tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278254192598178229.post1191646209371812958..comments2009-10-08T15:54:07.917-07:00THE EDITORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13797503817975135786noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278254192598178229.post-34163986350183172022009-10-08T15:54:07.917-07:002009-10-08T15:54:07.917-07:00I find it really interesting that a lot of Australians have chosen to take this incident as the world somehow "not getting" Australian humour. I think what most people were astonished at was the racial insensitivity on display here. That it ran two decades ago without controversy is more an indictment of attitudes at that time rather than a validation. "Blacking up" is an umwelcome reminder of a practice that was, in the past, done in the most racially offensive way and as such, shouldn't be part of any routine, whatever the intention.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com