"I apologise if I have overstated my case,"

S'OK Jim, I understand the anger behind it. It is true to say that racism is an ongoing problem in our culture. I would go so far as to say that racism is endemic in our culture, and even moreso, that casual racism is particularly commonplace in white working-class Britain, where a general undercurrent of racism is the norm.. Oopsy daisy, did I just do some racial profiling there? I think so, but somehow I doubt my friends (as I consider them, being a lefty myself) in the political left would expend much energy contending my opinion on that matter, despite the fact that I'm not a psychologist.

In any event, personally, and particularly in instances such as this where there are strong indications (strong enough for me, though that might make me a racist) of a distinct racial component in a particular pattern of criminal activity, I find any position which focuses it's efforts in setting itself against racism, perversely guilty of an equivalent prejudice. One which I feel, disregards the victims of such crime, in it's focus on a different perceived ideological enemy to the actual perpetrators of the crimes under discussion.

I guess I'm one of those Grolies of limited intelligence who care more about feely touchy nonsense than matters of Gradgrind style hard fact. This does not mean that I support the half dozen or so completely unsupported *opinions* cited by Keith as evidence for a hypothis that "in some magic way marrying ones cousin turns one into a compulsive nonce" (as you may have noticed, I thought the irony of one far right-wing blogger's summary dismissal of such a hypothesis, sufficiently amusing to post it here). However, as a supporter of freedom of speech, I feel it's his right to offer such a point of view, without discussion around it being (in my view) effectively suppressed through intimidating tactics of abuse.

In fact I think it's imperative if the far-right are not to gain far more propaganda victories out of this phenomena, than they already have.

Best wishes and adieu, yours of the limited intelligence