That Jimmy Carr Joke

So Jimmy Carr caused a bit of a fuss with his joke "Say what you like about the servicemen amputees from Iraq and Afghanistan, but we are going to have a fucking good Paralympic team in 2012."

Now it's not the first time I've heard a joke like that, indeed on a bulletin board I occasionally frequent one member said a similar thing about US troops.

I don't particularly like Jimmy Carr - he looks like the worlds only punchable Downs Syndrome sufferer for starters, and many of his jokes aren't all that funny. His more offensive ones usually are though, the Gypsy Moth one from a few years back also caused a bit of a ruckus but was damn funny.

But here, well, it's all out of proportion - how the hell Bob Ainsworth has the gall to say it's offensive to troops when he and his government have knowingly been sending troops to war zones under-equipped, and with the equipment they have given them not always appropriate, and are now trying to sell off training (they've already stifled TA training), is beyond me.

And really, I doubt most servicemen will be that offended - I've had many occasions drinking with members of various branches of the armed forces, and they all have singularly sick sense of humour. I guess you have to. Plus, any group who play 'freckle' have little to worry about verbal shit.