I, however, felt hurt and genuinely insulted.This is a similar situation to the controversy over Goodness Gracious Me, the comedy series based on Asians made by Asians. One guy I knew was a proud Scot, who was extremely defensive of people who attacked his heritage. And there he was, calling people tight Jews at the top of his voice – and no one seemed particularly bothered. James said, as if it were no big deal: “Stephen, don’t be a Jew.” He did not seem to care that a Jew was sitting in the room next to him. I started feeling sick with despair that an innocent child, thinking it to be acceptable, even with a Jew in his presence was now using the stingy Jew archetype, an image Nazis and racist Jew haters use.

What the hell was going on? I didn’t know about South Park at the time.At the party, people were routinely using the term “Jew” as an insult. His 13- year-old brother, James, was in there, also about to go out. James needed to borrow some money from Stephen so asked him for pounds 10 Stephen only offered to lend him five Then came the shock. Stephen went into the kitchen to make himself a quick sandwich. I was sitting in his living room before we went out to a party.

However, I’m a 17-year-old non-orthodox Jewish student living in West London – and I have suddenly found myself surrounded by “acceptable racism” that I believe is due to South Park.I noticed this first a few months ago when I was at my best friend Stephen’s house. South Park has an ongoing anti-Semitic theme, which is justified by one of its creators, Matt Stone, on the grounds that he is Jewish himself.Let me set the record straight I’ve little time for political correctness. I don’t call short people vertically challenged; I call them short arses I love South Park It’s great that a programme like that takes risks. She tells me how all her little friends watch South Park and love it.