Non footy: Oh dear! What is happening to the UK.....

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  1. Tek

    Tekkytyke Well-Known Member

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    I am all for equality but things are starting to really get out of hand.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-43646802

    Err I know not everyone understands music but guys, the clue is in the name... MALE VOICE choir. There are plenty about especially in Wales I seem to remember. There are also ladies choirs and mixed choirs.

    As for the Derbyshire chief constable moaning about "incompatibility with policy" he really needs to get a grip and concentrate on running his police force efficiently.
     
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    The beatles, rolling stones, led zeppelin, bannanarama, bangles and the weather girls .. All non-pc

    Thank god for the pc quality of ABBA, mamas and papas and bucks fizz
     
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    I don't see the problem. No-one is saying male voice choirs can't exist, the employer just made a decision that it was incompatible with their policy. The choir was offered a choice, they chose to sever the link and continue as a male voice choir. There seems to be no ill feeling on either side so I really don't see the issue.
     
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    Non story.
     
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    Exactly this. I can see why the police force asked for women to be allowed to join as it is under their name and they have female members. Equally, the reasons the choir gave to not change made sense and so together they came up with a solution that works for both parties. I don't think sorting something amicably with everyone being happy with the result paints a particularly damning picture of the UK.
     
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    It's enough to make me want to disappear to Italy and sit bitching about things online.
     
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    Big bucks is the 'ism' industry.
     
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    There’s a lot of snowflakes in this world. When did we all become so permanently offended. I blame Cambridge Analytica.
     
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    Sorry. Disagree. The use of Equal Opps policy in this instance to ban the MVC representing the Police is ridiculous and pandering to current PC mania (pardon the pun) . I assume you have no particular interest in music. A male voice choir has a distinctive sound as does a ladies choir. This particular MVC has raised thousands pf pounds for charity. Why not form a ladies choir and/or a mixed voice one if they are so sensitive to equality policy? I suspect though, it may simply be the new CC is trying to make his mark.
     
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    Tekkytyke Well-Known Member

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    THAT is the problem!! Why is it incompatible?
     
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    Tell you what, you don't assume anything about me and I won't assume anything about you.
     
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    The members of the male only choir didn’t want to do that so the Police felt no longer able to lend it official support

    I don’t see how it affect your life negatively so no need to gi thi sen an ulcer whittling abart it
     
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    Because it excludes half the workforce?
     
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    Can transgender men join this choir?
     
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    Only the castrato
     
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    Personally I can’t see why a bloke in that position is making waves when probably nobody cared.
    Male voice choirs are a ‘thing’ as are all female and mixed gender ones.
    Why do people have to mess with traditions just to be PC.
    Looking at the average age of the blokes in that picture it wasn’t going to be a long standing problem anyway!
     
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    It's a shame the PC brigade can't also get behind equal rights for fathers..
     
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    Wrong type of 'ism'
     
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    Typical of this board of mainly lefties ! Don’t mention the words Equality diversity or any other PC nonsense because you just know what the thread will turn into ! Not allowed to have an opinion on here , anything that deviates from the lefty message will be jumped all over ! Common sense went through the window some time ago mores the pity !
     
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