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I don't think anyone here is suggesting that the word 'girl' is offensive, but rather its use in the context/back story. I disagree that comedy is a good excus

• axod 18y ago
  If the joke is just being rude for the sake of shocking the audience, then yes, that's cheap humor. What about satire though. There's some classic comedy that was 'offensive' to people who had no idea what the joke was. For instance the Brasseye pedophilia special is some of the funniest, cleverest TV ever. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasseye#2001_paedophilia_special http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasseye#2001_paedophilia_speci... Politicians described the show as "unspeakably sick" (while admitting that they had not seen the programme).