Jim. Just the point - The disapproval did not extend towards anti-men songs etc. So, why was it deemed OK to protest about anti-woman songs? That is just the question I keep asking. Wht is it OK to demean one set of society but not the other. It is completely and utterly irrelevent whether I find either comment offensive. The issue is that there is an imbalance in what is deemed proper. As far as I am concerned it should be all or nothing. If it is acceptable for any nation to poke fun at the English then the reverse should also apply. If anti-whatever comments are deemed unacceptable they they should be unacceptable regardless of who they are made about. To have one set of rules for 'us' and one for 'them' is plainly wrong.

As to let's get rid of Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice and Oliver Twist

Good idea. They should be the first to go. Crap literature written by imperialist lackeys. Replace them with Das Kapital, Mein Kampf and Confessions of a Window Cleaner :D

Cheers

Dave