No worries Jake - I will refrain from Pirate jokes.
It's a great dilemma you both raise. Where is the line? What is approriate, what is inappropriate?
This dilemma happens in our every day life too.
A great example is in the current Beyond Blue racisim ad.
In my face to face interactions, my thought process is if the butt of the joke relies on the negative characteristic/sterotype of a group of people or person, I won't tell the joke.
Another way of looking at it, and I think what Kristin was referring to, if a joke was told in reference to a group/category that is part of my identity (could be a religion, illness, alot of different things) how comfotable would I be?
Anways - it's that fine, tricky line that varies for all of us. But I think, if you feel the need to put an apology disclosure meassage at the bottom, that's probably your intution saying you shouldn'tt post it.
But Jake.. your dog, duck & chicken jokes are great... I don't think they are easily offended 😉
