I've not seen it, but I think Coogan misses the point somewhat

when he "dares" them to make similar remarks about Islamic fundamentalists.

The reason people can get away with these kind of remarks is because there is no tension between the people saying the joke and those on the receiving end. There is no (as far as I'm aware) long running tension between Mexicans and Brits.

Posted By: Charles21 on February 10th 2011 at 18:39:30

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the full quote here... (General Chat) - Only1Doherty, Feb 10, 18:19:02
- wow........ they made fun of mexican food............... (General Chat) - usacanary, Feb 10, 19:13:52
  - this is a country whose second largest revenue stream is tourism (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 19:16:57
    - besides, it's not teh food comments that have fucked them off (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 19:18:32
      - those comments seem to be quoted everywhere about the food thing. (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Feb 10, 19:21:44
        
        yes, but I assume it was the lazy comments that have really pissed them off (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 19:28:21
        
        Of course he is going to say that........... (General Chat) - usacanary, Feb 10, 19:34:26
        
        yes but the US is ridiculously ethnically diverse. No one can seriously generalise (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 19:40:12
        
        You mean like this............ (General Chat) - usacanary, Feb 10, 19:53:49
        
        see the comments above (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 19:59:19
- You're in a room with a gun, Clarkson, Hammond and one bullet. What would you do? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 10, 18:39:58
  - Killing people for shit jokes does seem a tad extreme....... (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Feb 10, 19:20:02
    - yep especially when we're deadly seriously about it (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 10, 19:21:13
      - what? oh (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 19:29:07
      - You are in a room with a gun with George Michael, Elton John and John Inman's corpse...... (General Chat) - usacanary, Feb 10, 19:28:09
  - shoot myself? Actually, I wouldn't. They're not so bad as to deserve murder (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Feb 10, 19:01:29
  - i'm glad you've left May out of the room. i like May (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 10, 18:59:34
    - I like him equal leaast of the three, level with the other two (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Feb 10, 19:02:35
      - lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 19:07:18
      - i've heard they're going to throw a lemon party just for you Suggsy (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 10, 19:06:38
  - i'd probably kill Clarkson, as Hammond would have nobody to sniff around and laugh with (General Chat) - Only1Doherty, Feb 10, 18:52:50
  - I'd shoot the bullet into the floor (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 18:49:04
    - which is worse than a harmless joke imo (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 10, 18:49:32
      - disagree (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 10, 18:51:06
  - leave the room (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Feb 10, 18:42:18
- Don't see the problem (General Chat) - Charles21, Feb 10, 18:32:11
  - the difference Charles is that in comedy this is done with irony (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 18:37:26
    - wasn't that the point though? (General Chat) - Charles21, Feb 10, 18:41:51
      - exactly just banter (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 10, 18:44:11
        
        ^^^ yep this. (General Chat) - usacanary, Feb 10, 19:36:18
        
        mexicans? (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 10, 18:51:56
        
        well if they worked a bit harder... (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 10, 18:55:21
        
        that shit dull program is transmitted worldwide you fool (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 18:56:59
        
        it's on bbc america (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 10, 18:58:44
        
        wrong again (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 19:01:40
        
        no i said it was on bbc america which is a fact (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 10, 19:03:28
        
        When you go abroad or you broadcast abroad (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 10, 19:07:31
        
        when you go abroad you should behave (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 10, 19:12:44
        
        well I disagree I'm afraid (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 10, 19:18:30
        
        your behaviour should be associated with how you behave (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 10, 19:21:00
        
        well it is but it's also associated with my country (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 10, 19:24:35
        
        it's not only on BBC america, it's acquired and rebroadcast by many other channels (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 19:06:49
        
        good for them! (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 10, 19:07:58
        
        Mexicans are fiercely patriotic precisely because of things like this (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 19:12:07
        
        then they need to get a grip (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 10, 19:13:34
        
        if you really think that then you're just a vile individual as she was (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 19:15:27
        
        Jade Goody was not racist (General Chat) - Charles21, Feb 10, 19:18:34
        
        i'm vile cos i think it's a massive over reaction? (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 10, 19:18:03
        
        oh goody (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 10, 19:22:07
        
        ^^^doing his best to prove AB's point^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 10, 19:10:31
        
        agreed, SCC's trolling shite is so boring now (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 19:14:15
        
        yep being over offended is very normal (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 10, 19:16:49
        
        send an email to the Mexican embassy to tell them to cork it then, since they're overreact (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 19:20:42
        
        why would me thinking it's been an over reaction (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 10, 19:24:56
        
        you said it was just a harmless joke. That implies it doesn't offend you (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 19:30:55
        
        of course it doesn't offend me (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 10, 19:32:42
        
        I get offended by offensive things, which is exactly what labelling Mexicans as lazy is (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 19:35:36
        
        can you not just ignore it? (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 10, 19:37:35
        
        1 bloke who reaches millions with his opinions via a TV program on our state broadcaster (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 19:38:52
        
        you can reach millions on youtube too (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 10, 19:41:23
        
        we shall see (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 19:44:57
        
        if they apologise (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 10, 19:47:20
        
        sigh (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 20:05:27
        
        keep getting offended worz (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 10, 20:10:28
        
        keep being facetious (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 20:15:17
        
        cheers mate (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 10, 20:17:10
        
        I am, and so should you be. It reflects badly on us all (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 18:50:09
        
        it doesn't reflect on me at all! (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 10, 18:52:12
        
        of course it does, stop being a trolling twat for 5 fuckign seconds (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 18:54:17
        
        no it doesn't (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 10, 18:57:29
      - I presume you are familiar with the views of Clarkson? (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 18:44:09
        
        now, i've never met Clarkson (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 10, 18:54:47
        
        not really (General Chat) - Charles21, Feb 10, 18:47:58
        
        unfortunately his vile opinions reach millions (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 18:50:32
  - Thing is: he didn't look comfy saying it (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Feb 10, 18:36:30
    - I've not seen it, but I think Coogan misses the point somewhat (General Chat) - Charles21, Feb 10, 18:39:30
      - That does not make it acceptable (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 10, 18:43:29
        
        ffs (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 10, 18:45:50
      - there might be now thanks to these three dull men (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 18:42:44
        
        I very much doubt that (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Feb 10, 18:48:41
        
        really? Presumably that's why the Mexican ambassador is absolutely furious (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 18:52:03
        
        I'm fairly sure there won't be deep running tensions between Mexicans and Brits (General Chat) - Charles21, Feb 10, 18:56:26
        
        on the whole I think stereotypes of the British are pretty positve (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 19:00:26
- "Hahahahahahaha! Gypsies!" (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 10, 18:25:06
  - "I'm sorry, but just imagine waking up and remembering you're Mexican: 'awww, no'." (General Chat) - Only1Doherty, Feb 10, 18:30:07
    - He's not even a hampster, he's nothing! He's worse than a hampster! (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Feb 10, 18:33:13
- corrupt is a shocking omission (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 10, 18:19:58
  - yes, because we British aren't corrupt are we? (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 18:21:30
    - not as corrupt (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 10, 18:32:10
      - it would be in Britain too if police earned what Mexican police do (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 10, 18:35:48

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