Now, what should be the Morris response? Do dances want to offend. I doubt that any Morris dancer ever meant to offend anyone. But they do. Do they offend many? Probably not. How many can be offended before it really counts?

Les - interesting comment. I'd personally never have thought of Morris dancing being offensive (in the sense of this thread) - just never occurred to me. Do we have evidence of this? And I ask the question in a genuine spirit of curiosity - not to stir up a heated argument.