[Salopbaggie]

Bong story does sound suss to me, however it does have to be investigated. My concern is if it is proved Bong lied they do not throw the book at him, from JR's prospective a label of racist sticks whether true or not, also it sends a message that lying about being racially abused will not be tolerated any more than actual racial abuse itself.

The issue with the 'friendly' names, such as fatty and other 'pet' names we may call our friends and they laugh is, you don't know whether that person is laughing just to fit it. We see the devastating effects of something like calling people fatty can have with some children ending up committing suicide after all their self worth is taken from them. Being born in 1960 with olive skin, as my dad was Italian, I know what it is like not to be able to walk down a school corridor without a slap round the head followed by comments of Jai the Jungle Boy pretty much 5 times a day every day for my 5 years of secondary school. Believe me it is true people do accept the comments and laugh them off, as they want to fit in, but it does not mean that the comments hurt any less. We have come on a long way since when in 1964 Peter Griffiths, a conservative got elected to Parliament for Smethwick on the slogan "Want a N***r for a neighbour vote Labour - Got a N****r for a neighbour vote Conservative".

If interested in the last bit https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/o...0-years-on