"Why is slandering Kazakhstan so funny and innocent, but antisemitism or homophobia or hating black people is rightly condemned? Is there perhaps a double standard here?" So says one contributor to a BBC forum on Sacha Baron Cohen's fictional Kazakhstani character Borat. Another says: "The Irish have been slagged off for years and we're still well able to take a joke. In fact, probably most of Paddy Irishman jokes came from here! The Kazazhs should lighten up a bit."

It would appear that I was wrong when I wrote (and broadcast) that the closure of Campbell Street, Bowen Hills was permanent. The barricades have been removed on one side of the railway line to allow traffic access to a side road that leads to Queensland Railway Mayne Junction. The road is closed to general traffic, however, so I'd still question the need for boom gates.
PS: It's also confusing for some general-public motorists who now believe the street has reopened. I watched a car drive across the line, then do a U-turn and come back.