Sunday 31 August 2008

Oh, the Righteous gnashing of teeth and wailing ...

I had to change my kecks after reading this:

Tarique Ghaffur and his family are being protected by private bodyguards, following his public claims about discrimination in the force.

His lawyer, Shahrokh Mireskandari, accused the Met's deputy commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, of "inciting hatred" by telling Britain's top Asian policeman to "shut up and get on with his job".

"That is inciting hatred," he said.

"We are extremely concerned."

Mr Ghaffur added: "In light of the tone of Sir Paul Stephenson's statement, I am now extremely concerned for my personal safety and those close to me including family and supporters alike."


I'm sorry, "inciting hatred"? How the fuck does "shut up and get on with your fucking job" constitute "inciting hatred"? Does this mean that I can demand police protection when my boss tells me to "stop talking and get on with what I pay you for"?

Fucking result!

Jesus, are these people all fucking barking mad, or what??????

4 comments:

Trixy said...

I hope and pray to the God of Shopping and Shoes that this man loses his case. There has to be some case in law which makes it clear that using skin colour instead of doing your job properly is not acceptable.

Obnoxio The Clown said...

Actually, I think the law as it currently stands means that skin colour is preferable to competence.

Sorry.

Take it up with Harriet Harman.

RobW said...

There not mad -- just socialist.

Anonymous said...

Dean & Dean sure are mighty good at working the media angles. They miss no opportunity to
a) paint the client as a victim
b) stiffle legitimate adverse comment

The only saving grace is that is what they are paid for and they are getting away with it.