More PC madness you just couldn't make up

[ovechkin8]

More PC madness.

A postcard featuring a cute puppy sitting in a policeman's hat advertising a Scottish police force's new telephone number has sparked outrage from Muslims.


Tayside Police's new non-emergency phone number has prompted complaints from members of the Islamic community.

The choice of image on the Tayside Police cards - a black dog sitting in a police officer's hat - has now been raised with Chief Constable John Vine.


Tayside Police caused uproar in the Muslim community after they released this advertisement featuring police puppy Rebel sitting in a hat

The advert has upset Muslims because dogs are considered ritually unclean and has sparked such anger that some shopkeepers in Dundee have refused to display the advert.

Dundee councillor Mohammed Asif said: 'My concern was that it's not welcomed by all communities, with the dog on the cards.


'It was probably a waste of resources going to these communities.


'They (the police) should have understood. Since then, the police have explained that it was an oversight on their part, and that if they'd seen it was going to cause upset they wouldn't have done it.'


Councillor Asif, who is a member of the Tayside Joint Police Board, said that the force had a diversity adviser and was generally very aware of such issues.

He raised the matter with Mr Vine at a meeting of the board.



Tayside Police Chief Constable John Vine said the advert was not intended to cause any offence
The chief constable said he was unaware of the concerns and that the force had not sought to cause any upset but added he would look into the matter.


Councillor Asif said: 'People who have shops just won't put up the postcard. But the police have said to me that it was simply an oversight and they did not seek to offend or upset.'

Cards featuring police dog-in-training Rebel have been distributed to communities throughout the area to advertise the single number point of contact for non-emergency calls to the police.

Rebel has proved a popular recruit for Tayside Police after coming through the very first Lothian and Borders Police dog-breeding programme in February.


One of seven German Shepherd pups born in early December, he has now completed his course of inoculations, and is free to venture out onto the streets of Tayside.

A spokesman for Tayside Police said: 'Trainee police dog Rebel has proved extremely popular with children and adults since being introduced to the public, aged six weeks old, as Tayside Police's newest canine recruit.

'His incredible world-wide popularity - he has attracted record visitor numbers to our website - led us to believe Rebel could play a starring role in the promotion of our non-emergency number.

'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.'

Apologise ?! More taxpayers money wasted on more diversity advisors . Ifthey had any sense they would have told the people complaining where to go but of course in todays PC Britain they bend over backwards meekly & let the moaning minnies rule.

Mark my words this is just the thin end of the wedge.

[gt]

That aside, what has a cute little puppy sitting in a hat got to do with non emergency numbers?

What next - a wombat in a fez advertising the coastguard?

[PureOldGold]

What a load of bollocks, i'm a muslim and i don't find that offensive and neither do the majority of us, can the media just stop posting this kind of shit on the front page.

[Neko Bazu]

That is a bit fucking ridiculous I mean, fine, if dogs are 'unclean' to them, they don't have to touch them - but it's a freakin' picture of one!

I'd be interested to see how many of them complaining sell other 'unclean' things in their shops, such as bacon and alcohol. Of course, since they're all clearly so devout, there wouldn't be any such double-standards.

I wonder if this would even have been mentioned by them if there hadn't been the issue re: sniffer dogs last week?

[gt]

Mountain Rescue lines depicted by a mandrill in a wheelbarrow?

[PureOldGold]

Jul 2, 2008 11:27:53 GMT -1 gt said:

Mountain Rescue lines depicted by a mandrill in a wheelbarrow?

[El Morto La Hoja!]

i'm a dog and i find it offensive

[ovechkin8]

Jul 2, 2008 11:23:34 GMT -1 PureOldGold said:

What a load of bollocks, i'm a muslim and i don't find that offensive and neither do the majority of us, can the media just stop posting this kind of shit on the front page.

People like yourself POG (& congratulations on the degree esp.a proper degree) should speak up & denounce this nonsense.

It usually is the fault of PC lefty liberals who think they are doing everyone a favour by these sort of actions but are actually creating more division.

But I will say it with the demographic changes in this country & the forecasted trends this countrys cultural identity is being diluted further & further & other cultural norms are taking over.

Yesterday on the regional news we had schoolchildren who had been taght Chinese culture for a year.

Now Chinese culture is very old & you have the great architecture from the Han through to the Tang, the mathamatical acheivements & the classical music & Chinese opera.

But surely it might be better to teach every child the foundations of English culture in the arts,sciences &humanities & teach them English history as a priority to instill that identity ?

But yet again the PC brigade would be wringing their hands .Oh we mustn't do that & marginalise other cultures.

I wonder how many schools in China will be undertaking a thorough review of English culture from Milton to Turnage when the 2012 Olympics (what a waste of resources) take place ?

[PureOldGold]

Jul 2, 2008 11:37:39 GMT -1 El Morto La Hoja! said:

i'm a dog and i find it offensive

Don't you dare put your face on my postcard ;D

[El Morto La Hoja!]

