Jimmy Carr's troop joke, funny or offensive?

Jimmy Carr's troop joke, funny or offensive?

Jimmy Carr's troop joke, funny or offensive?

He made the gag at his live stand-up show at the Manchester Apollo (October 2009)

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Guest: Elmo (14 days ago)

For crying out loud-this is what Jimmy carr does. It's also the kind of humour that soldiers have, as it says in the report. Anyone offended by this clearly needs to get a life. The sickest joke of all is the war itself.

slickspsslicksps (14 days ago)

If a baby picks up a tin of beans from the supermarket, is it theft? It's a matter of intent. He didn't intend to insult and lots of people did find it funny. There is not a single joke which everybody laughs at. We all have different taboos and who knows, his statement could be true! It's a compliment, not an insult.

Guest: NeilH (8 days ago)

Latest comment: "The squaddies thought it was funny. The rest of us should accept that and stfu. "

Guest (15 days ago)

im offended that someone thinks my sense of humor is insensitive. where is the outcry for me. BOO HOO! Everyone needs to relax. Funny is funny.

kramnadrojkramnadroj (15 days ago)

Typical, it's the same with some racist jokes. You have an army of white people condemning it when black people take no notice. Here, the amputee has no problem with but everyone else makes it an issue. They're not children, if they have a problem with it, they'll say. They don't need us taking their side when they haven't even taken a side! Personally, I really don't think that was even a remotely offensive joke compared to the vast majority I've heard over the years.

Guest (15 days ago)

Seems like a few people got their sense of humour shot off too.

Guest: Pete Star (14 days ago)

For a joke to be a joke, someone has to find it funny and someone else has to be offended, otherwise its not a joke

Guest (15 days ago)

I think that this time Jimmy car has shot himself in the foot. So he'll be able to join the paralympic team too then.
   

Guest (14 days ago)

thats really funny, have you ever thought of being a ******

Guest: jj (15 days ago)

a bit slow of the mark here boreme,this news is 2 weeks old
   

kramnadrojkramnadroj (15 days ago)

boreme isn't a news site in case you hadn't noticed?
      

Guest (14 days ago)

Really! are you sure this is'nt a news site.

Guest: eatshitjewpig (15 days ago)

who gives a crap if your offended or not. deal with it. free speach is a bitch aint it, especially to those who dont want others opinions.
   

Guest: just my opinion (14 days ago)

Freedom of speech is a myth.
      

Guest: Dave (14 days ago)

Only for nuggets like you!

Guest: Rodney, BArnet (13 days ago)

It's insulating and its wrong to our barve men in uniform there should be instant punishment for the insulating of a squaddie and it should be either jail or then being sent to Afganistan as its a discrace.
   

Guest (12 days ago)

Whats insulting and wrong is that the government sends our squadies to Afganistan and Iraq in the first place!

gblairGBlair (14 days ago)

I can understand why people have been offended by it, but I personally found it funny.

Guest (15 days ago)

Is it just me or does anyone else see the irony in the fact that the ParaOlympics was set up so that ex-soldiers with spinal injuries could have a sports competition?