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Adil Ray on Good Morning Britain just said his cohost Charlotte not letting a dog upstairs or in her bed was like apartheid. Eeeek. I like Adil, but eeeek!

I suspect it was a joke... not a literal comparison.

Don’t worry. I imagine he was joking.

I did actually laugh but I know some viewers will be offended!

If it was a joke it wasn't funny and was offensive.

Sounds like a joke to me! Let’s not be puritans, we’re allowed to joke, right?

I doubt anyone would be offended, it was a lighthearted remark.

I don't see anything light hearted about apartheid.
I'm surprised pp are so happy to minimise the feelings of people who have lived through and had experience of apartheid.

Don't be daft. It wasva joke, not an admission of some nefarious behaviour

I wouldn’t be offended but it’s interesting to think about. You can’t make jokes about the holocaust but you can make jokes about apartheid. Obviously the former is more horrific, but they are both shameful and terrible events in human history. So what is the boundary of acceptability when making jokes.

I think that is a good point about it being apparently acceptable to joke about apartheid but not acceptable to joke about the holocaust.

Both are horrific in their own ways.

I wonder if the pp who are minimising apartheid on here also find jokes at the expense of eg disability funny?

I know some people think anything is fair game when it comes to humour but I'm not one of them.

Yes, jokes are made about awful things all the time and have been since the dawn of time. You must not be friends with any doctors.

Or soldiers

I didn't see it buti suppose it depends who the joke is at the expense of.

In this case, it sounds like the presenter was making an off the cuff, joke at the expense of the perpetrators rather than the victims.

In many cases, humour is how people deal with the worst of humanity.

I did actually laugh but I know some viewers will be offended!

So you thought it was funny but also came on here to complain about it?

You can't assume offence of behalf of others.

It's the difference between making jokes about victims vs. perpetrators. People make jokes about the Nazis all the time. The Producers is a whole movie and musical that are long nazi jokes, there's the song about Hilter's balls, the famous Mitchell and Webb skits, etc. You just don't make fun of the victims.

No! You cannot make jokes about apartheid.

It's a bit of a dodgy area and a very weird joke/comparison to make. Why on earth did he even think to say it? Strange.

I saw people online making jokes about that One Direction guy. You (and I) may find it to be bad taste, but it’s freedom of speech and it’s a particular sense of humour. Live and let live.

Maybe you should tell Trevor Noah that. He's built a very successful career by doing just that.