and people complained about ricky gervais in the office

for david brent's views on disabled people

but as was rightly pointed out, david brent was the target of the joke, not the disabled.

people often have to find a reason to get offended

you can usually tell when something is actually malicious

Posted By: SCC 28 on January 9th 2010 at 20:55:10

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Do you reckon Adebayor ran the length of the bus to celebrate in front of the gunners? (n/m) (Other Football) - Only1Doherty, Jan 9, 20:05:26
- Tanti ? (n/m) (Other Football) - Bryan Nesbitt, Jan 9, 20:33:20
- adebayor adebayooor (Other Football) - grants_cold_finger, Jan 9, 20:29:36
  - um... (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Jan 9, 20:31:41
    - ffs don't you start as well (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 9, 20:33:09
      - don't start what? (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Jan 9, 20:37:09
        
        the first threads yesterday on the incident (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 9, 20:39:06
        
        oh right, ffs (Other Football) - Charles21, Jan 9, 20:41:08
        
        agreed (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Jan 9, 20:47:41
        
        then they were making a joke about drogba (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 9, 20:42:21
        
        tbf this joke is about adebayor celebrating in front of arsenal fans (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 9, 20:45:34
        
        I believe the joke involved people diving to the floor (Other Football) - Charles21, Jan 9, 20:44:56
        
        Oooh don't offend me (Other Football) - duke of york, Jan 9, 21:17:24
        
        blub? (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Jan 9, 22:20:38
        
        yes it relates to the shooting obviously (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 9, 20:47:21
        
        had nobody died then the joke would still work (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 9, 20:50:09
        
        and people complained about ricky gervais in the office (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 9, 20:55:10
        
        There are slightly offensive jokes and totally offensive jokes (Other Football) - Charles21, Jan 9, 22:20:08
        
        So much contempt, keep drivelling (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Jan 9, 21:02:55
        
        tbf you get offended at anything (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 9, 21:22:57
        
        Hope you had a good xmas (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Jan 9, 21:41:18
        
        i also got a warning lol (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 9, 20:41:01
        
        what?? betfair warned you? (Other Football) - Charles21, Jan 9, 22:40:53
        
        factually correct I guess (Other Football) - Charles21, Jan 9, 20:42:54
        
        According to 5 Live, there were two vehicles behind the bus which had (Other Football) - Vivid Data Shark, Jan 9, 22:06:45
        
        details are a bit sketchy tbh (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 9, 20:44:21
        
        oh yeah, maybe that's what happened (Other Football) - Charles21, Jan 9, 20:45:43
        
        nothing confirmed of the keeper dead either (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 9, 20:48:05
- he didn't suggest he did in his interview (Other Football) - SCC 28, Jan 9, 20:08:58
- no (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Jan 9, 20:07:39
- funny (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, Jan 9, 20:07:27
- shocking, should be ashamed (n/m) (Other Football) - lmc, Jan 9, 20:06:19
- no - cos 3 people died. (n/m) (Other Football) - Yellalee, Jan 9, 20:06:08

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