For the most part, jokes are only offensive if they strike a nerve.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-walmart-china/wal-mart-re...

> Wal-Mart will reimburse customers who bought the tainted “Five Spice” donkey meat and is helping local food and industry agencies in eastern Shandong province investigate its Chinese supplier... The Shandong Food and Drug Administration earlier said the product contained fox meat.