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Originally Posted by Lee
Of course I have, its easy. (glad you took your turn at being condescending)
I gave better examples, Chalkboards, and Baa Baa Rainbow sheep.
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I didn't think he was being condescending, though you give strong hints towards it.
I thought your examples very poor, straight from the pages of that fantasy rag the Daily Mail.
Talking of rags, when I was very young, I inherited a rag doll from my older brother.
It was better known as a 'Golliwog', it had first been used by my Father and he had named it Sambo.
I loved my Golliwog and I imagined that he loved me, he learnt all my childish secrets his origin didn't matter he could have been bright yellow with green spots so far as I or in fact anyone else that had owned him was concerned.
Around that time it just didn't matter, thousands of children had similar companions they were all loved.
My cousin also had a black doll that went everywhere with her it's colour didn't matter it was loved and just as well looked after as any of her other dolls.
Somehow thank's to the willingness of not wanting to upset minorties children these days aren't allowed to have such things, is it better now or was there a greater amount of tolerance when as a child you could be given a golliwog or a black dolly with no-one taking offence on behalf of people that aren't offended in the first place?