# Is this joke offensive/morally reprehensible?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-offensive-morally-reprehensible/707659>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 19, 2014, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-offensive-morally-reprehensible/707659 "2014-12-19T13:45:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-offensive-morally-reprehensible/707659/81 "2014-12-23T22:47:41Z")

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> [@Derleth](#):
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> OK, are _these_ joke morally offensive?
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> What’s the first thing an Israeli real estate developer does?Program the targeting computer.

I thought this one was funny, I didn’t particularly like the other three. Offensive? Eh, not to me.

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-offensive-morally-reprehensible/707659/82 "2014-12-23T23:03:05Z")

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> [@VoluntaryFireman](#):
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> I thought this one was funny, I didn’t particularly like the other three. Offensive? Eh, not to me.

Hey, going one for four in a set of jokes I made up on the spot is high praise for someone who isn’t even a comedian. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-joke-offensive-morally-reprehensible/707659/83 "2014-12-24T13:05:24Z")

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> [@VoluntaryFireman](#):
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> It was a joke in the “witty rejoinder” category- “I’ve just been sent a box of shit, how do I respond?” I didn’t particularly assign major HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS to the joke.

Aw, c’mon. Nobody has said that. Stupid racist jokes aren’t MAJOR HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, they’re just stupid racist jokes. Don’t be so defensive.

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