Some time ago a local (in the UK) amateur dramatic society put on a war-time show. They were going to include George Formby's "Mr Wu's an air-raid warden now", one of a series of comic songs from the 30s about a Chinese laundry operator. (For you Americans: an air-raid warden had to walk the streets after dark checking that no light showed through the blackout curtains at the windows of houses, which might have been visible to enemy aircraft.) It was banned by the church/village hall committee because the chorus included the line "So if you've got a Chink at your window you'll have another one at your door": this was considered to be offensive to Chinese people (none of whom were on the committee).

I can't see that it's any more offensive than "Gerry" or "Eyetie" or "Brit" myself, and if it is, we should ban "Yankee-doodle Dandy" as being offensive to Americans.

Any thoughts, folks?

Steve