Posted: 12/4/2009 10:31:18 AM EDT
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I just found this mistake and was wondering if anyone else can join the dot's.
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The worker's contract has now been terminated, a spokeswoman said.
"Membership or promotion of the BNP by any member of the police service, whether police officer or police staff, is prohibited as it conflicts with our duty to promote equality," she added. Funny how those that preach equality are always the first to persecute those that don't share their philosophy, and brand them wrong/bad/extremists etc. I don't like the BNP...... but to victimise someone because they hold a political view that disagrees with our own is the very antithesis of equality. If you are sacking someone because you don't like their political stance, then at least be honest enough to fucking say so........ don't label it an issue of equality, cos it clearly has bugger all to do with equality. |
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I think it was the right thing to do.
The Police have impartiality as a core value. BNP are at the other end of the scale and believe treating white people in a different way to non white people. They are an extremist group. I would expect them to sack any employee who is a member of ANY extremist group. Or to give you an example a bit closer to home ........................ Imagine there was a small political party who viewed all FAC holders as gun nuts and whose main objective was to ban all firearms. Its not an illegal party. Membership is not a crime. Now imagine your local firearms licensing officer has joined that party.............................................. |
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I think it was the right thing to do. The Police have impartiality as a core value. BNP are at the other end of the scale and believe treating white people in a different way to non white people. They are an extremist group. I would expect them to sack any employee who is a member of ANY extremist group. Or to give you an example a bit closer to home ........................ Imagine there was a small political party who viewed all FAC holders as gun nuts and whose main objective was to ban all firearms. Its not an illegal party. Membership is not a crime. Now imagine your local firearms licensing officer has joined that party.............................................. If he does his job impartially and in accordance with the manner that is expected of him, is there a problem? Being a member of the BNP is undesirable but not illegal. The fate of the BNP should be decided at the Ballot Box not by targetting individuals who have not broken any law. Going after the BNP as a political party is fair game and they deserve the pasting they'll hopefully get, but going after private individuals who's details have been published without consent who are legally allowed to be members of that party.... how is that impartial? 
Failing to perform in accordance with the requirements of the job, or behaving in a manner that brings the organisation into disrepute is a legitimate reason for dismissal - fair enough. Sacking someone for their bonkers political beliefs (regardless of how misguided) especially if they were passive in those beliefs and it did not affect their work or performance and the only way you knew was because someone told you........ that's getting into some very shakey territory. Would it be fair to say that if the bloke's details had not been published then no one would have been any the wiser to his political beliefs? And if so, doesn't that indicate that his performance at work had been such that no-one had any reason to suspect he was doing anything to bring the force into disrepute? If that is the case, then the grounds for dismissal are probably not particularly robust. Something doesn't sit right. I can understand why they've sacked him given the present political climate. But it feels like a case of political and media hysteria providing an excuse to set precedence for state sanctioned political bullying that could have wider implications for anyone deemed to be politically undesirable....... like 12 years ago (the handgun ban - remember). A sort of politically motivated knee jerk reaction, rather than objective assessment and effective resolution that tackles the BNP's lunatic views through reasoned, sensible, political debate and policy. |
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Fuck the BNP,remember they're just an evolution of the NF That is all Yeah, fuck the BNP....... But guess what....they are here, they are testing the system, and exposing weak points. The bastards are even gaining popularity......why? Because they are not being challenged effectively......Going after their members individually without having evidence of criminal activity just gives them the victim and martyr cards. The whole thing stinks of incompetence and petty politics. The bastards need to be demolished politically, not called names in tit for tat pissing matches and have victim status handed to them on a plate. 
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Mr Griffin is no better than Mr Hamza. I do not want anybody who supports him to be any part of law enforcement. Simply belonging to such a party demonstrates an inability on the part of that member to regard all humans as equal. Strange way of putting it mate, but doesn't Mr Hamza really desire Sharia law (whatever that maybe). Looks like supporting a political party that represents your view's (not necessarily my view's), should make one less than equal, in our diversified society. Tony |
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Quoted: The bastards are even gaining popularity......why?
Because (and regardless of whether you or I agree with this standpoint or not), many people do agree with at least some of their policies, or feel that there is currently no other political party/alternative which reflects their views in the very narrow political forum in which the BNP is campaigning. |
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Mr Griffin is no better than Mr Hamza. I do not want anybody who supports him to be any part of law enforcement. Simply belonging to such a party demonstrates an inability on the part of that member to regard all humans as equal. Strange way of putting it mate, but doesn't Mr Hamza really desire Sharia law (whatever that maybe). Looks like supporting a political party that represents your view's (not necessarily my view's), should make one less than equal, in our diversified society. Tony Not really - its the same old facist way of thinking. Hitler had his master race and everyone else was subhuman. Hamza has his true believers and the rest are infidels. Griffin has his white British and he wants a white only UK To be honest, I think its sick that the BNP even exists when so many brave men and women fought to keep this country free from facism. I have no problem with political parties - you like them and vote for them or you dont. But when one sets itself up and is white only or black only or Muslim only, thats just goes against the basic premise that all men are equal. |