Leave Jimmy alone!

People of Britain have gone apeshit this week, all because comedian Jimmy Carr was using a tax avoidance scheme. He's since apologised, but people are still going mental over the whole thing. The PM has even called what he's done 'morally wrong' - pot calling the kettle black there, Dave.

While it was right of Jimmy to apologise anyway, I personally don't see that he's done anything wrong. While a common opinion of those who don't earn a lot is that people who earn more should pay more tax, most of us in Jimmy's shoes would have done the same given the opportunity. I know I would have. The PM was also unfair to single him out, as he clearly isn't the only one. As for referring to it as 'morally wrong,' it seems highly hypocritical. Didn't we have MPs claiming for toilet seats and porn a while back? And privatising the NHS and taking away healthcare from all of us who can't afford to go private, that's nowhere near morally wrong is it?

I may get people jump down my throat for saying this, however, we all have freedom of speech, so there: I work, however, I don't pay tax on my wages because I don't earn enough. However, if I did pay tax, I would be absolutely disgusted that my hard earned money was being pissed away on pointless shit such as, oh, I don't know, the Olympics for example, so I don't blame anyone for saying 'yes' to the opportunity of paying less tax if I was advised it was legal. Come on, we'd all do it.

It's a shame that some people are using this whole story to go against Jimmy in general. On Twitter people are ranting because he's apologised for this, but not for some of the sick jokes he's come out with in the past. For the record, the clue is in the sentance - jokes. Jokes are not meant to be taken seriously, because they're jokes. BF and I met him in April when he toured here and he was lovely. Before you jump down my throat at that I will immediately say that in no way do I condone these jokes, there have been times when I've watched his DVDs or whatever and thought 'yeah, that was a bit much,' but at the end of the day, he's a comedian, it's his job and he's always done some form of dark humour in his shows. It's not forced upon anyone, we pay to go to his shows, we buy his DVDs and we watch him on the telly, and we have the choice to do that. If you're one of those people that doesn't like his humour, then don't watch him. Again, it's not right to single him out, there are plenty of comedians with that sort of humour, some who go further in that sort of humour. We're ashamed to admit sometimes that we do laugh at these jokes, but it doesn't reflect our opinion of the groups that are targeted.

At the end of the day, he's apologised now, and he's admitted he was wrong - which is what most of the slaters wanted. That should be the end of it. Although, as with the news, it probably isn't.