[Humour] Is this joke offensive?

Lenny Rider said:

Attended a dinner in London night.

One of the Comedian's gags was...…

"I went to the Doctors last week and he said I've now got to have a pacemaker, so I've a got little Kenyan bloke comes everywhere with me now"

As one of the organisers of the dinner I was approached at the end and told by a guest they found that gag had crossed the line.

No doubt I will get flamed on here by some, but sorry with all that's currently going on in the country and the world in general, are we danger of becoming a little too precious?

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Si Gull said:

The problem with stereotyping is it's insidious. It's a bit of a laugh until it's used to discriminate against someone. As individuals we have to decide if we want to condone incipient prejudice, or not.

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Curious Orange said:

Now you're just being biggist.

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Tyrone Biggums said:

Kenya isn't a race, it's a nationality. There a lot of different cultures which exist within Kenya and the people are not all the same.

Any one of them could produce a good runner.

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Live by the sea said:

A lot of stereotyping is funny - that’s what makes the difference between people from different countries , as long as it’s done in a kindly way . We are not all the same . The French like their young children to be seen but not heard , the Germans have no humour , The Chinese all work in restaurants etc , the Irish are lazy and the Scots always drunk it’s all stereotypes but it’s not harmful if the humour is portrayed in an obvious way. Little Britain was great at doing that , everyone was stereotyped and it was hilarious.

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METALMICKY said:

Really you are joking? So it's an insult to state a complimentary fact fact that Kenya have produced a lot of world class distance runners? My sister in law is from Finland so I'd better ignore any joke that references the fact that they historically they are hot at rally driving?

So let me guess " little Kenyan " is both heightist with a hint colonial slavery? For gods sake!

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Lenny Rider said:

Attended a dinner in London night.

One of the Comedian's gags was...…

"I went to the Doctors last week and he said I've now got to have a pacemaker, so I've a got little Kenyan bloke comes everywhere with me now"

As one of the organisers of the dinner I was approached at the end and told by a guest they found that gag had crossed the line.

No doubt I will get flamed on here by some, but sorry with all that's currently going on in the country and the world in general, are we danger of becoming a little too precious?

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albionfan37 said:

Just because you’re offended, doesn’t mean you’re right

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Chicken Run said:

Did the ‘joke’ get a good laugh from the audience?


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m@goo said:

In my opinion it's a racist "joke" and you're not going to change my mind just like I'm not going to change yours because some of your reasoning and morals are different.

It's not complimentary, it is racial stereotyping. It's punching down not up. That is also what Little Britain was which is why both Walliams and Lucas have apologised for the show.

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albionfan37 said:

Just because you’re offended, doesn’t mean you’re right

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Is it PotG? said:

The problem is it has no boundaries.

There are some who continue to take apparent pleasure in claiming that those voting for a certain political party or vote in a certain manner in referenda are 'morons' or alike.

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Tyrone Biggums said:

You're stereotyping yourself, reads like you think all Kenyans look a like. A Kenyan could look like any person from anywhere on the planet. Dev Patel's parents are Kenyan. Does he fit your stereotype of what Kenyans look like?

You're also suggesting that Kenyans are some how beneath other people because when you say other people are punching down you're telling everyone you think they are lower in some kind of way.

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Bry Nylon said:

Surely there's been a mix up between the GP and the hospital? I imagine what the after dinner speaker required was a medical device that generates electrical impulses delivered by electrodes to cause the heart muscle chambers to contract and therefore pump blood to regulate the function of the electrical conduction system of the heart? Still, I imagine the company will be nice.

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Baldseagull said:

Thing is, I can demonstrate why voting a certain way in a referendum, is moronic, if the person states they wanted something they already had, or get rid of something that didn't exist, by voting the way they did. Trouble is, if you are a moron, you might not understand that and just think I am being rude, and equate it with casual racism.

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