Hey Hey, It's Controversial Skit Day - Comments

I find it funny that they are calling Australia a racist country when Australia's native background are dark skinned people.

In Australia we just act before we think. WE don't think it's racist because as Your.Pink.Diary said was true, we are brought up differently in society. It's like a laugh for us, a majority wouldn't use hate crimes or saying the 'N' word to black people or using anything like that, but we make jokes, we have a laugh, it's what we do.

australia is NOT rascist..and will never ever be as racist as americans are (sorry guys, but hey, we see more of american racism around the GLOBE, than any other racism). I find Harry Connick Jr. a TWAT, he annoyed me that he can't lighten up can he? Technically they were being politically correct by in fact changing the colour of Michael's face, its not a racist gesture. yes it was in poor taste as Mr. Jackson had only a week earlier died, but you can't insult a dead man, calling him dead, thats like insulting a black person by calling him black...its stupid....coz thats what they are.
Back 20 years, that was on, HeyHey was just reinacting it, i dont think Michael or anyone that had participated in the original routine would feel offended, in fact i think if htye had been sitting there, they would have laughed and had said "oh yeah! those were the days" or something corny but still funny.

Harry Connick Jr. can't sing or dance and needs to lighten up, this whole world is so boring, serious and ugly right now, what happened to making jokes, even "yo momma" jokes are looked down on; another story of behavior is the very christmas saying "HO HO HO" being banned. W T F? seriously! its what SANTA SAYS, not in a derogatory sense, its another way of LAUGHING, something this world seriously lacks, now we just laugh at boring "oh HA-HA they kicked him in the balls", c'mon people, LIGHTEN UP!

Another example of the media blowing things out of proportion.

I agree. Some people overreacted to what was meant as just a laugh on a comedy show. No harm was meant here.

It was just a joke and no harm was meant by it.
I think people should just relax and roll with it, heck.
Life`s too short to cry and moan over every little thing.

it's only controversy because people want something to bxtch about. omg. people are so sensitive these days, it's like walking on eggshells.

People are so damn annoying. Honestly.

I understand why American's are offended, and I don't have a problem with that.

I do have a problem with them then calling Australian racist... see, we don't have the same historical context that the US does. Most Australian's never would have even touched the issues that exist in America in regards to racial issues in school... I would say the majority are uninformed and unaware. We have a different perception, so just because we don't find it offensive doesn't automatically mean we're racist. It just means our historical background is different and we have a different take on issues.