More namby-pamby behavior from Britain:
"People taking part in a traditional Christmas procession have been ordered to replace their flaming torches with glow sticks because of health and safety concerns. The procession in Looe, Cornwall, attracts 500 people and has taken place for 20 years without an injury. But the harbour authorities and the council have decided the risk of fire was too great and feared being sued if there were an accident. The council has therefore spent 350 pounds on 500 glow sticks, which will be carried through the town on Dec 15".
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What the @#$%& is a "Glow stick" anyway? I don't think there is much doubt that taking the fun out of Christmas is the real aim of the excercise.
Blind People Offended by a Picture they cannot See?
Apparently it can happen in Britain:
"An insurance firm has been ordered to pull an "insensitive" magazine advert over fears it could offend blind people. Watchdogs upheld a complaint from a reader about the advert - which appeared to show a blind man riding a motorbike - because it "seemed to equate stupidity" with being blind.... The ad for Bristol-based eBike Insurance was headlined "There are none so blind as those who will not e" and text stated "go ebike insurance online - where you're the one in control". The ad also showed a picture of a man wearing a motor cycle helmet, but only the whites of his eyes could be seen and he appeared to have no irises or pupils. A reader objected that the ad was offensive, because it was in bad taste and insensitive to the blind and those with visual impairments.
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Some do-gooders may have had nothing better to do than raise complaints but the blind could certainly not be offended -- unless one of the "sensitive" people concerned described it to them -- and what truly "sensitive" person would do that?
