Yeah, Clinton, I guess we do. ;-)

I don't mind seeing assholes being made fun of, no matter which country they are from. Every country has its share of assholes, and they deserve to be made fun of. Young guys often make insulting comments about women, minorities, gays, whoever...just to get attention, to get a rise out of people, and mostly to show off in front of other young guys. If you've been in high school or college, you know that. It's typical acting out behaviour for immature males at a certain stage in their lives. So let's make fun of it, I say. ;-)

I think Guest has it right on the nose: "makes some people squirm because they recognise themselves"

That's the real reason people got so livid at Lenny Bruce and set the cops on him. They couldn't stand being confronted with their own hidden crap. There was definitely a method to his madness, and there may well be to Cohen's too.

It's a danged good thing he's a Jew, otherwise imagine all the people who now would be accusing him of being anti-semitic...and that was true of Lenny Bruce too, wasn't it? Satire seems to go right by a lot of people, because they don't think, they merely react to the most obvious symbols that happen to push their buttons.

Another case of that was all the people who got offended by the Randy Newman song "Short People", because they took it seriously.

Some people just can't take a joke! (or get it either, apparently)