[halfacrown]

There is no freedom of speech without the freedom to offend. Every racist/homophobic/ sexist comment is an opportunity to refute and debate. How strange that BB gives prominent warnings at the beginning of its broadcast, for a programme made for adults, and then evicts someone for a few ill-judged words.

My own opinion is that a weird puritanical obsession with the dogma of Political correctness has gripped young people. This is against the usual flow of social history, because the young have usually been the source of disruption and freedom.

The reality is that Political Correctness is sometimes the enemy of truth: go ahead and read the Wikipedia entry on the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal to see what I'm talking about. Sometimes the best of intentions can be replaced by obsession and denial.