"and therefore Smokey's comments need to be understood in the context of the thread."

Excatly, and if you've been paying attention you'll notice that the context was not restricted to one line of debate.

Smokey was very clearly responding to the kneejerk reaction that meant that I was lumped in with apologists for racist humour because i disagreed that TT was a racist.

"but what I can't understand is the lengths you'll go to to defend this man."

I've actually been speding far too much time on this thread defending myself.



I'm now I sem to be geting sucked into defending Smokey.

The subject is Tommy Tiernan.

"TT really doesn't need or deserve your support"

I never set out to give it. I am interested in discussing him and would like to be able to do so freely and intelligently.

"Satire is stuff like Brass Eye."

I agree 100%

And guess how much work Chris Morris gets now?

NONE!

That's how much.

His satirization of public paranoia/fascination on the subject of Paedophiles earned him the hatred of everyone who didn't understand what he was satirizing.

He was accused of being tasteless and offensive and not considering the feelings of victims of sexual abuse and using other peoples misery to make cheap comedy etc etc etc ...

And he is now a TV outcast.

I thought that he was Brilliant, but you make up your own mind.