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  • then those who broke the story and fuelled the media frenzy are more to blame, more irresponsible than those who believed acting like a lad was required. bad timing

    sounds like you are trying to move the blame to the messenger. The media always throw in extra bits of comment but the original clip shows some inappropriate behaviour from people in the public eye at work.

    Yeap, there is a difference. But imo, not much.

    There is a massive difference. While you can't control what part of a joke people find funny the subject of the joke is very different.

    People like Frank Boyle or Ricky Gervace are getting laughs from offensive material. What was the guy in the clip above doing? Trying to get a bit of a laugh/joke/props/affirmation/whatever by talking about someone smashing someone in.

    I think there are big differences. As I said F.B offensive behaviour is more personal or about a cringe worthy subject ridiculous situation.

    The other difference is even if the same joke was mad by two different people, one a comedian at a gig the other a football commentator at work. The difference is people pay to see a comedian, to see a show no matter what that may contain, they have an expectation and are free to leave. Other people are going to work had having to deal with this chap who is in a position of power over many of them and can't just leave. In a social situation on a more level playing field people are able to fight back more but due to restrictive dynamics at work this is less possible. This is key part of many laws, to "even up the playing field" in various scenarios.

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