Bureaucracy & political correctness in this country has gone mad! First on December 4th, an article appeared about the people of Embsay village in North Yorkshire who wanted to arrange a Christmas party for the village and got this response from Craven District Council when asking permission to use the car park outside the village hall for the party.
‘Organisers of a village Christmas party have been told they must carry out a risk assessment of their mince pies - or their festivities will be cancelled.
Council bosses say posters will have to be displayed at the party in Embsay, in the Yorkshire Dales, warning villagers the pies contain nuts and suet pastry.
The cocoa content and temperature of the hot chocolate must also be checked.’
Read the full story here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/6207970.stm
Then, many employers banned Christmas decorations in the workplace for fear of offending people from other faiths:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6210532.stm
And today, it is apparently no long safe for those on stage a pantomime to throw sweets to children for fear of triggering allergies and Worthing Bough Council have advised them not to do it:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/6176201.stm
Sorry to deviate from fashion but things like this really make me mad!!!
I agree, political correctness has gone mad!! Whatever next..... a health warning on high heels!!
ReplyDeleteI think we've already had one or two of those!!
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