[drummerboy @ Oct 23rd 2007 12:05PM]

I don't think it's racist to say that Chinese people eat Chinese food.

He didn't say that Americans would be ordering food from every Chinese person, because every Chinese person works at a Chinese restaraunt. He didn't say that at all. Instead, he used the fact that man, many Americans enjoy Chinese food, which, for its American base, is usually consumed through means of delivery. If there were a direct line to China, perhaps more deliveries would be made. This is rediculous, as no one would order food all the way from China. It would cost too much. Hense the humor.

If every joke had to encorporate every aspect of the object it was making fun of in order to not be insensitive, humor would be incredibly prententiously politically correct, and would cease to be funny. The joke could have read "62 million simultaneous calls (for takeout, or toys, or cheap electronics, or perhaps thousands of other goods and services which the Chinese are well known for making, or perhaps just to chat with the largest country in the world about it's vast historical significance and amazing achievements over the past 4000 years, or maybe to broaden our political horizens, or who knows, this line could be used for so many different things)".

That would include a well rounded assessment of China. But who the hell wants that. It was a one-liner about one aspect of China, it's food business within America, which is an aspect that many Americans can relate too. Humor should relate to the people. When you don't find it funny, just don't laugh. But there's no reason to be angry about something you don't find funny.