The Aflac duck is annoying and Gilbert Gottfried is an idiot. What kind of insensitive fool would try to find humor in the tragedy that has befallen the Japanese people? Oh, yeah. Gilbert Gottfried.
We always make jokes in tragic times. Gottfried’s mistake was being too soon. What he said was insensitive, but almost all comedy is. It’s what makes it funny.
Their was nothing hateful in his joke. They shouldn’t have fired him over that.
Exactly right. Just a couple of weeks after Sep 11, [h]e began his monologue joking that he had intended to catch a plane, but couldn't get a direct flight because "they said they have to connect with the Empire State Building first." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Gottfried)
People like this insensitive idiot don't bother me. But the thought of all those Americans that flock to his shows and movies does scare and nauseate me. Well, they also think that Obama leads the country in the right direction...
Oh, come on. I remember libs doing jokes like this after 9/11 or, even worse, opining at how it was “our fault” they attacked.
Bill Maher does this crap relentlessly and still has a job. The jokes were just stupid and besides, who even knows Gottfried was the voice of the duck?