Good joke or offensive?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail....sperm--dont-work.html

I wonder how many of those who thought Frankie Boyle's Down's syndrome jokes were funny, will now condemn this Mayor's off the cuff joke as most offensive?

/// Operation Black Vote director Simon Woolley hit out at Cllr Mills, labelling the comment as something that's expected of the BNP.///

"Operation Black Vote" what's all this about???????

[Kromovaracun]

Why do you keep sniffing out BNP-related stories? Anyone would think you were googling 'BNP'...

[Davethedog]

Or voting BNP

[bobjugs12]

AOG is Nick Griffen and I claim my £5 lol

[anotheoldgit]

It's election time or haven't anyone of you noticed?

Would the same be said if I posted Labour,Tory,or Lib Dem's articles.

You would most likely accuse me then of voting for one of these or being one of the leaders.

Pathetic.

[Zeuhl]

'Illegal immigrants' are illegal so are i think fair game for jokes. The comment wasn't racially oriented.

It's just a bit naff really, isn't it?

I mean, if you think it through, the concern with illegal immigrants isn't that they don't work - more likely that they are working - but outside the legal (tax paying) system.

[Mr Veritas]

She is stupid.
People in public office (rightly or wrongly) must be careful what they say.

I used to like Frankie Boyle(a lot) but have now started to realise that all he really is is a comedic bully.
Like Russell brand etc these guys push the envelope of comedy as far as it will go,knowing that many (idiots) will come and watch just to be shocked.
When common decency is outraged they run off crying *I didn't mean it" when all along they obviously did.
Oh,BTW lets let them go into the audience and pee on people,and cut off their fingers,and push their wheelchairs down the steps,that's a good laugh isn't it?
NO?
Oh,you don't have a sense of humour then!

[anotheoldgit]

Wharf

Before you are insulting to the Lady Mayor, check your spelling of overweight, there is no such word as everweight.

But since you are keen to criticise her, perhaps you better first start with Frankie Boyle, not exactly an oil painting himself.

[ummmm]

I presume you left out 'NOT' on that last comment......

[ummmm]

It made me laugh :-)

[ummmm]

It would be abused if there was.....

[daffy654]

Nobody on the Frankie Boyle thread thought that jokes about people with Down's Syndrome were particularly funny AOG, stop twisting things to suit your current point!