I don't think anyone said that greg, although again the initial reporting focused only on the editing of the word 'faggot' and not on the fact that the term 'slut' was also deleted, thereby making it appear that it was purely something 'so as not to offend the gay community' as stated in the initial post.

Of course these stories have some point of origin - that can clearly be seen in the Rochdale school story that prompted this thread; but, as a Birmingham City Council press officer sighed regarding the "rebranding" of Christmas as "Winterval" (a title desgined to encompass the three month collection of multi-faith and secular events, running from October to January, and including Bonfire Night, Diwali, New Year and other seasonal events as well as Christmas itself.)

"We get this every year. It just depends how many rogue journalists you get in any given year. We tell them it's bollocks, but it doesn't seem to make much difference."