Friday, June 09, 2006
Flying the flag
The Police are sometimes accused of acting in a heavy handed manner but Clive Wolfendale, the Deputy Chief Constable of North Wales, has taken the concept to a new extreme. His warning that people flying the English flag during the World Cup were failing to act in a decent and courteous manner is way over the top. Mind you North Wales Police have form on these issues.
It seems that we are being overrun with an unnecessary and disproportionate political correctness in a way that it is undermining the equality agenda. I know that Wales is a largely tolerant society. Some people may not like overt displays of Englishness but they are not going to turn it into a vendetta.
Mr. Wolfendale needs to chill out a bit and stop creating problems where there are none.
It seems that we are being overrun with an unnecessary and disproportionate political correctness in a way that it is undermining the equality agenda. I know that Wales is a largely tolerant society. Some people may not like overt displays of Englishness but they are not going to turn it into a vendetta.
Mr. Wolfendale needs to chill out a bit and stop creating problems where there are none.
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Just to be clear, my publication of the comment above by Ceri Grafu does not in anyway mean that I join with him in condoning illegal and mindless vandalism. Indeed I believe that the attack on Gilesports in Aberystwyth is a disgrace and is unjustifiable.
If saying what I think and believe is playing safe then so be it. I believe in live and let live. I do not accept that a display of support for a football team or nation should lead to violence or damage to property.
Ceri's comments, while probably not exactly typical of the majority Welsh population of towns like Aber - or even of most enthuisastic nationalists - are representative of an extremely unhealthy sizeable minority.
Ceri, try moving the venue of this incident to Birmingham, substituing the Welsh population with white English, and the English population ghto ethnic Asian.
Now read your suggestion again. Asians shouldn't fly the Pakistan flag during a cricket match because it might provoke white people to violence?
There's a word for people like you, Ceri.
Ceri, try moving the venue of this incident to Birmingham, substituing the Welsh population with white English, and the English population ghto ethnic Asian.
Now read your suggestion again. Asians shouldn't fly the Pakistan flag during a cricket match because it might provoke white people to violence?
There's a word for people like you, Ceri.
I have already made my views clear. I do not condone what Gilesport did but they had every right to do it. No matter what the perceived provocation, the reaction of those who responded by vandalising the shop is unjustifiable in my view. I also believe that the Police Deputy Chief Constable did go over the top in making his remarks and that he has given people a convenient excuse to try and justify their indefensible actions.
Ceri,
Peter's view expressed above is one I hold too; everyone has a right to make their voice felt, nobody has an excuse for loutish and criminal behaviour.
If you want to read what I think about this take a look at my blog at cloudsoup.com
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Peter's view expressed above is one I hold too; everyone has a right to make their voice felt, nobody has an excuse for loutish and criminal behaviour.
If you want to read what I think about this take a look at my blog at cloudsoup.com
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