I am constantly staggered by how obsessed we have become in being politically correct.
The story which got me yesterday was a police force in Dundee which apologised to the Muslim community after a postcard it produced promoting a non-emergency number featured a dog.
Why? Because in Islamic dogs are regarded as inpure.
Some shopkeepers were refusing to display the postcard which featured 29-week-old black alsation, Rebel.
So rather than continuing to use the image as part of an important ad campaign the police force apologised.
A force spokesman said: “We did not seek advice from the force's diversity adviser prior to publishing and distributing the postcards.
“That was an oversight and we apologise for any offence caused.”
Why would you need to seek advice from a diversity adviser before putting out a postcard? What has the world come to?
Rather than spending time fighting crime, officers are spending too much time pandering to the view of a minority of people.
The police service - apparently, you are not allowed to say police FORCE anymore - are becoming more like the sit-com [bold]The Thin Blue Line[/bold] every day.
[bold]Police Academy[/bold] and the [bold]Keystone Cops[/bold] also spring to [bold]Your Lord's mind[/bold].
[bold]Erastus[/bold]
The police service - apparently, you are not allowed to say police FORCE anymore - are becoming more like the sit-com
The Thin Blue Line every day.
Police Academy and the
Keystone Cops also spring to
Your Lord's mind.
Erastus I read this story and couldn't make any sense of it either.
I can only assume that these shopkeepers do not sell any brands of dog food or andrex toilet tissue to name but two items where dogs are featured. Their birthday card section must also be quite limited. I'm ssure there must be many other products that their customers are missing out on if they cannot have an image of a dog in their stores.
I have no idea if this story has been correctly reported or not but it certainly doesn't do anything for race relations.
I read this story and couldn't make any sense of it either.
I can only assume that these shopkeepers do not sell any brands of dog food or andrex toilet tissue to name but two items where dogs are featured. Their birthday card section must also be quite limited. I'm ssure there must be many other products that their customers are missing out on if they cannot have an image of a dog in their stores.
I have no idea if this story has been correctly reported or not but it certainly doesn't do anything for race relations.
As always, you've hit the bullseye, Helen. Policing has gone way too PC these days, thanks mainly to our politicians and faceless bureaucrats working in silos at the Home Office and New Scotland Yard.
As always, you've hit the bullseye, Helen. Policing has gone way too PC these days, thanks mainly to our politicians and faceless bureaucrats working in silos at the Home Office and New Scotland Yard.
