Political Correctness Gone MAD!

[Ricardo Reis]

DOCTORS GIVE IN TO MUSLIMS


DOCTORS and health workers have been banned from eating lunch at their desks - in case it offends their Muslim colleagues.

Health chiefs believe the sight of food will upset Muslim workers when they are celebrating the religious festival Ramadan.

The lunch trolley is also to be wheeled out of bounds as the 30-day fast begins next month.

But staff and politicians branded the move political correctness gone mad and warned that it was a step too far.

Bill Aitken, the Scottish Conservative justice spokesman, said: “This advice, well-meaning as it may be, is total nonsense.

“It is the sort of thing that can stir up resentment rather than result in good relations.”

The new guidance comes in the wake of the failed terror attacks on Glasgow and the death of suspect Kafeel Ahmed, 27.

Health chiefs in Lothian and Glasgow will give all employees time off to pray and to celebrate Eid, which marks the end of Ramadan.

But Greater Glasgow and Clyde as well as Lothian NHS boards also issued the advice, warning workers not to take working lunches, and said all vending machines should be removed from areas where Muslims work.

One senior consultant said: “What next? Are we going to have advice on how to deal with Catholics during Lent?
“This kind of thing does more harm than good.”

The guidance, which was sent round many organisations, was produced by Glasgow consultancy Meem, which advises on Muslim issues and counts the Scottish Parliament among its clients.

Na’eem Raza, a senior consultant with the firm, said he was thrilled that the health boards had formally adopted the guidance.

He added: “The idea is to get faith in the workplace out in the open.

“In the current climate, people need to understand where communities are coming from and what people are feeling.

“After the Glasgow attack this is very important. This is about educating people and making them more aware and more confident when dealing with issues surrounding the Muslim community.

“People have stopped talking over the garden fence and we need to break down the barriers so that people can talk comfortably to each other.

“It would never stir up resentment. Faith is an important issue. Why not have guidance on all of the issues that affect us, including different faiths?”

Health chiefs defended their use of the guidance and said it was important to promote a positive and tolerant culture at work.

A NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde spokesman said: “As a large organisation we recognise that many of our staff, patients and visitors will be participating in Ramadan.

“We have therefore made information available to our staff to raise awareness of Ramadan and help to answer any questions they may have.”

NHS Lothian said: “We have recently agreed a quality and diversity strategy and as a responsible and pro-active employer we will continue to promote a positive culture which recognises and respects diversity both in our workforce and in the people we serve.”


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[Señor Malo]

Originally Posted by Milfiades

DOCTORS GIVE IN TO MUSLIMS

Great! Good news! so we'll have to get deprived of having lunch in front of them so that they are not offended but we'll have to accept and stand seeing their women with their scarfs over the head and face?

Wouldn't it better if they just went out for a prayer at lunch break while we have our lunch at our desk?

[Marcus Marulus]

It's so ridiculous and so damn' stoopid.

[Superstar]

If I were a doctor in Britain, I would deliberately eat a whole pig in front of all my muslim work colleagues to make a point.

[Strengthandhonour]

This will just end up to people sneaking to the bathroom and eating lunch on the toilet seat.


those guys are right. you can have that average guy that does everything by the book and respects the muslims, but when his rights start being taken away to favor the muslims...the resentment will come.

[Blood Axis]

Originally Posted by Strengthandhonour

This will just end up to people sneaking to the bathroom and eating lunch on the toilet seat.

That's admittedly disgusting, but that guy's in jail. Any white trash low-life could have done that respectively...

[Strengthandhonour]

I am aware that this individual is in jail.
I just saw it necessary to illustrate my point with an image

[Gladstone]

Yeah, it's silly about the food carts. But nothing must be allowed to offend the imported cheap labor, or the fig leaf for them, the 95% bogus 'asylum seeker'. They are much too valuable for that.

As for the jail photo it is perfect. It's a quite an appropriate analogy for anyone having the misfortune to live under the ideology of multi-culturalism.

Though the exact placement of the food is positively disgusting indeed...

[Susi]

Most of the doctors here in Canada are middle eastern...