Yes, tamum, i said that quite a long time ago on this thread, or was it the other one! I think that bringing people's deep seated racism into question, and this amount of discussion of what actually constitutes racism, is positive.
BUT i do think that the media have fanned this out of all proportion now to the point where it is close to becoming a diplomatic incident, so that the views of these dimwits have actually come to represent the Uk as far as the people protesting in India today are concerned..