And this is different how? If you reference the fact that they're Jewish, you obviously think it's relevant. Why do it otherwise? He doesn't do it in the first joke, so why in the second one?
I see it as being in the same vein as, say, "I've never met a nice South African" by Spitting Image. Which was clearly wrong in any kind of literal sense, as there were many perfectly nice white South Africans, plus a lot of Black South Africans who the song wasn't about at all. But anyone listening to the song knew not to take it entirely literally, and it was clear that it wasn't, for instance, talking about Nelson Mandela.
You see it as increasing the negativity about Jews, which is clearly a bad thing.
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andrewducker) wrote2010-05-04 12:01 pm
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Even if it's factually correct and does play a part in the general problem.
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I see it as being in the same vein as, say, "I've never met a nice South African" by Spitting Image. Which was clearly wrong in any kind of literal sense, as there were many perfectly nice white South Africans, plus a lot of Black South Africans who the song wasn't about at all. But anyone listening to the song knew not to take it entirely literally, and it was clear that it wasn't, for instance, talking about Nelson Mandela.
You see it as increasing the negativity about Jews, which is clearly a bad thing.
Call it a day?
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Only if it's actually a day and relevant to the issue at hand. ;)