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  I didn't see the comments in the press Roger so can't comment. But I do mildly disagree with you about taking offence on behalf of others. Clearly it is silly to try to second guess offence when we are ignorant (for example, some people who fail to understand the big picture imagining that "all muslims" will be offended if we celebrate Christmas - plainly silly and verging on the deluded!) but it really is up to all of us, as citizens and humans, to make sure that our fellow humans are not trivialised or reduced in any way. There are people who do not have the empowerment to speak for themselves and it is our job and our duty to speak with them and for them. It is only recently, for example, that people with learning disabilities have even begun to enjoy the kind of "rights" that the rest of the population take for granted - and it is only the drive and will of others striving to make sure this happened that has created the environment in which it could. There is a long way to go, but it is a good start. Without people "taking offence" on their behalf it would not have happened at all.

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