While I think it's good not to be insulting of other people, I think political correctness goes way overboard sometimes. Geez, it's a joke-- a funny one at that, but it seems like all the sensitivity just aims to take the humor out of everything. I didn't think the joke mocked the Chinese doctor as an "absurd medicine man", it was a funny and witty perspective on health concerns.
Why is it that no gets offended at the so called halting speech mannerisms of Italian immigrants?
That's a gooda pizza pie...Oh wait, that's funny, but the OP joke is not. Ok. Or what about German immigrants, or Greek immigrants, etc. and where does it end?
If political correctness ruled everything there would only be like three jokes left in the world. I'm starting to think that people want to find things to be offended about. I'm not referring to anyone here specifically, but I hear on tv all the time that this is offensive and that's offensive. I think there are bigger things in the world to be offended and outraged about than some joke that wasn't meant to hurt anyone. Doesn't intent count for anything? I don't know....it's JMO and trying to make sense of this.