Jay Leno has been sued by a Bakersfield, CA man offended by a joke about a sacred Sikh temple that Leno told in his "Tonight Show" monologue last Thursday. In the joke, Leno mocked GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney by comparing his home to India's Harmandir Sahib, better known as the Golden Temple of Amritsar.
Mad at this guy? Seriously?
I think in these situations one needs to understand what they are watching. They are watching comedians attempt to make things funny. Sometimes they succeed, other times they do not. In some instances even go as far as to offend people but that is the nature of the "make things funny" industry. If you watch a comedian and laugh at the funny joke then get offended and sue for the ones you didn't think were appropriate it is hypocritical and selfish. Somebody else may have found that same joke funny and you are basically saying because I didn't find it funny, no one should ~ making allowances certain egregiously graphic or incentive materials. Free speech is not only about expressing oneself freely but also accepting that other people have the right to do so and there is a decent chance you will not like what they have to say.
SO.....
Either you watch it and accept it as is or you stay away from it and conceded that you are too lame to understand humor or grasp the concept that it's make-believe. Either way, if you can't watch late night comedy shows and get offended by already highly censored material. You must have something better to do surely!
Was the joke tasteless or improper or is this yet another case of oversensitive bitchassness?
