Dictum of the day, or on taking offense

In a modern civilised society the colour of their skin – no more than the colour of their eyes or their hair or their intelligence or their height – cannot and should not count as connoting some damage to them. To hold otherwise would not only be adverse to the self-esteem of the children themselves but anathema to the contemporary views of right thinking people.

A (A Minor) & Ors v A Health & Social Services Trust, [2010] NIQB 108 (13 October 2010)