Policing

[zathras]

It also means the poor schmuck that puts Golliwogs in his shop window.

And that is where the whole thing gets absurd. In displaying those he broke no law (otherwise he would have been charged). Yet goods were seized. No doubt at the same time some crime was committed.

Low level crime is allowed and our police are becoming some form of Political Correctness enforcement.

[expat]

And that is where the whole thing gets absurd. In displaying those he broke no law (otherwise he would have been charged). Yet goods were seized. No doubt at the same time some crime was committed.

Low level crime is allowed and our police are becoming some form of Political Correctness enforcement.

It seems to me that many of the "PC" crimes that end up looking silly, do so because the essence of the charge is not YOU DID THIS but THEY MIGHT BE OFFENDED/ALARMED/UPSET by what you do. Perhaps that should be abolished.

[bogeyman]

our police are becoming some form of Political Correctness enforcement.

Exactly so, under the diligent command of the "PC PC" Sir Ian Blair.

Almost every arm of the state is now heavily politicised from the top down.

[Sputnik]

I've heard today the the PC police are now wanting to change the words of the nursery rhyme Baa Baa Black Sheep and replace 'Black' with....






Rainbow!!

I kid you not.

[bogeyman]

I've heard today the the PC police are now wanting to change the words of the nursery rhyme Baa Baa Black Sheep and replace 'Black' with....

Rainbow!!

I kid you not.

Yes. Was on the Today prog this morning.

Aparently some right-thinking PC idiot assumed the rhyme was to do with slavery - rather than the wool-tax (a middle-ages tax on all wool except that from black sheep).

Sheesh!

[expat]

Yes. Was on the Today prog this morning.

Aparently some right-thinking PC idiot assumed the rhyme was to do with slavery - rather than the wool-tax (a middle-ages tax on all wool except that from black sheep).

Sheesh!

I note in passing that the rhyme is singing the praises of the black sheep. It produces "three bags full":
"one for the master" i.e. a contribution to society
"one for the dame" i.e. provision for the family
"and one for the little boy who lives down the lane" i.e. a charitable contribution for the less-well off.

[Sputnik]

I note in passing that the rhyme is singing the praises of the black sheep. It produces "three bags full":
"one for the master" i.e. a contribution to society
"one for the dame" i.e. provision for the family
"and one for the little boy who lives down the lane" i.e. a charitable contribution for the less-well off.

good point well presented. It would be too much to hope the the numpties would actually stop and think about it..........
'Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep have you any organic byproduct collected by volunteers for equal distribution' doesn't have the same ring to it.


They'll ban Humpty Dumpty next for littering the pavement.....

[Xenophon]

'Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep have you any organic byproduct collected by volunteers for equal distribution' doesn't have the same ring to it.

[bogeyman]

They'll ban Humpty Dumpty next for littering the pavement.....

Modern Nursery Rhymes (as approved by HMG DoE)

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall. Then a copper came along ang gave him an on the spot fine and an ASBO for offensive wall-sitting.

Little Jack Horner sat in the corner eating a Christmas pie; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum and was promptly arrested under the sex offences act for displaying his 'plum' in front of other minors.

Little Miss Muffet, sat on a tuffet, Eating her curds and whey - and was taken into care by her local authority owing to the fact that her inappropriate diet did not contain five fruits or vegetables a day.

Ring a ring o' roses,
A pocket full of posies,
A-tishoo! A-tishoo!
Bird flu all round!

[zathras]

It would be too much to hope the the numpties would actually stop and think about it

but surely in the politically correct world one is absolved from any form of thinking. One is also required not to use one's faculties to actually find out about something before uttering some banality.