sadly this is, in some respects, very true. although having said that the divide between stereotyping of a nation (ie. all scots are tight fisted sheep fiddlers) and racial abuse seems to have blurred severely in the minds of many people to the extent that even mentioning another racial or cultural group can cause buttock clenching and gasped intakes of breath. hence why earnestly thought out satire is considered as bad as posting a dog turd through a muslim family's letterbox.dogstile said:I have serious doubts that people in a comedy club actually give a damn about racism. It seems to be a mainstay in comedy lately.tmnnerd said:the other night i was doing a show where i made a joke about american attitudes to mexicans when someone called me racist. i countered it by saying "to be honest i was going for cutting cultural satire" which got a laugh but it became a bit of a struggle to get some people back on side
but to get back on topic i would say the same thing is happening to paedophilia in that people now see no difference between actually physically or mentally harming a child and editing a video so it looks like you slung a few bad words at them. i first heard the word "fuck" when i was four. do i feel abused? no. perhaps if those who violently jerk their knee when anything slightly bad happens within a mile of a child truly cared for the welfare of children they should stop buying trainers stitched in sweat shops by orphans. but no, that can go hang as long as tabatha and timothy have nice new shoes.