香港特區英籍警官聲稱，他的漢人警員同僚只在腳踢一個「黃色物體」。
1944年的奧斯維辛，當年，這群有待送入毒氣室的猶太人，也只是一群披着綠毯的灰藍色物體 : They were, according to this intelligent British expat police officer now earning his money in Chinese Hong Kong, just a swarm of ‘greyish blue objects’ covered in green blankets awaiting to be handled too.