to get pissed of with the constant stream of crap "comedians" taking the piss out of

so how many Black men does it take to change a lightbulb????? .................runs off to hide..

"jokes will be banned altogether soon i expect in light of political correctness."

Every time I hear this phrase a lttle radio broadcast starts in my head. It goes something like...

"People of England! For too long we have been oppressed by the liberal elite and their European masters dictating what we can and cannot laugh at! Is nothing sacred? We can no longer tell jokes about spackers and spastics, and last year over five thousand law abiding citizens, (just like you!), were jailed by police for telling the truth and declaring that dyslexia is merely the PC term for "thick and idle". Did you know "disabled" people can get free bus passes, paid for by your taxes? Let them sit at home and stare at the walls! It's all they're good for! Do your bit for British freedoms, and kick a guide dog today!

This message was sponsored by the Daily Mail."

Incidentally, the last bit about the bus passes was actually said to me by a former colleague. My sister has SN, so I tend to be a wee bit touchy about it. In the event I (verbally) tore my workmate a new arse, and she ran out the room crying. Ha ha...Bitch.

I can't for the life of me see what is funny about laughing at people with disabilities.

I think there's a big difference between laughing at yourself and laughing at others. My hearing is cr@p these days and we often laugh at the things I mis-hear. There's a big difference between that and me laughing at deaf people in general. So (IMHO) me saying "I thought you said X not Y. Gawd I feel stupid now" is fine. Me saying "Deaf people who mis-hear things are stupid" is not fine.

I agree Wellie, my dad is disabled and although he has a good sense of humour I feel bad for him at hearing Ricky Gervais "joking".

I make jokes about being disabled all the time, because honestly, if you can't laugh at yourself, what's the point of anything.

I don't mind friends making jokes as long as they're laughing with me, not against me.

But jokes which mock disability in a general way, as comedians do, just make me feel sick.

Not wanting to over-dramatise this, but it is very nasty.

I am called Pommie by some people who(m I perceive) are taking the p and I find it v funny.

I am called Pommie by some people who(m I perceive) are being nasty and I don't find it at all funny.

omg

"jokes" about disabled people do only one thing, and that is that they encourage the view that is already embedded in society that disabled people are not really human.

What could possibly be F* funny about a disability anyway? I guess it's funny if nobody you care about has one?

Those of you who are going on about "political correctness gone mad" - shame on you!

AIBU to want to know the punch lines for all of MTPW's jokes?

I tend to agree with Dimpled that he is taking the pee out of PCness, but, i think you have to be v careful as it obviously can come across the wrong way.

Have to say, I am the first to laugh at myself and DP too - he is v dyslexic and cant help but snigger at himself when reading DD's stories at night sometimes.

I wonder - is it wrong to laugh at yourself?

HUnker posted a link on here a few months ago to a youtube song that some folk was tasteless, but the guys singing seemed to be the generators of the pisstaking humour (Lead singer had CP). So, I just wondered....is it okay if you are joking about yourself personally?

IMO Ricky Gervais is not making fun of disabled people he is making fun of the political correctness that surrounds them that society imposes that makes it hard to relate to then on a normal, contemporary human level as everyone is so scared of saying the wrong thing.

YANBU.

YOu can be funny without mocking others for something they can't help.

Mocking people for a physical or mental feature (whether that is the colour of their hair/skin or a disability) is not funny.

IT doesn't mean that all jokes are banned . I adore comedy especially radio comedy, but would turn off and complain at this type of thing. It is not acceptable. It just shows both the person making the jokes and those laughing at them as nasty minded people.

'Political correctness gone mad' is a phrase I hate. I don't think respecting all people whatever their differences (and we all have some) is a bad thing.

This kinda thing makes me really that it is still acceptable.

I haven't seen them but I feel the same about Ricky Gervais and the way he bangs on with disability jokes, not funny at all.

I don't mind Irish jokes if I feel the comedian is laughing "with" us rather than "at" us IYKWIM. When dh and I were on honeymoon in Jamaica there was a "talent" night in our hotel where guests could get up on stage and perform. One man (British) got up on stage and asked if there were any Irish people in the audience. As dh and I were too shy and scared- to shout out that we were, we just kept quiet. The man then proceeded to tell the most offensive string of "oirish" jokes. It was quite upsetting because I felt that it reflected his true opinion of Irish people and it wasn't nice!

how many black men does it take to change a light bulb?

did you hear the one about the quadriplegic...

a blind man walked into a bar....

what do you call a one armed muslim?

what do you call an autistic guy with a sock on his.......

How many catholics can you fit in a mini?

NOT EVERY JOKE IS FUNNY AND IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE 'NO SENSE OF HUMOUR'!!!

Ah, the 'political correctness gone mad' argument raises its head...always a good stalwart for people who want to make lazy-arse jokes which just reinforce stereotypes.

jokes will be banned altogether soon i expect in light of political correctness.

FFS, why are we supposed to 'have a sense of humour' about so-called 'jokes' like this? If you don't mind jokes about Irish people, fine, but lots of Irish people do. And disabled people rightly get deeply pissed off about jokes about their disability.

(And I too feel the same about jokes about red hair.)

who was it and what did he say?

If you were a mother in law, would you be offended by MIL jokes? I don't get offended by jokes about me being Irish.

Besides, I think Alan Carr was taking the p'ss out of himself really, not the person with SN.

I suspect if you have kids with SN, you're much more sensitive to things like this as you know how hurtful kids can be to each other and you, rightly, feel protective of them. However, as adults, I think we should be able to laugh it off. It might be in bad taste, but you can always turn the telly off...

I think jokes should be funny. But maybe that's just me. I don't find it hilarious when my bright little ds2 gets all his spellings right when at home with me and gets them all wrong in school because he can't write the letters down in the correct order.

but children should be in bed, he is on after the watershed........

And adults know better hence it was a J O K E

Oh you I have started a thread, but no, you are too busy to see.