playing the race/ethnic card is one of the most commonly used forms of comedy, second only to stereotyping (a close relative anyway). All of the top comedians of our times have used the race card to create laughter ( some more than others)--is it offensive, yes-- but hilarious as well. This  form of comedy goes back to the Greco-Roman era and has been around for centuries.

I have laughed my arse off watching a Carlos Mencia make fun of just about every ethnical group out there

I have had a jolly good time watching Chris Rock make fun of his own kind 

I howled with laughter when our very own Samde Sherpa made fun of the way Tenzing Norgay supposedly gave his first interview after conquering Mt Everest.

And of course, I have seen threads here in Sajha where links have been provided for clips of the up and coming comedian, Russell Peters-- his major schtick being making fun of Indians and other Asians.

I can name many more--Seinfeld, Dangerfield, Pryor, Carlin amongst them--who have used this form of comedy to bring laughter to millions of people in the US. I am sure its the same elsewhere as well.

I have seen the audiences at their shows, and I have seen how these comedians point out to specific faces in the crowd before and after they make their targeted jokes. If we as a nation and a community are striving to move forward together, shouldnt we first learn to look past this and take it exactly as it was intended to be?

I can understand the outrage over a 'specific' ethnicity being targeted here, but in no way would like someone as creative as dhirajojha be shut down in a public portal like Sajha because of this. San bro, I am very much against this, even though you have made it clear (with your rulebook) why you could 'ban' posts like these.

If it gets banned, I would like to thank dhirajojha for at least giving me some much needed laughter this past week. There's always youtube broda.

my two cents