How much of a sense of humour can you retain, when talking about serious global issues?

Doug Stanhope is an American standup comedian, one of the best and most respected people in the business. More than that - he's insightful. Comedians are the court jesters of the modern Western world, the ones with a license to speak the necessary and difficult truth.

The videos below (posted on YouTube by the production company that made them) come from a British TV special. Warning: the videos contain adult language (and adult opinions).

So next time you're stuck in a pub conversation with someone who's complaining about immigrants (or Third World countries) taking their jobs, just tell them: If that guy is as qualified for your job as you are, then you are a loser of such epic proportion that you should be ashamed of someone finding out they took your job away from you.