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Originally Posted by simples145
True, you can have an opinion about anything you like. However an informed opinion is likely to be worth listening to, whilst one based on hearsay is likely to be prejudiced by public opinion.
I have agreed, and will agree again that the joke was tasteless and not funny. But people on here are trying to claim some sort of moral high-ground as if Mr Boyle was a public servant.
He's a comedian, well known for his offensive humour. If you can't take what he is saying as a joke (however offensive that may be) then it is your problem, not his.
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Frankie Boyle isn't a public servant, but he was broadcasting on a public service channel - and one that is, incidentally, State-owned. i.e. ours. People are entitled to be heard if they have a view on any licenced broadcast service, especially those that have privileged PSB status, and foremost among those the BBC and C4.