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26-10-2016, 12:48 PM | #26 | |||
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About a month ago I had to sit next to a fat woman (and I mean fat, huge actually) on a coach, but I didn't complain, I just got on with it.
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26-10-2016, 12:58 PM | #27 | |||
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This Witch doesn't burn
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26-10-2016, 02:35 PM | #28 | |||
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Likes cars that go boom
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And we do, nobody is defending their right to discriminate are they?
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26-10-2016, 03:13 PM | #29 | ||
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Oh you mean they weren't muslims?
Oh that's ok then.They can be as sexist as they like. Carry on |
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26-10-2016, 05:22 PM | #30 | |||
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i don't mind changing seats, but not near the window, i hate it
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27-10-2016, 05:20 AM | #31 | |||
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...I don't know if it's accurate but I read on one media site that Mary Campos doesn't intend to sue the airline...she's insisting that they apologise to every female passenger on the plane, including any female staff...
...I think the main fault with this is with the airline/staff who made the decision to ask her to move, not the monks...not that I don't think their request was unreasonable because I think it was...but they could only ask is all they could do and they should have been told no, I'm sorry but these are the seats available on the flight/if they don't suit your needs then another flight maybe and you'll have to look at the alternatives...if for instance the monk's practice was to never speak../a vow of silence, they're obviously very entitled to that practise and it should be respected...but then it wouldn't be reasonable of them to place themselves in a position were spoken words were needed from them../where a requirement would be to answer a question or something...the airline should never have agreed to accommodate something that was going to discriminate against something else and I think all fault is with them when all they had to do was say no, we can't guarantee no female contact sorry... |
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27-10-2016, 08:12 AM | #32 | |||
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Yeah I agree Ammi and this is why I felt it was similar to the cake situation but maybe even worse because in this case they accepted both customers money and then proceeded to prioritise the monks needs over the woman (I understand she chose the seat?) and the female staff, that said maybe the airline were not aware of the monks requests until check in and on a full flight they were unable to reseat them alone, and obviously it's easier to swap one person around than 2, still doesn't make it right though, the monks should have been told if they travel on public transport in a westernised country they will be sat next to females and served by them religious beliefs or not, then it's up to them to make alternate arrangement, equality forms part of our culture and they have to accept that or stay put, this would have been a difficult call for the check in staff on a busy day though and to avoid hassle they just went with it, according to the article I posted its not an unusual request so maybe western airlines need a clear policy for their staff to follow
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27-10-2016, 08:28 AM | #33 | |||
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...I'm failing to see the cake analogy...(I'm not saying there isn't one...)...just that I can't see it and that could be entirely me...mainly because one case tried to accommodate and to not discriminate..but in doing that, they failed to see another discrimination.../so tried to do right but completely failed in doing wrong if you like...whereas the cake situation was just saying no, we wont accommodate at all and clear discrimination, not trying to do right in any way...(it makes sense in my head ....)...also I think just too many 'presumptions' reported with it for me because I don't think we know how full the flight was/..there were certainly some seats available as she was moved to another or asked if she would move so not a full flight anyway...the obvious would have been...(assuming they were rows of 3 seats or even 4 as some have..)...yes, we can do that but you have to purchase 3(4) seats on the flight to assure your needs are met... Last edited by Ammi; 27-10-2016 at 08:29 AM. |
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27-10-2016, 08:39 AM | #34 | |||
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it raises an interesting point. If that form of demand is accommodated, do they also ask fat people to move to a different seat, perhaps someone with a cold, a family with a crying baby, a passenger that is vomiting, someone who drinks alcohol.
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27-10-2016, 08:44 AM | #35 | |||
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In both cases the discrimation was caused by religious beliefs, with regard to buying the seats even then they would still have to accept being served by female staff |
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27-10-2016, 08:47 AM | #36 | |||
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27-10-2016, 09:00 AM | #37 | |||
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Don't you think that is part of the problem though, businesses are so frightened of appearing racist and hurting their brand they are rolling over to ridiculous requests that would not be tolerated from other groups of people? |
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27-10-2016, 09:22 AM | #38 | |||
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...I guess for me there just isn't a 'one size fits all' with these things and I can only look individually at them with my thoughts or when I try to see analogies of similarity...but yes, they both involved religious faiths/beliefs/practises etc is what I can see .... Last edited by Ammi; 27-10-2016 at 09:24 AM. |
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27-10-2016, 09:25 AM | #39 | |||
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I think its up to us as individuals to treat reporting with the respect/contempt it deserves based on its content. While i'm not happy with hatred of any type, I do believe the world has become much to politically correct toward certain sensitive subjects, and that forces agendas to be pursued using methods like this. We can't change the way people are, they do have thoughts if they don't agree with something and artificial suppression makes the problem worse, I think. |
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27-10-2016, 09:44 AM | #40 | |||
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27-10-2016, 09:49 AM | #41 | ||
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Well i did say it was the airlines fault back on page 1
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27-10-2016, 09:49 AM | #42 | |||
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Feel free to be as PC as you like, and i will continue to mutter away in my corner |
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27-10-2016, 10:07 AM | #43 | |||
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27-10-2016, 10:48 AM | #44 | ||
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I am 100% certain that this video was posted to highlight women's rights and had absolutely nothing at all to do with the fact that it was supposedly Muslims. .
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27-10-2016, 11:18 AM | #45 | |||
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27-10-2016, 11:41 AM | #46 | |||
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PC should just be renamed P, for progressive... Anything I have ever heard as a counter to anything 'PC' has been negative and regressive. Nobody here is suppressed, there are plenty of media and organisations which cater for the non PC, the floodgates are constantly ajar.
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27-10-2016, 12:35 PM | #47 | |||
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You know my methods
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you can repsect people's views however bat**** they are but religion should be given no favour, "oh you are a monk are you so what? Oh you are a vicar that is great I drive a bus, oh you are a full veil wearing muslim big deal I have on cords"
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27-10-2016, 12:38 PM | #48 | ||
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27-10-2016, 12:47 PM | #49 | |||
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You know my methods
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27-10-2016, 01:44 PM | #50 | |||
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