P.C Madness

[Jason]

A row has broken out after prison officers were told off for wearing a cancer charity's St George's Cross tie pin to work.Chief Inspector of Prisons Anne Owers told staff at Wakefield jail the English national flag could be "misinterpreted" as a racist symbol.Officers at the top security prison had bought the pins to support a cancer charity.

They saw no harm in it but it drew raised eyebrows from inspectors who visited the prison.

In her report Ms Owers said: "We were concerned to see a number of staff wearing a flag of St George tie pin.

"While we were told that these had been bought in support of a cancer charity there was clear scope for misinterpretation.
"Prison Service Orders made clear that unauthorised badges and pins should not be worn."

Ms Owers ordered: "Staff should not wear unauthorised tie pins."
Brian Caton, of the Prison Officers' Association, said: "If the only problem the chief inspector found was tie pins carrying the Cross of St George... there can't be a lot wrong with Wakefield prison."

But Tory MP Gerard Howarth said: "What are we coming to in this country? Why shouldn't people wear their national flag with pride?"
Liberal Democrat Mark Oaten said: With our prisdons in crisis there are more important things for Ms Owers to be concentrating on."

Among the inmates at Wakefield is Soham killer Ian Huntley. It is also the jail where serial killer Harold Shipman hanged himself in January last year.



I hate this kind of situation,bloody do-gooders that dont know when to keep their mouths shut and they should leave us to our heritage and let us support good causes by wearing a badge with pride.
:stop:

[Col.Kurtz]

I'ts hardly on a par with the swastika is it? I find this kind of thing quite disturbing, you can wear a vaguely disguised expletive (****) across your chest in 6" high letters and it's ironic or humerous - for about a millisecond, but wear a badge with your own flag on and your inciting a riot!
I'm no flag waver, but something is wrong here, it's this sort of petty, let's not upset any minorities attitude that drove the union flag into the realm of the national front.
Who cares if some convicted criminal is a bit miffed about a guard wearing a badge? It's better than being gassed on a car exhaust or beaten while being forced to drink water, (imaginative torture methods from abroad). Oh, but we want them to join our EU don't we??!?!?

[wayneyboy1942]

Why is it that as an Englishman I have to feel like a Nazi by just wanting to 1 Fly my countries flag on St'Georges day
2 by wanting a bank holiday on april 23rd like other countries have on their day!!!
The only racists are those who want to stop us having pride in our country like others can have!!!!:England: and proud of it!!! Nothing wrong with that!!!

[janet]

Well said wayneyboy, i'm with you on this. :England: :England: :England:
Nothing wrong with being proud to be English in my book, after all this is where i was born.

[silverscrim]

if people do not like the national flag, they should not be in this country. i bet if most of these people complained about anything in the countries they came from they would soon be banged up, so if they dont like it here then get out.

[Jason]

Originally Posted by silverscrim

so if they dont like it here then get out.

Agreed!!!!

[Poppy]

Has the country gone mad? I can remember going to the London festival back in the Late sixtys or early seventys Cant remember ,bit of a blur Wat I can remember is everone walking abou singing There'll allways be an England, and Land of Hope and Glory etc. No one even thought about it being PC or not.

[grannyclaret]

:England: :England: :England: :England:
enough said

[Col.Kurtz]

Bet you wouldn't get very far if it was the other way round.