> Morris Dancing to Tribal Culture is as fatuous and conceited as claiming no Black person has ever been offended by Border Black-Face. Bullshit.

So why isn't morris dancing as much a component of a tribal culture as any other activity by another group of people might be considered as specific evidence of a tribal culture?

And I don't recall anyone claiming `no black person' has been offended. No such blanket coverage of any racial group has been suggested. All that has been said is that there is anecdotal evidence of black people witnessing morris dancing and give every impression of enjoying it as street theatre, tribal expression or just an outburst of mild English lunacy. I have never witnessed any black person being offended or insulted, though my (and other) `survey samples' are by deinition both small and based on observation. They are not claimed as scientific.

You say you know of plenty of black people who are offended, I accept the statement as it stands, but (just as an observation) you don't specify under what circumstances that insult has been taken or in what form it was expressed. Have they been in the street when a side has been dancing or just seen pictures of dancers out of context? Have they talked to dancers or just responded to questions that might possibly suggest they should be offended (for example: `are you offended by this?' rather than `what is your feeling upon seeing this?').