And what exactly is your gripe with constipated Morris Dancers, Mr O'P?

Where do we start, Mr Spleen? Personally, I think anyone persisting with blacking-up effectively consigns themselves to the realm of an anal-retentive fuck-wittery that runs contrary to the overall scheme of Good Sense alluded to below. That none of this is anyway traditional is a moot point too; 60's reinventions lapsing into subsequent fakeloric pedantry does not equal a tradition - neither does it excuse such a wilful and purposeful idiocy that would justify white people blacking-up, especially in the current cultural and political climate. Furthermore, methinks such practices should be outlawed and transgression subject to very harsh penalties indeed.