Jul 2, 2008 11:38:58 GMT -1 PureOldGold said:

Jul 2, 2008 11:37:39 GMT -1 El Morto La Hoja! said:

i'm a dog and i find it offensive

Don't you dare put your face on my postcard ;D

i'm gonna foul your pavement

[PureOldGold]

Jul 2, 2008 11:38:35 GMT -1 ovechkin8 said:

Jul 2, 2008 11:23:34 GMT -1 PureOldGold said:

What a load of bollocks, i'm a muslim and i don't find that offensive and neither do the majority of us, can the media just stop posting this kind of shit on the front page.

People like yourself POG (& congratulations on the degree esp.a proper degree) should speak up & denounce this nonsense.

It usually is the fault of PC lefty liberals who think they are doing everyone a favour by these sort of actions but are actually creating more division.

But I will say it with the demographic changes in this country & the forecasted trends this countrys cultural identity is being diluted further & further & other cultural norms are taking over.

Yesterday on the regional news we had schoolchildren who had been taght Chinese culture for a year.

Now Chinese culture is very old & you have the great architecture from the Han through to the Tang, the mathamatical acheivements & the classical music & Chinese opera.

But surely it might be better to teach every child the foundations of English culture in the arts,sciences &humanities & teach them English history as a priority to instill that identity ?

But yet again the PC brigade would be wringing their hands .Oh we mustn't do that & marginalise other cultures.

I wonder how many schools in China will be undertaking a thorough review of English culture from Milton to Turnage when the 2012 Olympics (what a waste of resources) take place ?

Cheers Ovechkin

You're spot on with your comments about PC lefty liberals, i totally agree you mate, you speak sense, now come down to brum and stand in the local elections, so i can actually go and vote for someone for a change.

[gt]

PC Madness? Is that one step below a Specials Constable?

[ovechkin8]

Jul 2, 2008 11:42:19 GMT -1 PureOldGold said:

Jul 2, 2008 11:38:35 GMT -1 ovechkin8 said:

People like yourself POG (& congratulations on the degree esp.a proper degree) should speak up & denounce this nonsense.

It usually is the fault of PC lefty liberals who think they are doing everyone a favour by these sort of actions but are actually creating more division.

But I will say it with the demographic changes in this country & the forecasted trends this countrys cultural identity is being diluted further & further & other cultural norms are taking over.

Yesterday on the regional news we had schoolchildren who had been taght Chinese culture for a year.

Now Chinese culture is very old & you have the great architecture from the Han through to the Tang, the mathamatical acheivements & the classical music & Chinese opera.

But surely it might be better to teach every child the foundations of English culture in the arts,sciences &humanities & teach them English history as a priority to instill that identity ?

But yet again the PC brigade would be wringing their hands .Oh we mustn't do that & marginalise other cultures.

I wonder how many schools in China will be undertaking a thorough review of English culture from Milton to Turnage when the 2012 Olympics (what a waste of resources) take place ?

Cheers Ovechkin

You're spot on with your comments about PC lefty liberals, i totally agree you mate, you speak sense, now come down to brum and stand in the local elections, so i can actually go and vote for someone for a change.

Cheers to you POG.

I'd love to stand somewhere.Probably on the lawn right now.

But seriously its an old boys network & you have to become a researcher & toady , follow the party line , follow dogma not sense & so on & so forth.

Its extremely hard in the current political system for people & parties with new ideas to make headway.

What is needed fundamentally is this:
1.proportional representation so we dont have this farce where the
government of the day polls less votes than the second party
2.fixed terms. You serve four years & thats it. An end to the pole
climbers & avoiding fixing of elections by announcing tax cuts etc
or waiting until the economy improves for example
3.removal of all intermediate government layers. House Of Lords
,regional assemblies & other quangos.

Let decisions be made at lower & lower levels with only those needing state intervention ie defence policy, health strategies made higher up & let decisions be made by people who actually ahve vision.

I'm afraid to say it but comparing Britain which has been in decline for over six decades with the likes of Germany where ecological housing for example is in full swing, whose trasnport infrastructure is second to none & whose hospitals & level of gymnasia education is unparalleled is humbling.

People might like to think that Britain is okay. So did the Assyrians & Han Dynasty.So did the Western Roman Empire. Who could have told Assurbanipal that a matter of two decades later Nineveh would be in ruins & Valentinian as he thrust the Scythians out of Pannonia that 43 years later Rome would fall ?

History has a tendency to repeat itself.Pity the idiots in charge dont seem to understand.

[El Morto La Hoja!]

Jul 2, 2008 11:44:37 GMT -1 gt said:

PC Madness? Is that one step below a Specials Constable?

;D ;D ;D

[PASTIE]

As a "PC lefty Liberal" can I say that I think this is ridiculous too?

[Neko Bazu]

Jul 3, 2008 21:51:12 GMT -1 PASTIE said:

As a "PC lefty Liberal" can I say that I think this is ridiculous too?

!!!

[PASTIE]

[CHOPPER READ]

Jul 2, 2008 11:23:34 GMT -1 PureOldGold said:

What a load of bollocks, i'm a muslim and i don't find that offensive and neither do the majority of us, can the media just stop posting this kind of shit on the front page.

I aint pointing fingers mate but someone must have complained for the media to jump on it.

[Goalposts for Jumpers]

Can I sum this whole PC thing up succinctly please?

I can? Great!

It's all a load of bollocks.

[Mrs H]

Thanks for the definition Boris ;D