I don't think I was calling Lizzie a racist, VirginiaTam. What I tried to convey is that she can be prone to the knee-jerk, sometimes hysterical responses typified by certain nerwspapers. I don't think that this kind of paranoia is either realistic or helps to address the underlying issues that society really is facing.

I am very interested in the politics of fear, as discussed by Michael Moore in the film Bowling for Columbine. His underlying thesis was the question, "What is America so scared of?" He deomonstrated how the politics of fear are used as a tool of control, and to get people to behave, and vote, in certain ways.

When I see that sort of thing being propigated in the UK, I feel compelled to call it for what it is. That's not a vendetta; it's a logical response.