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Re: Websailor's point number 1 RH Haslar (the hospital I work in) won an award for the cleanest hospital in Britain, it is a Military hospital and the Commander would not have been pleased if it wasn't

We'd love to have you!

Congratulations Well there you go then, No. 11 - can we get the military in to run our hospitals

Oh, and next time we need hospital treatment can we come to yours I know some are good, but far too many are dreadful.

Websailor

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Can I be health minister then , we get a lot of compliments about the standards of care, personally I think it is because it's a military hospital that the standard is so high, there are civilian Dr's and Nurses but they have to keep the standard up.

If we get elected I will make sure all our hospitals are run by colonel's, admiral's and wing commanders

I think the care is OK mostly. The doctors and nurses do their best in difficult circumstances. It is the contracted out work that is appalling, and so much money goes on Admin. staff too. Too many chiefs and not enough Indians, as they used to say, but I suppose that is politically incorrect now

No. 12. Get rid of all the politically correct nonsense.

No. 13. Bring Health and Safety issues back to a sensible level and tighten up on compensations laws.

I would vote for you as Health Minister. You sound well placed to know how things should be run. You'd be We could do with a bit of

Websailor

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agrees with Websailor totally on his points, PC is a waste of time and so is compensation culture

PC isn't a law though- it's a policy, and one that's publically enforced.

not all PC is a waste of time
why use language that you know people find offensive
but some people do admitedly take it to ridiculous extremes
I once met an academic who said she felt the most important thing she had achieved was removing all sexist references from university policy documents and replaced with gender-neutral ones
so all the references to chairman had been changed to chairperson etc
harmless enough but hardly a lifetimes work

yeah they are a pain...

compensation culture is a real pain though
some schools banned snowball fights
1 council cut down a row of trees near a busy footpath
they can't afford to risk being sued if the unlikely happens
the only people garanteed to do well out of it are lawyers

Hi, Blackberry Cat,

I wouldn't for one moment advocate anything that is offensive to anyone.

What I deplore is the "imagined" or "perceived" slight - for example Christmas being banned in certain quarters in the UK in case it offended people of other faiths! I am ashamed to say I come from the place which re-named the Christmas period "Winterval" . It only lasted for one year, which rather proves my point.

Most people of all faiths in the UK accept one anothers' religious holidays and traditions. Why else would our Asian shops all sell christmas goods quite happily, and also accept Christmas cards and greetings from customers with good grace

Much of the aggro caused here is manufactured by those who thrive on conflict.

I would NEVER deliberately set out to offend, but things are becoming very silly . As for being called Chairperson - it sounds almost inhuman, and Chair is even worse - I hadn't got four legs the last time I looked <

and

Websailor

Scan,

PC may not be a law, and it might be policy, but it is rapidly becoming the norm, which is fine if it is rational and sensible, but so much of it isn't, and is actually counter productive.

I hope you don't take the view, as put forward for banning commonsense to be used by Magistrates and Judges - that our view of commonsense may not be understood by other cultures . How patronising can you get . not you, the Govt. and Courts.

Websailor

Scan,

PC may not be a law, and it might be policy, but it is rapidly becoming the norm, which is fine if it is rational and sensible, but so much of it isn't, and is actually counter productive.

I hope you don't take the view, as put forward for banning commonsense to be used by Magistrates and Judges - that our view of commonsense may not be understood by other cultures . How patronising can you get

Websailor

Scan, that last comment wasn't aimed at you, I had a glitch when posting and it missed a bit off. That comment referred to the Government and the Courts.

Websailor

Websailor
I agree that PC is sometimes overdone but feel it is annoying rather than serious
The part of PC that is useful used to be called politeness
I'm sure you'd never use the n-word or similar but it is noticeable that the far right are keen to attack PC
Commonsense I don't like because a lot of it isn't, its just recieved wisdom, assumptions that people make without thinking

I hadn't looked at < A2944163>. The numbering was my own. I will cease numbering now, and just put the point up, if any more occur to me.

Websailor

I take the George Carlin approach, and evaluate each situation differently.

If someone with one leg wanted to be called a cripple, he should be called a cripple. If he wanted to be handicapped, then he's handicapped. If he wants to be known as differently-abled, then I'll swallow all of my English training and call him differently-able. It should depend on the individual, and not the group. Get what I'm saying

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