Is this Strictly necessary?

It's pretty obvious now that red taped bureaucracy has ruined our lives. Children can't feed bread to ducks without filling out an absurd number of forms just so the child's parent can't sue the population of ducks for potentially biting their child. We now have to go through once over in our head what we say next just incase we say something 'offensive'. And slips of tongue are now treated with the same severity as full on insults. Obviously none of these examples are 100% true, but it certainly is going that way...

I am of course referring to the pathetic race row that has emerged on Strictly Come Prancing. Anton du Beke (who is renown for his brilliant 'off the cuff' remarks) is currently in the firing line for remarking that his partner looked like a 'Paki' after a spray tan. Where is the harm in that? Did he insinuate she was a 'Paki' (OK, so she is from a Muslim background, but when did it become wrong to state fact?) Did he make a racist joke? Did he say anything derogatory about the Pakistani race? No. No. No. But of course, meddling uniformed members of the public jumped on the 'lets take every race-related comment way too seriously' bandwagon, and now this whole thing has been blown so far out of proportion it may well be residing on Saturn's new ring. I'm glad in a time where we are all 'meant' to have freedom of speech, a childish little remark backstage manages to get to the stage where someone is potentially getting fired. Absolutely f*cking scandalous. Over and out xD