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General => News => Topic started by: tim on December 16, 2006, 19:06:31

Title: If you read nothing else ............
Post by: tim on December 16, 2006, 19:06:31: ..today's Telegraph sums it up??

If you need cause to leave the country, read the whole article!!
Title: Re: If you read nothing else ............
Post by: Tulipa on December 16, 2006, 21:56:32: Here's the link:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/16/nxmas116.xml
Title: Re: If you read nothing else ............
Post by: tim on December 17, 2006, 07:49:51: SORRY! Nothing to do with allotments - just got carried away!!
Title: Re: If you read nothing else ............
Post by: supersprout on December 17, 2006, 08:30:11: Oh dear tim, the balance of fear and love is way out here :'(
I read this and thought for a long time about the warmth of random affection/approval/kindness from unknown adults in my formative years.
And now I'm speechless! >:(
Title: Re: If you read nothing else ............
Post by: redimp on December 17, 2006, 11:10:06: Just think of the public outcry - and especially that of papers such as the Telegraph and Mail, if something did happen and the proper precautions had not been put in place. :-\ That is why the "pendulum has swung too far."
Title: Re: If you read nothing else ............
Post by: Yellow Petals on December 17, 2006, 12:20:22: Quote from: supersprout on December 17, 2006, 08:30:11
Oh dear tim, the balance of fear and love is way out here :'(
I read this and thought for a long time about the warmth of random affection/approval/kindness from unknown adults in my formative years.
And now I'm speechless! >:(

Pathetic isn't it? Just another part of this stupid PC country gone mad >:( >:(
Title: Re: If you read nothing else ............
Post by: miniroots on December 17, 2006, 13:20:53: I work in an industry that books Santas and has volunteers Santa-ing for christmas parties, and I agree with some of this regulation.

And it's easily dealt with - have Santa on a sofa so the children can sit next to him. Have an adult helper with him. It doesn't spoil anyone's enjoyment; the kids just want a present - none of them even believe in Santa any more...

If people do get stupid and start forbidding it - it's just because those individuals can't be bothered to use their imaginations and work out a safe procedure...
Title: Re: If you read nothing else ............
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on December 17, 2006, 14:05:12: Most of it's just a matter of finding a common sense way round things, but there's no question that it does go over the top. A lot of teachers were inhibited by Thatcherite legislation against 'teaching homosexuality' despite the fact that it never applied to teachers; a lot of valuable field trips have been cancelled due to fears of being sued. One teachers' union went so far as to have nothing to do with trips. It's not so much the legislation as the atmosphere of fear whipped up by certain anti-gay newspapers, or the rise of a culture which can, occasionally, lead people to sue at the drop of a hat. I think the same applies alsewhere. Plus certain newspapers seem to be on a campaign to convince everyone that 'Christmas is being banned' when, of course, nobody's doing anything of the sort.
Title: Re: If you read nothing else ............
Post by: kt. on December 17, 2006, 14:54:07: he ahs boldly gnome where no gnome has gone before.....
Title: Re: If you read nothing else ............
Post by: valmarg on December 17, 2006, 16:58:09: I think that article is symptomatic of the state of paranoia that this country has delved.

If I had the money I would be out of this country like a shot. Down Oz or New Zealand.

EU sucks!!!