>>> "Pasty-White British Scum"? I ain't no bootlegger, but that offends. > > Why? > > If "Pasty-White British Scum" would be referring to football hooligans, > would you be equally offended and defensive?
The bottom line is the 'pasty-white' part of the comment was unnecessary and basically racist... If someone said 'black American scum', would that not be offensive? The skin colour of the bootleggers is irrelevant, surely - there was no need to bring 'pasty-white' into the equation... Cheers, Tom
