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  Banter is great and makes a day nicer. Crude remarks made to keep people in their place are not banter. Remember the programme years ago about Quentin Crisp? The Naked Civil Servant? Those thugs bashing him and tormenting him probably thought they were teasing, and the fact that it went unchallenged clearly allowed them to think it was ok. Their behaviour is directly related to the "banter" and "teasing" we sometimes condone as "harmless". I really do think a joke is a good thing, and freedom of speech is vital. But those principles do not mean we should allow harmful behaviour to masquerade as fun and not challenge it.

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