Are sexist and racist jokes morally just? [ENDS 16/05/2010]

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It does what it says on the tin - it's a joke

Jokes shouldn't be took seriously for the fact that they are a.. joke..

[HotelUser]

It does what it says on the tin - it's a joke

Jokes shouldn't be took seriously for the fact that they are a.. joke..

No but lets be honest, we've all been around groups of guys who genuinely talk about woman like dogs, and sexist jokes is a contributing factor towards that ideology.

girls and boys ARE NOT EQUAL.
pretty girl = gets laid
ugly girl = gets laid
hot guy = gets laid
ugly guy = nowayinhell.

stereotypically guys enjoy beer, football, fast cars etc whereas girls prefer shopping and pretty things. we're different by nature. we're meant to be!!! -.-

imo anyone who has a good sense of humour (which, to me, is someone who can find the funnyside of anything & be lighthearted in a bad situation - what's the sense getting worked up over a joke?) goes up in how positive i percieve them. henceforth guys = better than girls in most cases because hardly any girl can take a joke. admitedly if i was in a wheelchair/different colour and had jokes thrown at me i'd be annoyed. thank god i'm normal (joke ;l).
i ******* hate most girls, they give us a bad name ¬.¬





:eusa_clap well done. that's exactly the point. they're a bloody joke.... who really means to harm you by it
:/ if they take you by the throat and threaten to kill you if you don't make them a sandwich then you have the right to be offended as they seriously think they're better than you. i've never seen anyone on here be serious about it like actually debating against women's rights. the way people who hate sexism/racism come across to me is patronizing. they seem to think they're better and the rest of us are non-educated fools :S THAT'S offensive! but at the end of the day, if you get worked up over a joke people WILL use it against you for a reaction.


i would definitely laugh at those jokes. would never say it so soon to others though because i have a LITTLE respect for others views ;p id only say it to people who i'd know would laugh which unfortunately isn't a lot

i would

you would

they never are. so people are allowed to make jokes about woman aslong as they're not to you? lame lol
oh yeah pretty sure 'coloured' people are a majority compared to us whites so are we allowed to make jokes about them then? you'd find that funny?

yes. i am not homophobic, sexist or racist. i have gay friends, i have coloured friends. regardless of their sex, race or gender if they can't take a joke they can't be my friend.

yeah but his sexist jokes aren't funny, just overused lol. totally agreed with the bottom line though, i take life with a pinch of salt yet i can still be serious. i think it's important to have balance.

LOLWHAT!!!!!!!!!!


agreed. there are 'men' who dislike them too, they're worse than the girls ;_;

name 3?:S


lol i will personally leave if they are banned >.>


the only sexist jokes that annoy me are the ones people use to fit in and try to be funny. i'd rather they have no humour than a fake one. anyone who appreciates a good joke actually earns my respect rather than loses it. i prefer funny, happy people to boring, serious people and i actually find some sexist/racist jokes very witty so i don't think people who crack them are thick or less intelligent than those who don't. unless it's "LUL GO BK 2 DA KITCHEN" 4channers are just morons in general.


ps i'm a girl...

Really good summary Jen, not much to say because you have, what I'd consider anyway, a fair opinion on this.

In your opinion/taste just as I have different opinions/tastes on what jokes are funny and what jokes are not - and I guess thats the moral of the thread that we all have different dislikes/likes or tastes so lets go by our own judgements and tastes [individial freedoms] rather than having them decided for us. Besides, you are not arguing for these jokes to be banned are you?

The amount of which something is controversial isn't really opinion dependant, though I'll assume you mean in my opinion and taste referring to what I think about sexist jokes in general. And you're absolutely right, however this is a rather subjective debate so feelings and emotions are running free throughout the thread.