fast bloke

I take it morally superior and sense of humour don't go hand in hand then? Are you from the DUP?

fast bloke

Aha - A trainee mod

fast bloke

You are already a wannabe. If I can't understand a joke I will just move on. If you can't see the humour, there is no need to criticize those who can!!

mamoon2

That in itself is disableist! and politically incorrect. Shame on you


















You mong!

Coc-ker

iTrader: (1)

For god sake! A joke is a joke!

They fly about for every topic in the news!

If you can't have a laugh at something in the way it was intended, there is no need to accuse everyone of being a ''closet racist'' if they do!

MissyV

The only reason you guys think its funny is because I'm guessing most of you are white...if a black person were to read this thread I think they would find the jokes a bit close to the bone and disgusting to say the least!

555wrxra

lol this is a age old battle!

the original thread is not racist and nor are most of the comments,

its light hearted yes there is a fine line between something being funny and it being racist,

but this is not racist its a joke!

after all a spade is a spade!

i would like to think most black people would see this is light hearted humor and not take offence, but of course there would be people that do, and to me there the people that need to lighten up!

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

I think on the subject of his safety, he is at risk, but no more than Bush is, in fact probably less as he has not had a chance to p1ss anyone off other than Gun Totin Republican Redneck KKK types who, lets be realistic wont be as advanced as a lot of the other people who present threats to the president.

It would be tragic if he was assasinated as there is a lot of optimism about his tenure and America has, mainly, as a nation got behind him despite the traditional race issues and it has restored a little faith in the average American punter who chose to vote for him rather than voting for "not black".

He comes across as a very charismatic leader, I hope he gets to fulfil his term and promises.

I dont think anyone actually means to be racist on this thread, just trying to get a laugh, lighten up.

MissyV

Ok, fair enough...point taken.

Leslie

Have you any idea just how difficult it is to protect someone from a determined assassin, apart from getting him to travel around in a bullet proof box?

Les

Clarebabes

I don't agree with the racism in this thread first off. However, there are alot of sickos in the US (and around the world of course!) who are not happy about seeing "someone of colour" as the most powerful person in the world. I think some southern state nut job with a legal arsenal may get a little too close to him at some point...

He is half white of course, but no one seems to mention that...

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Its almost an identical situation with Lewis Hamilton, half Caucasian and Half African genes and everyone focuses on the black bit and gets all racist, not talking about the posters on here but the Spanish GP fans and the American white supremacists. Its like people who go on about Gays, they aint going to stop being gay however many you insult or beat up, Black people will exist even if Mr Obama did get assisinated, a white Redneck with a gun, however good a shot is not superior to a bloke that has got to the Whitehouse, is jealousy part of the problem as much as stupidity, America has only been there a few hundred years as populated by white Americans, cant really see why they get so touchy, if anything the native American should be the ones with an issue, well if the whites hadnt killed most and stuck the rest on reservations they might.

I sometimes think there is some things that are wrong with Black culture as there is with white and I will say my piece but I am quite happy to express my happiness that Lewis Hamilton won the World Championship and that I am glad that Mr Obama won the election, I do think we should be able to express pleasure at the good and displeasure at the bad at any group without the racism card being played.

GlesgaKiss

It's sad really: every thread on this forum has to be ruined by the scoobynet do-gooders and their pc antics. It must be a very exciting life you all lead to analyse every joke.

Obama is an improvement over bush...that's blatantly obvious. Mind you, a team of several apes would be an improvement on bush.

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Several Apes, one would have done it.

GlesgaKiss

MissyV

I see the dollar bill with a blacked out smudge as Obama's face has been removed?

salsa-king

sorry... I thought the it said he saw the CSA






























But seriously its a good question to ask, i wonder if he went.. 'OMG, your kidding, seriously..... no way, you are joking aren't you!!??'



Joking apart, it does make you think if he was ld anything he didn't know, or was he told things that he can sort out.





the other thing is, the guy is not black.
Even Aleysha Dixon in an interview on the radio said the same, 'he's like me, my mums white and my dads black, he's mixed race... not Black'.


so why is the focus on the black part?
Phil

Simon C

Cos it makes headlines.

ScoTTyB

Me too, perhaps we're both f*cking idiots.

Tam the bam

No it's not, it's still on page one of this thread!

MissyV

It's not showing up on my comp it probably disagrees with the racism as much as I do...

Just kidding

Tam the bam

Why is it that white people play the race card? My colleague at work is black and if I posted the stuff which he comes out with (about his own race) I'd be banned I don't get it at all! The only peeps who seem to get upset about racism are those who don't have the right, maybe it's just that they are just PC busy bodies?

Martin2005

Do you know any determined assassins then Les??

Fuzz

Why is it you rarely see black people taking offence to a joke like the ones above.
It's always someone who thinks they need " speak up for someone else"

Tell you what.. STFU for a change and let the one that is actually offended have a say in it...

Lisawrx

iTrader: (1)

To be fair, most of the comments on this thread, seem to be meant in a light hearted manner, a joke, possibly bad taste to some, but a joke all the same, rather than racist, nasty comments. I am far from racist, and have defended races/religions before many times just on threads on here. Yet I can tell the difference between offence, and attempts at jokes.

After all, many people had a problem with the 'humour' of Brand and Ross, yet you were quick to defend that, with some choice comments coming through from yourself. Most people probably brushed them off, but I would certainly say some of your 'jokes' or whatever, offended, regardless of your intention. Everybody's humour is different, and at times can be difficult to understand by others, but when we defend the right to have a laugh, we need to accept what is funny to one is not to another, but not take offence, just get on, unless of course it is completely out of order. Then speak out by all means, but keep in mind what we personally think is acceptable that others won't.

Martin2005

What do you mean by 'don't have the right'?