'Out of interest, does anybody know anybody who is, well, black, who gives a damn about the fact that GG's dog was called this, or is it just a selection of overly-sensitive white liberals?'
There was one allegedly. Caused a big explosion of opinion over on the military forum a few years ago when it was reported that a painting of a certain Wing Commander and his dog was taken down from it's place of honour in the Officer's Mess after a complaint.
Or maybe history has been re-written and this never really happened!