Why is it still OK to tell Irish Jokes?

[Kieran]

It doesn't bother me and I'm of Irish descent but if you tell a joke about another race with a negative stereotype there's usually uproar and people being sued. Anyone know why? Are some races 'valued' more than others and therefore more likely be protected by the press and supported by the law?

 

[â™ Clare Megan â™]

Because we don't care. We laugh it off.

 

[Anakin]

Cause Irish beer is the best & the world is jealous.

 

[old know all]

The Irish are a nation, not a race. They have a long tradition of sending themselves up and of making jokes about thick people (usually from Kerry - in Kerry they tell jokes about people from Cork). So long as the jokes aren't actually insulting, Irish people tend not to be offended by them. You're not allowed to offend people, but there's no law against making people laugh.

So Paddy goes to the building site aptitude test.
"Paddy, what's the difference between a joist and a girder?"
"That's easy" says Paddy, "Joyce wrote Ulysses and Goethe wrote Faust."

 

[murphdogg4]

because other people are told it's okay if they act like whiney bilznitches.

 

[irishlady]

I am Irish & to me it just shows our great sense of humor & be able to laugh at ourselves it's sad that all cultures can't see this

 

[Eternal Bloom]

I think you are always going to find sensitive people in any race. i guess it also depends on the extremity of the joke.