Re: Outraged of Edinburgh
There is so much to be outraged about these days that it's a wonder there are not more heart attacks. It has been said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Japanese women often have "corrective surgery" to change their oriental eyes to a more western shape are they being culturally insensitive? If a native Scot grows dreadlocks are they changing hairstyle or being insulting. The truth is that we tend to chose what we are outraged about. Was Michael Jackson ever slammed as racist when he bleached his skin? These are all personal choices we probably have opinions on but to force your opinions on other people used to be called bullying. To call in the politically correct police to exert pressure and attempt to control entries for the carnival seems to be flirting with "coercive and controlling behaviour". Unless there is overt racism I wouldn't get upset. :)
Costumes are a caricature and as such an exaggeration, hairstyle being one such exaggeration. If anyone "blacked up" it would wash off in the morning. I can still remember when blackcurrant jelly babies were withdrawn in London. Nope hair styles and skin colour don't really get me bothered. Tanning salons and hair dressers are based on changing what we were given. Women with straight hair want curls and women with curls want straight hair - bless them.;)
Nope what has me outraged is things like the Royal Bank closing it's branch in Wick. It says "Royal Bank" but after the taxpayer bail out I kinda think of it as the "Peoples Bank". That is a verifiable outrage, well documented and will have a negative impact on Wick. If my blood pressure is going to rise then that will do it, or the Riverside Surgery, the Maternity Unit at Caithness General...[evil]