From here:
Several councillors aren’t impressed with Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s decision to remain seated during a standing ovation for WorldPride organizers at city hall earlier today.
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Coun. Mike Layton tweeted that Ford’s behaviour was “disgraceful.”
Watching that video reminded me of something:
From here:
H&M stores across Canada have pulled faux feather headdresses from their shelves after receiving complaints the items are offensive to aboriginals.
Bishops have put in a bid for the entire stock to wear in their mitres at the next Anglican Church of Canada smudging ceremony.
From here:
A construction crew working on the campus of Ohio’s Sinclair Community College was forced to halt work until it removed a “Men Working” sign that was deemed “sexist” by a college administrator. A spokesman for the college told National Review Online that the incident, which occurred on November 21, stemmed from the school’s “deep commitment to diversity,” and that it takes that commitment “very seriously.”
In the wake of the incident, the school acknowledged its request may have been over the top, but stood by its commitment to diversity, saying in a statement that, “while it may not have been necessary to suggest that work be stopped, Sinclair stands by its commitment to providing an environment that is inclusive and non-discriminatory.”
The men had to stop work until the offending sign was removed.
Does that mean that, unlike the more snobbish women bishops-manqué in the Church of England, the educated ladies of Ohio’s Sinclair Community College are determined to see women breaking through the hard-hat barrier in order to fulfil their destiny as menial construction workers? Probably not.
Canada’s language police are going undercover in eight airports to ensure that passengers will hear their flights are delayed in both English and French.
After these taxpayer funded linguistic stakeouts, monoglots will have absolutely no excuse for leaving their bags unattended.
From here:
Canada’s bilingualism watchdog is going undercover at eight major airports to see if travellers are served equally well in English and French.
Official Languages Commissioner Graham Fraser says his office will conduct more than 1,500 anonymous observations this fall at airports in Halifax, Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Vancouver.
He says audits of some of those airports have been done in the past, but this will be the first time so many are done at once.
From here:
A Conservative senator has landed in hot water after telling reporters that the worst murderers should be given a rope so they can choose their fate.
Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu told reporters Wednesday the most heinous of criminals and “assassins” with no hope of rehabilitation should “have the right to a rope in his cell and make a decision about his or her life.”
On the other hand, the Right to Die Society of Canada is not in hot water for suggesting much the same thing for anyone except murderers.
This is blatant discrimination against murderers.
From here:
MI5 has been named on a list of Britain’s most gay-friendly employers for the very first time.
The security service was ranked at number 62 in the top 100 list of Britain’s best employers for lesbian, gay and bisexual staff.
It is the first time MI5 has appeared in the list compiled by the equality charity Stonewall.
I no longer live in the UK, but if I did, I’m sure I would feel a lot safer knowing that MI5 is taking the battle right to the doorstep of freedom hating terrorists by becoming gay-friendly. If this had happened earlier it could have prevented 7/7.
When someone is offended by it, of course. In this case, Peter Ferguson who believes it violates his right to freedom of irreligion when said at the beginning of council meetings.
Peter Ferguson seems to think he has been called to a vocation of sustained whining, so, to help him overcome this affliction, the council should read an entire chapter of the New Testament as well.
From here:
A one-man battle to stop a southern Ontario county from reciting the Lord’s Prayer before council meetings is heating up once again.
Peter Ferguson has been trying since last March to convince Grey County council, north of Toronto, to “obey the law” and abandon the prayer, and will be repeating the plea when a new council sits in February.
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“I find that so laughable. So what if I’m the only person?” Ferguson said. “I believe in the rule of law and I can’t believe that I have 18 councillors and one MPP sitting around saying we just make the laws, we don’t enforce them. They are criminals and I don’t think that word can be repeated often enough.”
From here:
A market trader has been banned from selling a ‘morale-boosting’ anti-Taliban T-shirt by council bosses who fear it will offend people.
The T-shirts, which feature the words ‘Taliban Hunting Club’ around a target set behind a skull and two guns, have become popular with soldiers on the front line as well as their relatives at home.
Who exactly is that going to offend? Oh, right, the Taliban; we wouldn’t want to do that – it might make them dislike us.
Being called a faggot. Hurled obloquies such as “fascist” and “fat git” are water off a duck’s back to those drenched in today’s ambience of tolerance. But refer to someone as something I used to eat with gravy every Wednesday and the equality Gestapo start launching probes.
Obviously I am going to have to brush up on my insults.
From here:
An Aberdeen councillor has been cleared of making homophobic comments towards the authoriity’s gay then-leader.
Jim Farquharson admitted calling John Stewart a “fascist” and a “fat git” but Mr Stewart claimed the term “faggot” had been used.
The incident happened after a heated council meeting in September last year.
A complaint was lodged with the Public Standards Commissioner for Scotland (PSCS). It has been ruled he was not in breach of his code of conduct.
Mr Farquharson categorically denied using the term at the time of the incident.
He told BBC Scotland: “I have never used such a word.”
However, he added that he stood by his fascist comment.
Compare her to chocolate.
From here:
Cadbury is facing the prospect of a black consumer boycott after it compared Naomi Campbell to a chocolate bar in a new advertising campaign.
The supermodel – hardly known for taking things in her stride – is incensed that Cadbury used her name in the strap line to promote its new chocolate bar called Bliss, accusing the company of racism. The ad says: “Move over Naomi – there is a new diva in town.”
Yesterday Campbell revealed she is considering “every option available” after Cadbury, owned by the US giant Kraft, refused to pull the ad campaign, which ran in newspapers last week: “I am shocked. It’s upsetting to be described as chocolate, not just for me, but for all black women and black people. I do not find any humour in this. It is insulting and hurtful.”
Is this an example of a someone taking a courageous stand in defence of something I can’t quite put my finger on, or is it yet another spoiled brat model spouting drivel because she is too used to everyone cooing over every banality that falls unassisted by mental exertion from her botoxed lips?
Most people would be grateful if the worst thing that happened to them was to be compared to chocolate.
