General Chat

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I think it's an odd situation. On one hand you have councils, governments etc making rulings to prevent things in case they cause offence to a group/faith/nationality etc that wasn't even slightly offended to start with.

Then again, you have the other extreme where people look for discrimination where it doesn't exist. At the supermarket where I used to work an Asian customer tried to sue the shop because he left his car in the car park longer than the maximum time and got a ticket, so he claimed racial discrimination. The car par attendant didn't have a clue what race he was from, just that he'd gone past the hour.

n

Good letter, well done.

It is too easy to forget that discrimination works both ways. I'm just waiting for it to blow up in the face of the PC brigade - will serve them right.

Here Here Ann,
well said .
i have wrote 4 replys to this thread
and wiped them of again as what i want to say will proberly get me in trouble.
But can i just say this , the PC brigade should mind their own business, then maybe this country would be a at peace again
Hazelx

do a poll of those of different religions to ours in this country and its been found that its us the British PC brigade who create ,,by the over use --**they maybe offended*,,,,,**as not to offend *them**

half of **they /them** dont have a problem,,its the **others** who hype things up,,

I'd rather be insulted than shot at or bombed by Irish terrorists, Merlin. That's why the ruling came in.

Gwynne

Lancsmade, What I would Like To know is, Why Should a British Soldier in his own Country Be Unsafe Wearing His Uniform?.To me Its a disgrace and an Insult to them. **M**.

I agree with Ann and Merlin this is a British Christian country lets keep it that way.
The army has not let soldiers go home in their uniforms for over 20 years, for their own safety

Merlin, you say everything I'm tempted to say! lol

And Teresa - in your last-but-one posting, your last paragraph said it all. Well said, you.

Ann - loved your reply to me on first page! :-))))

Carole - well said!
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Our government welcome all foreign people and say it gives us a diverse culture, But our own traditions are more and more being not allowed cos they could cause offence to foregners! Come on lets carry on having Christmas carols, wearing a cross, teaching our kids prayers and traditional nursery rhymes, and keep our good humour

Teresa, They,re just trying to Justify the huge amount of money spent on their stupidity. **M**.

You could have a point there Nolls, you do get the feeling of a 'hidden agenda' with them don't you? It doesn't make any sense otherwise, it just seems they are pushing this PC madness for the hell of it.

I blame the media to a large extent for making "cultural issues" out of situations, like the jewellery and the airport, which are nothing to do with culture or being PC.

Both of those situations were made to look like something they were not by the media. Would the papers have picked up on it if the woman who broke the jewellery rules had been wearing a locket and not a cross? I don't think so.

When she took the job she was told that necklaces weren't allowed.

Gwynne

Well put Ann - can I add my name to the bottom of your letter as well please!!
Regarding the PC brigade I sometimes wonder if it's all a con and they are actually stirring up trouble for their own ends

Its getting worse all the time, a couple of years aso i worked as a Customer Service Manager for a company and I said to one of my dizzy staff ''gosh you're having a blonde moment'' she complained and I was forced to apologise for insulting her....It isn't just ethnic minorities you have to tread on egg shells with

My sentiments exactly Merlin! If I visited your house and didn't like the decor, would I mention it? Course I wouldn't - none of my business.

Well done Ann,The trouble is "The Truth Hurts The PC Brigade".Its about time the People we Elect ( Not the Quangoes) remembered the old saying " When In Rome Do as the Romans" otherwise Sod Off. **M**.

Gwynne, thank you for pointing out those two important issues regarding both airport cases.

However Ann, I actually agree with the main point of the letter in that we are now hiding our own culture to save offending people to such and extent that we are losing our own identity. It's as though our thousands of years of heritage don't matter any more.

Colin, you're right, much of this is over-reaction by the PC do-gooders. I remember an outcry over mince pies a year or so back, saying they may offend our Muslim neighbours, but when a young Muslim man was interviewed to get his opinion on it, he said he didn't understand what the fuss was about, and he likes mince pies anyway!

The problem here is, with all this over-reaction from the PC brigade, it actually causes people to resent different cultures and blame them for all this. I get the feeling that in the main, most people of different cultures and religions wouldn't actually give a damn if we celebrate our own culture, as long as they are allowed to celebrate theirs.

Well put Ann

Unfortunately it is the non-british cultures and traditions that makes us feel discriminated against when actually it is the governments who chose to knock the british culture and encourage the new cultures.

All in all these issues need to be directed to the govt.

skwirrel