Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
Which, of course, they are. How is that racist? No denigration was implied, it was simply a description of your average Lankan's skin colour (particularly Tamils). I have no objection to anyone describing my skin colour by use of glib metaphor or simile.
I'm not one to argue semantics but how do you feel your average chap from the non-Tamil majority would feel about your sweeping generalisation?