss. If it isn't then don't. Personally I prefer to laugh rather than not laugh.
Expect me to come out with bad taste comments on a frequent basis, if you are offended, then tough, get over it. The world will keep turning.
There was a thread quite a while ago about Gallows Humour....
I wonder if anyone who is friendly with the search button could find it :-)
i'm affraid i can't find the gary glitter jokes funny to laugh at them is to laugh at all victims of peadophiles in my mind sorry but uts just how i feel any joke thatlaughs at victims of crimes is wrong and not a fan of blatantly "ist" jokes either maybe i'm over sensitive to things i don't know but i would not of considered myself to b overly PC just aware of others feeling i hope
i also saw the RCB prog a while back i believe it was a repeat last nighti don't think he blurs into one persona just because of the opinion he expressed he just expressed an oppionion held by many it does not make us any kind of "ist" just makes us fed up with our own traditions being stamped out for fear off offending people that most likely wouldn't of felt any offence in the first place now that is the world of PC going crazy
As Bernard Manning had a lot to do with hospital charities in and around North Manchester it was my pleasure to meet him several times. The person I met was a gentleman with a heart of gold. Admittedly he did have some mildly racist beliefs but as a result of his upbringing and the era he was educated. That said, the worst he ever did with regard to his racism was crack jokes. he wouldn't have dreamed of actually doing anything substantial. I have personally seen him be generous to a fault with both Asian and Black people.
Just thought I'd defend the old fart, as a lot of people had good reason to thank him over the years.
I can't abide Roy C Brown, nor could I abide Bernard Manning.
I have a very dry sense of humour but I cannot laugh at derogatory humour.
For me it has to be situational humour, Peter Kay has it spot on in my opinion! :thumbup:
