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12-04-2010, 12:26

Whoever it was that took offence and reported this was wrong to do so without doing a little questioning beforehand and i speak as someone that has been in this situation before and the issue was resolved with some quiet discrete talks between the parties involved with no bad feeling at the end of it. What we ultimately have here is another example of a culture that is growing in the UK and it is not a pleasant or enjoyable culture it is highly destructive and damaging to both individuals and institutions.

Once upon a time the UK was renowned for it's ability to handle situations with humour and banter between friends but now we have to be careful of the growing and ever present "i am ready to be offended on someone else's behalf" brigade that are infesting so many places. As for this man having underlying issue's and this single incident was the last straw, no not really this was a man who had worked all his life had built relationships clearly with his co worker's.

Maybe work formed a massive part of his life the threat of having that taken from him because of something so petty may well be all that was needed to send this individual into suicide. That is putting aside the fact that at 61 this guy wasn't likely to get further employment i think that is enough to send anyone over the edge.

If this was a case of someone commiting suicide because of continued and sustained offence from one to another no that would not be correct but also i doubt that such prolonged offence would have gone unnoticed and more then one person would have complained and appropriate action taken also not what happened in this case. In this case one person got offended on behalf of one other person and without using any brain power or common sense made a complaint and potentially massively affected this man.

It is time in this country for us to tell those looking to be offended to get stuffed and lets get back to those old days where friends could have a laugh and banter without one eye over their shoulder and back to the days where a conversation between two people stayed that way unless there was very very good reason for it not too which wasn't the case here.

We really have become a nation of cry baby's always looking for someone else to handle things for us and that is funnily enough the general creeping culture that follows a socialist government who take more time to interfere in the lifestyles of people rather then working to make the country better.

12-04-2010, 12:26	#96
RizzyKing Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Politically Correct person makes man kill himself. Whoever it was that took offence and reported this was wrong to do so without doing a little questioning beforehand and i speak as someone that has been in this situation before and the issue was resolved with some quiet discrete talks between the parties involved with no bad feeling at the end of it. What we ultimately have here is another example of a culture that is growing in the UK and it is not a pleasant or enjoyable culture it is highly destructive and damaging to both individuals and institutions. Once upon a time the UK was renowned for it's ability to handle situations with humour and banter between friends but now we have to be careful of the growing and ever present "i am ready to be offended on someone else's behalf" brigade that are infesting so many places. As for this man having underlying issue's and this single incident was the last straw, no not really this was a man who had worked all his life had built relationships clearly with his co worker's. Maybe work formed a massive part of his life the threat of having that taken from him because of something so petty may well be all that was needed to send this individual into suicide. That is putting aside the fact that at 61 this guy wasn't likely to get further employment i think that is enough to send anyone over the edge. If this was a case of someone commiting suicide because of continued and sustained offence from one to another no that would not be correct but also i doubt that such prolonged offence would have gone unnoticed and more then one person would have complained and appropriate action taken also not what happened in this case. In this case one person got offended on behalf of one other person and without using any brain power or common sense made a complaint and potentially massively affected this man. It is time in this country for us to tell those looking to be offended to get stuffed and lets get back to those old days where friends could have a laugh and banter without one eye over their shoulder and back to the days where a conversation between two people stayed that way unless there was very very good reason for it not too which wasn't the case here. We really have become a nation of cry baby's always looking for someone else to handle things for us and that is funnily enough the general creeping culture that follows a socialist government who take more time to interfere in the lifestyles of people rather then working to make the country better.