"Acceptable"
With hindsight, "acceptable" was perhaps the wrong choice of word. "Accepted" - although unfortunate - is probably a more accurate reflection of the national psyche at the time.

Bear in mind that this was a time when Bernard Manning and Jim Davidson were at the peaks of their careers and the latter was on prime time TV. Now both were racist cunts but their "humour" was fairly mainstream. Then there was Alf Garnett, Spike Milligan and a whole host of others.

I guess we're talking about a time when Britain was (wrongly) less sensitive and before we grew up.

I was never my intention to offend anyone at the time, nor with the re-telling of the story but if I have offended you in any way, I apologise unreservedly.
( <>Dog www.stevelaker.blog, Tue 1 Nov 2011, 11:23, Reply)