[Busman747]

Originally Posted by garinda

Political correctness hasn't stopped people using humour to diffuse difficult situations, and there is certainly no current legislation in place in the UK to forbid it, as the opening thread of this post suggests.

Happily though I will be the first to tell a 'queer' joke, and it will probably be funnier than any you know.

I am sure it would be Garinda - but YOU are allowed to openly say gay jokes simply because you swing that way, The Irish can can laugh at themselves, likewise, Black Americans can openly use the word nigg** but with the exception of Eminem, whites can't!

I can't believe you were naive enough to come out with the following statement:

Who is the 'PC brigade'? It isn't an actual body, it's just a term banded about in the press.

Don't you READ the papers? Was it the "press" that put an ex cop in jail for 24 hours and then in court because he hinted that a woman high up in the force was a "dyke?" There are examples almost daily of the abuse of innocent people caught up in the trap of being or saying something politically incorrect.

Have I done something to upset you Garinda? - or is it just the wrong time of the month! Ooh, is that politically incorrect??