XPost: soc.culture.british, alt.politics.homosexuality
From: bartle.berlin@spamthisout.freenet.de
" Death" wrote in message
news:gCCNi.5820$Fa.1690@bignews6.bellsouth.net...
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> "Wog George" wrote in message
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>> What an absolute crock of shit. How on Earth could the Avon Fire &
> Rescue
>> chaps ascertain that there was no danger to anyone without first
> inspecting
>> what was going on?
>>
> Now, that was my first response (to myself) when I read the article.
> Had someone been in the bushes and in danger of ( anything you list)
> and the firemen had walked by without even a glance- the shit would
> have hit the fan. CNN, the comunist news network would have played
> that up for days.
> This politically correct crap is really getting out of hand.
>
From what it was claimed the Fire Chief said - they were disciplined for
being some place other than were they were supposed to be.
I would be the last to attack the Fire Service and those employed there,
generally a decent and often very courageous bunch.
On the other hand I could imagine that one of the most elementary demands
made on a Fireman is that he should be "available," which also means he
needs to be where he is supposed to be and not taking a stroll on the moor?
None of us hear know all the facts around this case - so perhaps one should
bare that in mind.
The original poster has chosen to take the line that this story is all about
an excess of PC - perhaps it is far more a matter of service
regulations/discipline.
Firemen who went on record as being in a group sat on the end of Brighton
Pier eating ice cream would hardly be newsworthy as such - except if they
were on duty and supposed to be someplace else.
ron b.
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