Lets be fair, who hasn't been the butt of jokes? Is there really any nationality that hasn't been the butt of jokes somewhere in the world? We Irish have been the butt of many a joke....did I take any of them seriously, or take offence at them....no. God if I had a pound for every joke i've heard about Essex girls, Kerry people etc. I'd be a wealthy man. Sure some jokes are distasteful, but not as distasteful as some clod standing on the high moral ground preaching rather tired politically correct rubbish, pointing his finger at everybody else.