Quote Originally Posted by biondino
If will had just said "I hate blacks" I can disagree with him but there's no argument to be had. When he says that racial attacks shouldn't be criminalised, then yes, there's an argument to be had.

Oh, and making jokes at their expense IS discrimination, Miffy, maybe not the worst but it's a textbook example.
i work with people of indian origin and would promot e any of them in a moment if i thought they were capable of being a manager in the environment i work in.

But id still laugh at a 'corner shop' joke. WIll suggests there is a difference, as did that fat racist comic (bernard manning? although he was a racist) so if you laugh at a joke that has racist conotations eg spoon joke about a black kid being a bat does that make you racist?
or is that just the same as laughing at a joke about the french having never defended paris?

At which piont can you joke about the colour/creed/race of somebody without it being a direct slur on their type? OR is that not possible...?

is joking about a fan of a crap football club not exactly the same as racism?