Via Angus, this:

Patrick Timoney, a 9-year-old student at PS 52 in Staten Island, N.Y., was in the school cafeteria Tuesday playing with LEGOs when he was taken to the principal’s office and threatened with suspension. One of his toys was a LEGO policeman that holds a 2-inch plastic gun. The school has a no-tolerance policy when it comes to toy guns.

… or this:

It seemed like such a practical and good arrangement, the kind that moms have been making with each other since the beginning of time: One woman would watch her friends’  kids while they waited for the school bus so the other women could go to their jobs.

And then the Michigan Department of Human Services stepped in to tell the Good Samaritan mother that she was facing fines and possible jail time for running an illegal day care center.

… or this, courtesy of Julia:

An immigration tribunal decided that Laith Alani, a paranoid schizophrenic, should not be deported to Iraq because it would breach his human rights and put people there at risk.  The Home Office wanted to deport him on his release to protect the British public, but he appealed to the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) where a panel led by Lance Waumsley, a senior immigration judge, ruled that he could remain in the UK.

… or this:

The 140-page guide is produced by the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS) and has been sent to all Scottish police forces.  Examples of inappropriate language include the words “policeman”, “manpower” and “unmanned”, and officers are warned not to call women “love” or men “guys”.  The handbook cost £4500 to produce and 7000 copies have been distributed to all Scottish police forces.

Northern Constabulary Chief Constable Ian Latimer, chairman of ACPOS Equality and Diversity, insisted the handbook was a useful resource.   He said: “It is important that our communities are given the respect and professional service they deserve.

Hands up those who are happy with their local policing?

Or this, via Mark Wadsworth:

Department of Transport launch additional consultation on third runway at Heathrow because “We also want to be sure, given the socio-demographic mix in the Heathrow area, that we fully understand how airport development might affect different groups in terms of race, disability, age or gender”. (via Ian_QT);   National Children’s Bureau: “Toddlers who say ‘yuk’ to spicy food are potentially racist”. (via Ross and Snafu); Mother required to undergo Criminal Records Bureau vetting in order to be able to accompany her disabled son to school. (via HH)

I’ve run out of energy, posting any more of these. Or this.  Or this.  Or this.

Profile of a PCist

Ideology is their big thing and jumping on to whatever bandwagon is going – climate change, diversity, whatever. They walk into the office with that contented smile that they are doing all this for you. Paid vastly more than they are worth or competent to receive, they dream up ways of experimentally engineering some other part of society which has hitherto escaped.

They are the embodiment of mediocrity – mediocrity in mind, education and vision. As Ed Balls said:

“Every­thing we know about life is that we should obey the precautionary principle; to take what the sceptics say seriously would be a profound risk.”

These are the people who worked themselves into power by ticking the right boxes and playing the increasingly bizarre PC game. These are the people in control of our lives.

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