Pure gold.
Sadly, many Americans have no clue about humour, except for the shit that passes as such in the colonies, but needs to be rammed into American faces in the same manner that a blunt nail needs a big fuck off hammer to get it in.
There are many in the UK who have no clue about humour either. At least we don't try to kill our comedians here over a joke.
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U.K.: Comedy show host threatened over suicide bomber joke
By Marisol Seibold on Jun 7, 2011 at 12:35am in free speech, United Kingdom
Not surprisingly, we’re seeing more outrage about a joke about suicide bombing than actual suicide bombings, and as always, more of an outcry about “Islamophobia” — an alleged feeling — than actual acts of jihadist terrorism and the subjugation of women and non-Muslims.
Never mind the tree falling in the forest: if a jihadist blows himself up and the infidels don’t report on it, did it really happen? “Anger at HIGNFY’s Mecca joke,” from Chortle, June 6 (thanks to Twostellas):
Muslim groups are urging a widespread protest at the BBC over a Have I Got News For You joke they say was Islamophobic.
.On Friday”s edition, host Sharon Horgan said: “˜The Independent described the Dostoevsky metro station”¦ as the Mecca for suicides. Not to be confused with the Mecca of suicide bombers — which is Mecca.”
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