"When someone refers to something as "skin coloured"... what colour do they refer to?" Many years ago, the company that makes Crayola Crayons changed the name of their "Flesh" color to Peach. If it's the same color I remember, it doesn't resemble a peach any more than it resembled the color of anyone's flesh. Nevertheless, it did recognize the fact that singling out one color to represent human beings was, at best, silly and at worst, something else. It has become almost fashionable today to ridicule so called "political correctness." There are undoubtedly cases in which PC has been taken to ridiculous extremes. At the same time, the basic motivations behind the concept, tolerance, sensitivity and plain old politeness remain valid in an increasingly interdependent world.

"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H. L. Mencken