Calling the PC Police...

[Scratch]

We all have dark secrets mate.

Horses for courses i guess.

[Red_Polo]

The initial joke was quite funny. I never got to see Scratch's mind.

My two penneth...

I think accepting certain jokes as 'just jokes' depends largely on the social context. I don't think there's really been any recent tendency for society as a whole to be widely paedophilic or incestuous - racist on the other hand...

It's not hypocrisy to accept jokes about say murder over racism, it's just knowing the world we live in and having a bit of common sense. There's a distinction to be made between 'bad taste' jokes and ones which can act as succour to ignorant ideas.

I've always thought there's no topic comedy should shy away from, but that doesn't mean people shouldn't come under scrutiny for what they say on those topics. As zimbo said, I think there's a difference between jokes about race and racist jokes. Look at the difference between a bum like Manning and a great like Carlin

[Helios Creed]

Horses for courses i guess.

or horses **** horses Oh, wait that's not bestiality.

[Red_Polo]

or horses **** horses Oh, wait that's not bestiality.

Ever since you told me about that I can't stop saying it in place of the actual phrase

[Scratch]

Look at the difference between a bum like Manning and a great like Carlin

See, for me that sounds all wrong, cos i've heard of Manning (mores the pity...i don't mind jokes with racist content, but they at least have to be funny!) but who is Carlin??

[Helios Creed]

Ever since you told me about that I can't stop saying it in place of the actual phrase

You score bonus points if you say it quickly during a presentation. With a very straight face.

[Red_Polo]

See, for me that sounds all wrong, cos i've heard of Manning (mores the pity...i don't mind jokes with racist content, but they at least have to be funny!) but who is Carlin??

George Denis Patrick Carlin[16] (born May 12, 1937) is a Grammy-winning American stand-up comedian, actor, and author.

Carlin is especially noted for his political and black humor and his observations on language, psychology, and religion along with many taboo subjects. Carlin and his "Seven Dirty Words" comedy routine were central to the 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation, in which a narrow 5-4 decision by the justices affirmed the government's right to regulate Carlin's act on the public airwaves.

George Carlin's most recent stand-up routines are primarily focused on attacking the flaws in modern-day America. He often takes on contemporary political issues in the United States and satirizes the excesses of American culture.

He is considered by many to be a successor to the late Lenny Bruce and was described by Comedy Central as the second greatest stand-up comedian of all time behind Richard Pryor, and right before Lenny Bruce.[17] He was also the first person to host Saturday Night Live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeSSwKffj9o&feature=related

You score bonus points if you say it quickly during a presentation. With a very straight face.

If I had to say it, I don't think I could say it any other way