Zad wrote:
There's slightly more to racism than advocating genocide. And I'm not exactly a huge Simpsons/Southpark fan, but I can't remember any comparisons in the Simpsons between black children and "catpooh".
You prove my point, anyways - of course people who have never experienced racism don't know what's wrong with telling racist jokes, and if they're so free and easy then I'm sure then there'll be no trouble with me calling the lot of you ignorant bastards who haven't the slightest bit of respect for others.
All i'm saying is that there are aggressive jokes and none aggressive jokes - you are very good at taking everything literally. F.ex Azrael's joke about the stingy jewish guy who put death announcement in a newspaper while trying to sell his car .. so fucking what?! Do you really believe ppl believe those stereotypes presented in that particular joke?
And no, Simpsons and South Park do not compare black ppl to catpooh, but they still generalize and make fun of Scottish ppl, Indian ppl, jews and christians and what not. The thing is, ppl now they are stereotypes - there will always be some who don't think it's funny, so what?
Most of jokes presented are rather harmless anyway, unless you are touchy and take everything personal and regard every joke containing a ppl with a nationality or ethnicity as a generalizing racist joke only created to humiliate a certain group of ppl.
Then.. what can you joke about, Zad? Cuz making fun of people with certain political opinions or culture, people with certain "alternative" facial or bodily features, and personal attacks are no better - unless you accept the fact that you can make less aggressive jokes or jokes that are funny because they are provacative
or trollish. Context is important, of course...
I have respect for other ppl, but not oversensitive ppl who take themselves (or jokes) all too seriously or everything personal - sure thing, I don't make fun of ppl who have a hard time due a problem or ppl with low selfesteem, I don't make jokes about sex with children or very racistic jokes like " What's a good Nigger? - a dead nigger!". Normally i don't even tell jokes, I'm more the spontanious guy who tells women they are looking really old - apparently the worst thing you can tell a women, but I still pull it off
A question: What do you think about the "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"? It is full of so-called "anti-semetic" jokes and what not. I know this jewish guy, called Kim - just as me. He thought that movie was funny as hell, he even highlighted the jewish jokes as some of the best.