Rosie, I didn't make any kind of "silly provocative jibe directed at Azizi". Read again. No mention of Azizi. Why would I seek to insult someone whom I hold in very high esteem?

And what I'm trying to say, Spleen and Rosie, is that this thread, like the 'Folk Awards' thread before it (and many others, I daresay) has ceased to be a discussion. It's simply certain people with entrenched opinions going round and round and round, ramming those opinions down each others' (and everyone else's) throats and making wholly unreasonable demands that we all make declarations of what statements we do or don't consider racist. And it's getting nastier and nastier, just like the 'Folk Awards' thread.

The crazy thing is that most people (me included - I've said it twice) agree that CT's a waste of space and certainly not worth our licence-fee, and that she was absolutely wrong to say what she did, but banging away over and over does not constitute a discussion. And various people getting nasty isn't going to help. It's unnecessary, and it's ruining what should be a good discussion on a fine forum. That's my opinion. Like every other member, I'm entitled.   

Now I'll take your advice Rosie (although I don't believe it was well-meant, and neither do I care). Night-night.