http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/oct/15/frankie-boyle-jokes-libel-mirror?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487
- Frankie Boyle sues Mirror Group Newspapers because they labelled him a racist
- Article published (in July 2011) for making jokes about the war in Afghanistan on his Channel 4 show Tramadol Nights
- Jokes were played in court as evidence
Here is the joke in question:
"A bomb went off in Kandahar today, killing two British servicemen, three UN relief workers and a whole bunch of Pakis."
Prior to this, he made a comment about Britons negligence towards the death of others.
I think the joke is offensive and if a Pakistani complained, I would understand but they didn't. It was a British journalist who the wrote the article. I think there is always that one person who reacts angrily when a joke is said on TV like the joke Jeremy Clarkson made on the One Show where he said public sector workers should be 'executed in front of their families' for striking. I think people have to understand that they are just jokes and if you don't like them, you can always change the channel.
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