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I had the misfortune of suffering through the whole ginger thing in school, but it originated from The Catherine Tate Show (which I thought was rubbish by the way) who did an entire sketch taking the piss out of ginger haired people.
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Seriously not. That show didn't invent ginger humour; it was only reflecting the common perspectives on gingers. Prejudice against redheads has been going on for decades.
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Okay look here goes, because all in all this is what it boils down to *prepare for rant*:
We live in a democratic western society were freedom of speech is common place. People have the right to say whatever they want without fear of consequence, no matter what it is they are saying. As people made clear in the Burschenschaft thread, you cannot discriminate between who gets to speak and who doesn't because then the lines become increasingly blurred. Furthermore, because of this people will no doubt be offended by some of things people say. The point is, who gives a flying fuck whether or not you are offended by what people say? Why should I care whether a person with red hair gets offended because I call them 'ginger'? Being offended doesn't affect you physically at all? When I Was a strong Catholic I used to be offended all the time by how people used God's name in vain and the sort. What did I do? I got on with my life. People should get on with their lives and stop taking jokes too seriously.
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No-one has suggested that anti-ginger talk should be made illegal. Just because you
can do something doesn't mean it's a good idea, or even an ethical thing to do.