Friday, June 12, 2009



Britain: Not allowed to laugh at incorrect jokes

Even if you are drunk:
"It is supposed to be a breeding ground for future Tory high-fliers. But current party leader David Cameron would be aghast to hear the comments made by members of the Oxford University Conservative Association. During a drunken hustings for the next president for the student body, candidates made a string of racist remarks. They were asked to repeat ‘the most inappropriate joke you have ever told’.

Nick Gallagher, the publications officer, said: ‘What do you say if you see a TV moving across your living room? “Drop it, n*****”.’

A high-level Tory source said: ‘People who behave in this disgusting and reprehensible way have no place in the Conservative Party.’

At the meeting, another student reportedly made a gag about a family of three black people being lynched.

Both jokes were clapped and cheered on by members of the association, which counts Margaret Thatcher as its patron and Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague as its honorary president.

The drink-fuelled hustings took place at midday in the Oxford Union on Sunday. A source said: ‘Each candidate gave a speech then they were asked to tell the most inappropriate joke they have ever told.

‘Nick Gallagher, the publications officer who is running for president, stood up and said: “What do you say if you see a TV moving across your living room? Drop it, n*****.”

‘Everybody laughed their heads off. When one person raised concerns he said it was OK because it was a joke made by Chris Rock, the American comedian, who is black, which obviously makes it fine. Another made a joke about a black family of three being lynched. Nobody booed.

Source

The point seems to be missed that the students themselves accepted that the jokes were "inappropriate". They were actually showing an acceptance of political correctness.

4 comments:

Stan B said...

It's just like the parents who scold us for using "bad" words, but won't tell us which words are "bad." Here we know these jokes are not PC, we tell them to show we understand they're not PC, and then we get slammed for saying something not PC.

Silly Game.

Anonymous said...

You know what they say. Some of the funniest jokes are those based in truth. Then again, it's Britain, and why would anyone care about them. They are lost!

Anonymous said...

Gordon Brown is the funniest joke to come out of the U.K. in decades.

How is it no one is laughing at him?

Oh, not P.C.!

Robert said...

I would have had this joke to tell at that gathering:

The Angel Gabriel was looking over the Earth as God was designing it. Noticing how an area named Mexico seemed to have more than its fair share of goodies, he voiced his concerns. "God," he said, "you've got this area here with gold, silver, beautiful beaches, warm weather, it doesn't seem fair that one group should have all those advantages." God responded, "I know how to make it fair - I'll put the Mexicans there."