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In addition to what Mac said, I'm going to point out to Nepsotic that saying 'IT WAS A JOKE' doesn't excuse anything. Humour doesn't mean anything is allowable. Humour doesn't mean it's inoffensive. Humour doesn't mean it's not meant vindictively. Humour doesn't mean that there isn't anything serious behind it.
Humour has no greater or lesser freedom than any other speech. 'IT WAS JUST A JOKE' is not an excuse for anything and I really wish you'd stop saying it.
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Now you're saying like you're an oracle saying where is the offensiveness line for humor. That's your opinion. Each person has his own limit after which he gets insulted. I don't think humor presented in that French mag shouldn't be allowed because of potential offensiveness. If I was of Islam faith with all of my personality, I wouldn't give a rat's shit about it. Really. I didn't find it funny (it's more like a lazy low-blow), but that's a different case. What can you say about it?
I somehow don't imagine you going and protesting against tv shows like South Park, because they insult people in their comedy.
I agree with Nep. If something is labeled as a humor, it shouldn't be taken seriously. It's not like that's the point of humor, riiiight?