The head-dress redress is for those who are PC-obsessed

Dear Rogers rabbits I was very taken at how sensitive you are about the dead-dress Redress! Unfortunately you only covered what we wear when there are so many other aspects in which we are so naughty.

Have you looked at your garden lately - there is a minefield of stolen cultural symbols! Out come all the chrysanthemums as they are a symbol of Japan. Tuiips are obviously another no-go zone as The Netherlands have the mortgage on them. Italian bees pollinate our flowers and food, so Latinos could be justifiably annoyed.

Roses and leeks are safe in my hands, as I have Welsh and English ancestry.

The furore of the Trelise Cooper Indian head-dress was over the top.

How about Hawaiian shirts, do they offend Pacific Islanders?

Does wearing a tiara atop a wedding dress offend the royal family?

Can we still buy those Eskimo lollies and Eskimo pies - or have they gone the way of PC nonsense?

Are children to stop playing Cowboys and Indians? Are small children still not allowed to use playdough in kindergartens?

Remember Noddy and Big Ears? What about - oh dear - ‘Little Black Sambo', a much-loved children's book written by a Scottish woman living in India.

Why do we bow to this load of PC twaddle? Get over yourselves.

R Bishop, Tauranga City.

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