Diversity Training For Boris?

[naomi24]

I’m not sure if laughing is aloud – but I did – heartily.

On a more serious note, Lord Tebbit, a former Tory chairman, accused party chiefs of inflaming the row and allowing Jeremy Corbyn to escape scrutiny over allegations of anti-Semitism.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6048869/Conservatives-claim-Boris-Johnson-diversity-training-burka-comments-row.html

Furthermore, Rowan Atkinson has written the following to The Times:

‘As a lifelong beneficiary of the freedom to make jokes about religion, I do think that Boris Johnson’s joke about wearers of the burka resembling letterboxes is a pretty good one. All jokes about religion cause offence, so it’s pointless apologising for them. ‘You should really only apologise for a bad joke. On that basis, no apology is required.’

https://metro.co.uk/2018/08/10/rowan-atkinson-backs-boris-johnson-ever-apologise-bad-joke-7821391/

He’s right … isn’t he?

[sanmac]

I wonder if in a few weeks time there will be Halloween letter-box costumes in the shops.

[Mamyalynne]

He should only go on a training course if he's up for it - perhaps better would be to get a new comedy script writer.

Schoolyard quips that are decades old are a bit stale.

[-Talbot-]

lol...why can't all imams be like this bloke?

https://twitter.com/Imamofpeace/status/1028629023352532993

[New Judge]

"He should only go on a training course if he's up for it..."

Alas many employees (mainly in the public sector where money for such things is not object) don't have such a choice. They are forced to sit through this claptrap whether they are "up for it" or not.

[gulliver1]

What would happen if you walked into a bank on the day of Halloween , wearing a Doris Johnson Mask, or even a Margaret Thatcher mask?.

[hereIam]

Well done Rowan Atkinson. It seems to me that the tide is turning at last, hope so.

[webbo3]

Gulliver.
\\What would happen if you walked into a bank on the day of Halloween , wearing a Doris Johnson Mask, or even a Margaret Thatcher mask?.//

you would be told to remove it or you may find some armed police waiting outside.

[tamborine]

Johnson is right! Burka/nicab worn to suppress male interest is disambiguous to males, whom muslim women see as predators to themselves.

[andy-hughes]

Mr Johnson is not in need of 'diversity training' - that would apply to someone who was unaware of what they had said, and the impact it had caused - two things you could never apply to him!

[gulliver1]

Just watching him on TV dishing out tea to reporters outside his home, what a Plonker, and to think people actually voted for him, and want him to be the next PM, Madness.

[naomi24]

//Mr Johnson is not in need of 'diversity training' - that would apply to someone who was unaware of what they had said, and the impact it had caused - two things you could never apply to him!//

Why is it acceptable to ridicule some and not others? Boris seems to manage to cope with all the stick he gets - but then he has the ability of being able to laugh at himself - an admirable trait. If people who take themselves seriously think everyone else should do likewise it stands to reason they're going to be disappointed.

[Arksided]

I don't go into politics or religion on here too much... But I really like Boris. They should leave him alone and wonder what happened to Alistair Darling and Ian Duncan Smith.

They are two people (allegedly human) I'd like to get my teeth into and not on my behalf either.

[sanmac]

"Diversity training"? Is that some kind of news-speak, and where does one go for it, the Ministry of Truth or the Fiction Department?

[hereIam]

Thanks for BA naomi.

[webbo3]

https://islamqa.info/en/983

\\From ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar, who said: "I heard the Messenger of Allaah SAWS (peace be upon him) say: ‘Do not prevent your women from going to the mosque if they ask your permission.’" Bilaal ibn ‘Abdullah said, "By Allaah, we will prevent them."//


\\But there are conditions attached to the permission for women to go to the mosque, as follows:
(1) She should wear complete hijaab.
(2) She should not go out wearing perfume.
(3) She should have the permission of her husband.//

https://islamqa.info/en/49898

\\It is permissible for a Muslim woman to pray in the mosque and her husband does not have the right to stop her if she asks him for permission to do that, so long as she is properly covered and no part of her body is showing that it is forbidden for “strangers” (non mahrams) to see. //

Yup, sounds like its their choice, so much for this freedom and rights

[Old_Geezer]

And rules are always adhered to. If one knows something will displease another, one might decide not to want it after all, whether they want to or not.

[dunnitall]

Yes! He is right.... If religionists cannot smile or laugh about jokes regarding them...then summat is seriously wrong.

[naomi24]

Webbo at 18:28 Sun

//Motorbike instructor slams Shell garage for ‘racism’ after he’s told to remove helmet as woman in burka fills up next to him//

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6994230/motorbike-instructor-slams-shell-garage-for-racism-after-hes-told-to-remove-helmet-as-woman-in-burka-fills-up-next-to-him/

//A Shell spokeswoman said the company would not be commenting.
Spar have not responded to a request to comment.//

I wonder why?

[naomi24]

hereIam, you're welcome. I was thinking along the same lines.

[New Judge]

"Just watching him on TV dishing out tea to reporters outside his home, what a Plonker"

Why does providing tea to people clearly taking an interest in him make him a "Plonker"? Could it be because he has good manners?