An outstanding rabbit this week Brian, the very things I've been musing for a short while.
While I find Mr Henry's style a bit glib for my liking, I agree completely that we're going a bit far in taking offence when we know damn well offence was not intended. I really enjoy a good joke at the expense of the white male majority which of course is my own demographic. What do you call a bunch of white guys sitting on a bench? The NBA.
In relation to your comment 'We've been somehow programmed to be overloaded with guilt and inflicted with other people's standards”, I think this when I see an anti-smoking advert on TV. While the message is designed to be positive, it wreaks of negative things people ‘should' think about the targeted smokers.
Some fairly immature lyrics from The Bloodhound Gang make me happy when I feel unduly judged, 'I don't give a damn if you don't like me ‘cos I don't like you, ‘cos you're not like me”. Sometimes you just need to brush off people's short-sighted comments and get on with life. You are too right though, Oz would lap Henry up. I'll pay for his airfare!
Tony Bennett, Katikati.