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Originally Posted by Russ
It needs to be by someone independent, objective and not emotionally involved. They are best places to decide whether or not a joke is “personal” and with malicious intent
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Ultimately, if it went that far, that's what would happen.
Most things are best dealt with informally though (in fact the courts expect this before people turn to them).
If someone is genuinely making a joke, they would be horrified to learn that they had caused offence and not do it again to the same person (I imagine that this has happened to almost everybody at some point).