text: "a joke that was too mean", The Shy Retirer?
  
  You're talking about the case of Quebec 'comedian' Mike Ward who made a young disfigured boy the subject of his 'comedy.' Here are some facts: 
  
  1. The boy was just entering high school when Ward started making him a part of his comedy routine. 
  
  2. Ward presented his show ridiculing the young boy 230 times over three years, and made a video of it, making considerable money from it. 
  
  3. Unsurprisingly, the boy's classmates picked up Ward's taunts and repeated them to him, making his life a living hell. 
  
  4. Ward wasn't fined a cent; but he did have to pay damages of $35,000 to the young boy whose life he had made intolerable.