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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2010 20:12:24 GMT
A recent news story on Anglia News reported that a lady from Norfolk was stopped from placing a job advert in her local job centre asking for someone "reliable & hard-working" because it was felt that it was "discriminatory and may offend unreliable people".
I ask you. Have the lunatics really taken over the bloody asylum or what.
I absolutely hate all these PC stories. They really make me seethe. I mean, get a grip for ***** sake.
There must be millions of similar stories out there. Over to you....
FA x
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Post by snowowl on Feb 3, 2010 21:11:39 GMT
It has got way out of hand FA you have to ask permission to breath nowdays.  |
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Post by pdblake on Feb 4, 2010 7:52:57 GMT
Well, there's an election coming up so we all know what to do  |
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 4, 2010 8:34:24 GMT
Here's one for you... I've just got into work and heard this. Catering in East Sussex schools is done by an outside company who have told their staff that for health and safety reasons they are not to use fire extinguishers if there is a fire in the kitchen. So they will have to find someone who is not employed by the catering company to come and try to put the fire out i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/rolleyes.gif |
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Post by farmersboy on Feb 4, 2010 8:44:00 GMT
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Post by pdblake on Feb 4, 2010 8:58:21 GMT
And do you really believe things will be any diferent with another lot in power,..........no chance Hope its a slow burning fire,Jas  Well all this PC has only come about with this lot and has just got worse and worse over the past couple of parliaments. Hopefully if we get shot of them we'll get shot of it too. |
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Post by farmersboy on Feb 4, 2010 9:47:41 GMT
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Post by pdblake on Feb 4, 2010 10:48:45 GMT
I wouldnt hold your breathe You're not allowed to are you? Isn't there some H&S law about it? ;D |
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Post by farmersboy on Feb 4, 2010 10:50:42 GMT
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Post by Auricula on Feb 4, 2010 11:27:15 GMT
It's the way of the world now, some of it is necessary and has improved things, but a lot of it is over the top.Exercising a bit of common sense would help. A lot of the H and S stuff is because of the litigatious society which we have developed - copied from the USA, people are terrified they will be sued.
I can't imagine "callmedave" concerning himself with it overmuch.
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Post by Barbara on Feb 4, 2010 12:18:10 GMT
If you're planning some DIY and you live in London, don't even think of walking home from the shop clutching a new plank of wood. Because thanks to another antiquated law, while it's fine to load planks straight into your waiting car, it's an offence (maximum £500 fine) to carry a plank across a pavement. It is also against the law to 'roll or carry any cask, tub, hoop or wheel, or any ladder, plank, pole, showboard, or placard, upon any footway, except for the purpose of loading or unloading any cart or carriage, or of crossing the footway'. Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1248352/Carrying-plank-public-Youre-nicked-The-little-known-laws-daft-theyre-criminal.html#ixzz0eZKkXu6fNot only recently, obviously. ;D |
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Post by Plocket on Feb 4, 2010 13:43:29 GMT
I haven't any similar stories to relate but can only agree with FA that the world has gone PC-mad!
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Post by Tig on Feb 4, 2010 15:04:13 GMT
There was a snippet in the paper yesterday about a young woman who had got to the checkout with her piece of quiche for her lunch and the girl at the till wouldn't sell it to her 'cos the computer said she needed proof she was over 21! The poor lady had to dash to her car and get her driving licence before she could buy her lunch! The world has indeed gone bonkers, and no matter which party is in government it will be no better while we have soo many 'liberal' enthusiasts who oppose any discipline in children, a populus intent on claiming compo for every unfilled pot-hole or crack in the pavement (who do they think ultimately pays for all this compo? We all do ... ), and of course the people whose job it is to make 'rools' - they wouldn't have a job if they stopped making them up  Cantankerous of Staffordshire (aka Tig) |
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Post by farmersboy on Feb 4, 2010 16:55:42 GMT
I saw that snippet as well Tig, i also think the rest of your post is spot on  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2010 18:55:04 GMT
Why is it that the vast majority think that most of the political correctness is bloody stupid and yet we're forced to adhere to it because of a ridiculous liberal minority.
When I was young, we had "bin men". Now we have "Household waste disposal sanitation operatives" or something similar. Lets stop all this bloody nonsense and get back to some common sense.
FA x
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Post by JennyWrenn on Feb 5, 2010 6:18:53 GMT
Agree with you all the way F-A Bin Men yes where are they AND Postmen - even if they was women they were called Postmen - no one got offended or sued you  |
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Post by Auricula on Feb 6, 2010 23:41:02 GMT
It's funny that "actresses" now almost universally insist on being called "actors" - sort of role title reversal |
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Post by JennyWrenn on Feb 7, 2010 6:45:40 GMT
True - there will be no gender nouns anymore soon in case the Noun is offended  |
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Post by farmersboy on Feb 7, 2010 10:27:51 GMT
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Post by Auricula on Feb 7, 2010 10:31:33 GMT
I know, I can't understand that ...surely it's better to be something in one's own right ( a linesperson) rather than someone's mere assistant???!!! |
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Post by Plocket on Feb 8, 2010 20:01:48 GMT
I'm sorry - ITV are being sued for animal cruelty because a chef in the jungle killed and ate a rat? Am I the only one who thinks this is a total waste of money? We kill millions of animals for food, so what's the problem with killing a rat?
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Post by beanie on Feb 10, 2010 14:47:39 GMT
I saw the same article Plocket, I think the problem is that death wasn't instant, it took about a minute, but it's o.k to put down wafarin based poison and give them a lingering death. the world goes mad.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2010 18:44:04 GMT
The problem was that wherever it was in Australia, it is illegal to kill an animal in the name of entertainment. That's why the case was brought to court and why they were fined.
FA x
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Post by JennyWrenn on Feb 11, 2010 6:35:28 GMT
I have to say I wasnt happy with that - there was no need to hang it upside down, skinned for all to see The poor little thing  should have given it some dignity - and I dont think I could eat it either I dont like to even think of the way they are killed with the poison  |
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Post by Missredhead on Feb 11, 2010 20:11:44 GMT
but in that programme did they not eat all sorts of parts of other animals for entertainment...I know that they are already dead and not killed on screen but I am sure that I have seen lobsters cooked on Aussie tv...and they are boiled alive arent they?
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Post by JennyWrenn on Feb 12, 2010 7:04:58 GMT
Yes Missy sadly lobsters are boiled alive - I cant imagine ANYONE able to do that and eat it too afterwards |
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Post by pdblake on Feb 12, 2010 7:42:43 GMT
Yes Missy sadly lobsters are boiled alive - I cant imagine ANYONE able to do that and eat it too afterwards I seem the remeber HFW cooking some on River Cottage and that they take literally a second to die, so they don't have time to feel anything. Sounds akin to pulling a chicken's neck, quick and all but painless. Apparantly the noise people hear when they think the lobster is screaming is just the air escaping from the shell. Same with crabs I suppose. |
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Post by Plocket on Feb 12, 2010 10:50:24 GMT
I guess as far as the Aussie law is concerned, they felt it was entertainment. Personally I don't think the rat being killed was done for entertainment, but that's just my opinion.
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Post by Missredhead on Feb 12, 2010 11:29:03 GMT
I think it was done cos they were hungry....
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should have given it some dignity - and I dont think I could eat it either 
