Fair enough. Let me ask you this: if I said "I'm so mad about this bad beat I took on Party Poker, I'm going to hijack a plane and crash it into their offices" - would you find that funny? Or if I said "I'm going to round their execs up and gas them like a bunch of Jews"? And if so, why?

Don't mistake my intentions, I'm not trying to make an attack. I'm legitimately asking the question. Do you think those jokes are funny? And if so, why? Does the offensiveness not bother you, or does it somehow make the joke more funny? I'd really like to know. Like I said, some jokes of this style I find hilarious because I know the shock value was put in there on purpose. I know the guy saying it isn't actually a white supremacist that supports killing Jews. But if I knew he was - or more to the point, if I had no idea whether he was or not - would I find it as funny? To me, the irony is what makes that kind of joke funny. If it's not ironic, it strikes me as pretty damn callous and not as clever as it wants to be. But that might be just me. I'm genuinely curious how other people react to that.