General Chat

Hi Ann,
It's the same every where political correctness gone mad !!!
Darlene

Gwynne - I did mention that when I wrote the letter I was unaware of the reason for the troops having to change - I now know it was for their own safety.

Ann X

As I recall the airport worker was told to remove the cross because jewellery was against company policy, nothing to do with giving offence. And the company revised the rule and now it would be allowed.

The fiasco at the airport was down to MOD rules for the safety of the troops, nothing at all to do with giving offence.

Gwynne

Glenys - I did put quite a few more salient points in but they were edited out! Presumably in case someone was offended!

Ann X

Ann - agree with every word you utter in your letter (apart from the troop changing debarcle - but then I accept the facts took a while to come out)...How about standing for government?

....when I worked in Birmingham city centre I was given a little rubber pink pig (publising a web site) at the train station. In the office I put it on top of my PC...Lord you would have thought I had a porn photo on the wall, I was hauled into HR and told (not asked) to remove it as it may offend muslim colleagues. I refused and was threatened with disciplinary action until that was half my staff who were muslims e-mailed HR and asked them to stop over reacting...crazy country we live in these days Ann...Col x

Ann..............very well said.............


GO GIRL............................


Glynisxxx

My only criticism Ann, if criticism is the right word, is that you're too polite about it!
I feel so strongly about these matters it makes me really mad. Grrrrrrr .............
x

This is a copy of a letter which I wrote to our local newspaper, the South Wales Echo, and which is printed in today's edition. Could I say I wrote it before I found out why our troops were ordered to change into civvies! I just wondered if others on here agree with my views?

"I have spent some time reflecting on the events of 2007 with particular emphasis on all those times when we as British citizens have been forced to compromise our ideals, our beliefs, our culture in order to appease people have have chosen to live in our country.

Many things have occured over the past year and Christmas seems to bring out the worst of these travesties. Take a school deciding to call Nativity plays Jesus's party!! Now who came up with that idea and who exactly was supposedly offended by the words Nativity play? I'd really like to know.

A Christian worker at a British airport banned from wearing a small crucifix around her neck for fear it would offend non-Christians! Never mind that this lady was probably dealing with passengers wearing their own religious symbols, or wearing a veil.
Armed forces returning to this coiuntry from Afghanistan and landing at Birmingham airport to be informed that they could not enter the airport building in uniform and forced to change into civvies on the runway - in January!! Allegedly in case they caused offence!! Offence to whom may I be so bold as to ask?

My son is a train driver and recently his guard was shown a rail card by a veiled female passenger. He pointed out that there was no way he could see if she was the holder of the card as she was veiled - he apolgised and said he was unable to allow her travel on his train. Fair enough I thought, but not his superiors - he was hauled to a disciplinary for this. This farce applies also to the veiled women we see driving cars - if asked to produce their licenses how can police know if they are the license holder? This is not racial discrimination, it is just plain common sense.

I am now beginning to wonder if there is ever going to be an end to this discrimination against British citizens or will it just continue until we have no identity, culture or traditions left? "