corrected for accuracy.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24592596 We're on one with the racism it seems

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24592596 We're on one with the racism it seems

You're right.
Everyone knows that the way Pelican crossings work is to wait until after a gap in the traffic has allowed the pedestrian to nip across anyway.
And then, half a minute later, the lights stop the traffic when there isn't a pedestrian in sight.

Would this be the same Society of Black Lawyers who only last year accused the FA of being "institutionally racist" for not reporting the Mark Clattenburg/Jon Obi Mikel incident (which turned out to be nothing) to the police - despite the only evidence they possessed being what they had read in the media?

Failing to learn from precedent really doesn't indicate a good lawyer, does it?

Moving on to a subject from the same ball park, though of a different game - what of the fuss about Thorpe park's "attraction" - "The Asylum"? Mental health organisations want it banned because it is demeaning to mentally ill people , perpetuates myths etc., how would you like it if you or yours had been mentally ill etc.

Of course no decent person would consider the mentally ill as a subject for entertainment. Might be your opening thought. Except - then what about (for example) films like Psycho, The Shining or One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest?

The Halloween series?

And is not the word "mental", and derivations, currently one of the modern buzz words amongs yoof? Either in a deprecating sense, or as in fact a good or amusing thing ("Oooh, I'm proper mental, me innit).

What about the conveyor belt of popular songs that play on the subject, of people being driven mad or crazy, usually in the context of a relationship?

Should all references to anything that is remotely not to be wished for now to be taboo from all types of popular culture, or do they have a point?

With regard to the Thorpe Park attraction, you can actually see a snapshot on a popular video site under
Fright Nights at THORPE PARK - The Asylum
and to me it is very clearly a homage to B horror movies, and general horror entertainment (which is as old as the hills). Looking at it, it's clear that in absolutely no way could any reasonable person think that it is meant in any way whatsoever to resemble either genuine mental health patients, or any modern day mental institution (are they even called "Asylum" any more anywhere?) so for mine, they have completely picked the wrong target.

But, returning to the main point of the thread, this will not stop thousands jumping on the perceived bandwagon - without, IMHO, having actually analysed what rational objections they might really have, before jumping in.

<-----