You're right; this thread has gone on for a fair time, and looking at the Dead Horse post, it's clear that for the unthinking majority thre's going to be no change of view. The same hackneyed phrases the pc brigae (may they rot in hell) etc
Well, thanks Dead Horse. I'm pc. Do you want me to rot in hell? How very kind.
But I will take issue with one point in Dead Horse's tirade: To demand that Border, Molly or any other other tradition shun blacking their faces is an injustice not welcome in a free thinking society.
I wasn't aware that anyone had demanded this. What there has been is a suggestion that border morris sides might consider reinventing yet another facet of their 'tradition'.
And market forces may yet determine that. As the Motley spokesman says in the BBC report of the incident, the side has lost three bookings in the past year because people objected to the black faces.