[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by Col.Kurtz

I''m not saying it's only one section of the population that's involved in these activities, it's the suppression of the reporting of these activities I find hard to stomach.

That is what tends to cause racism, when people perceive that they are not being treated equally.

It becomes really stupid when people are wary of using someones skin colour or ethnic background when describing them for fear of being seen as racist. For example. I've got a new eye specialist and last time I went to the hospital I saw one of the team. He's Greek and I had a few goes at practising his name because it's rather long and complicated. When I had to phone them up about something a few weeks later I said to a friend that I wondered if I would get the name right or if I would have to resort to saying 'the Greek doctor'. My friend said "Oooh you can't say that. It might sound racist!" How the heck can it be racist to describe a Greek guy as being a Greek guy? That surely is PC gone stark raving bonkers.