Jim, you have just said, amongst other things,

I indicted those who watched it happen without doing anything about it

and

I don't blame the people of Lewes

But your post on the thread concerned was

it isn't too long ago that the good people of Lewes were burning a caravan full of 'Pikeys' at their annual bonfire festival.

It is there for you to refresh your memory if you like. Re: 'Bacup Nuters and Racism' From: Jim Carroll Date: 24 Apr 14 - 04:03 AM.

Now, nowhere in that statement do you only indict the people who watched it happen and did nothing. You did indict 'the good people of Lewes' as a whole.

I fully understand if it was a mistake to tar those good people with the same brush and, if so, you should say what you said is not what you meant. The statement you made was a typical Daily Mail style headline. You cannot say, on the one hand, that we can only blame the extremists, which I fully agree with, and then go on to say 'the good people of Lewes were burning a caravan full of pikeys.'

I am not trying to argue just for the sake of it here either. I am just saying that you cannot say one thing and do another without people picking up on it.

Cheers

DtG