[Margaret Pilkington]

I have just read through that and I agree with every word that is in it.
Many many years ago I was speaking with a colleague and one of the senior managers heard what I was saying and told me that I 'could not say that'...what she heard was perceived by her as racist...the comment I had made was not racist but a statement of fact....I got into a full blown argument(well that was what she called it - I called it a full and frank discussion)...but ever after I knew that I needed to be circumspect in how I voiced my views.

this insidious intolerance IS seen as a good thing...it has been sanitised.
The best of it is i have lived in a time when it was perfectly possible to hold a different view to someone else and still respect them for their totally different views.

Alas, that is no longer possible, the young people today know nothing different, are not taught to be critical of views and opinions....and to beleive that opinions are in some way 'facts'.