> Eric, this is a spurious argument, and it'd been presented too often here. The lampooning of one race by another is offensive, period.

Was there any suggestion that Motley were lampooning black people? Please show your evidence.


> I, a white man, am offended by the influence of minstrels on morris.

You're entitled to feel offended on your own behalf. I believe this case is to do with people taking decisions on the assumption that a minority might be offended which is something different.