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Originally Posted by Pincho Paxton

I can't keep up with this thread.. it's fast!

Ron's comment was a joke, it was a dark joke. The dark joke requires a mature, sensible audience. A dark joke usually comes with a warning when shown to an audience. The warning was a requirement.

The stereotype joke has always been acceptable in the past, it has appeared on many shows including Only Fools And Horses. Recently OFAH had all of the stereotypical jokes removed. These are new times for people of Ron's age. Anyway OFAH was ruined by the censorship.

So a warning is required, and that should be enough. The warning was slightly too harsh, and too long. Ron already admitted to being in the wrong, but the warning continued to build in intensity. I feel that some of the arguments on here are based on the Warning being intensified. People have become intensified by the length of the warning.

A quick warning with Ron realising his mistake was enough. Ron admitted to his mistake. That was enough.

You can create more damage with an over the top warning than the original joke. This thread can create more damage to relations than the joke by over-defending the warning. "Get Ron Out!".. over-defending the warning.

There is quite a few very obvious racist terms on ONLY FOOLS particularly the early episodes...e.g

uncle albert referring to corner shop as the "pa£i shop"
del boy referring to tea cosy as 'soppy hats for the west indians'

etc etc...quite shocking watching that now as none of it has been removed from the official bbc dvds....