BBC: A Muslim classroom assistant sacked for refusing to remove her veil in lessons has lost an appeal against a ruling that she was not discriminated against.Photo courtesy of the BBC
Aishah Azmi, 24, was asked to remove the veil after Headfield Church of England School in Dewsbury, West Yorks, said pupils could not understand her.
Mrs Azmi refused and was sacked after an employment tribunal ruled she was not the victim of discrimination. Veil row assistant loses appeal
Mark Alexander
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The compassion of the ruling elite laid bare.
Two seemingly unrelated events, to two totally different people, yet highly instructive as to the fraudulence of the architects of social policy, with their pious claims to, “building a more caring and compassionate Britain“. These two incidents could not be more indicative of the disparity between, what the state, (that would be the prevailing order) says that its goals and aspirations are, and the reality of what its accomplishments and priorities are.
From Friday, March 30th …
Mrs. Aishah Azmi loses appeal. Where Mrs. Azmi has, at tax payer expense, fought an unsuccessful legal battle for the right to wear a veil in the classroom where she was a teacher’s assistant. Said legal expenses running into the thousands of pounds. All done on the basis of showing the state’s greater magnanimity and compassion to an individual with a agenda inimical to the social order of a peaceful, tolerant society.
Contrast this with this story of neglect… The daily trials of David Lawrence. Not the soppy, over sentimentalized tone of the piece, no, focus just on one aspect of the story, the authority’s reply to Mr. Lawrence’s plea for assistance. The sad and damning tale of a wounded “Tommy” cast adrift by a state that can find no further use for him, and resents his continued existence as an unwarranted intrusion on the beneficence of the state’s finances. The tale of Robert Lawrence, contrasted with that of Mrs. Azmi, tells you all you need to know about the greater compassion of Tony and Gordon, of Hazel and Tessa, and what of Mr. Blunkett and Mr. Straw, Mr. Prescott and Mrs. Beckett, pillars of the establishment, one and all. Are they directly responsible, yes and no. No, in that they are not directly responsible in individual cases, or day to day operations at the local level, but most damningly yes in as much as they are directly responsible for the direction of the social order and aspirations of societal mores and aspirations. They are the leaders, they chose to set themselves forth as directors of public policy, this was not foisted upon them, they chose this path. There are others to blame for this for sure, too many by far; but the government of the day, given its intrusive clamoring to place its hand into every aspect of our daily existence, must bear the brunt of the responsibility and blame for this damning state of affairs. They are the ones who set budget priorities. And just where are all those superior compassionate celebrities when a real case of injustice rears its ugly head, where are all the talking heads…nowhere, that’s where, he’s just an old soldier after all. Rudyard Kipling was right on the money… “Tommy” says it all. Our social betters are an absolute disgrace. No wonder they wish Mr. Kipling would disappear down the drain hole of historical oblivion, no wonder they sneer at his perceived jingoism, for his every word damns the whole sorry pack of them.
If this does not get your blood to boil, then you are not truly alive, you are not really a member of the human race, you are simply a follower of a bankrupt ideology, a parasitical leach on civil society; either that or just not paying attention. A society that has untold wealth to squander upon frivolities and worse, insidious destructive practices, but nothing to spare for a faithful servant, is not worth one ounce of respect, but an undying contempt and condign ridicule. These so called leaders and their enablers must go, and go soon, lest their continued presence further poisons the well of social cohesion.
This sorry tale tells us all just what we need to know about todays caring society, and its "lets all give ourselves a big group hug" sentimentalities.. what a bunch of frauds.
Sorry, the links don't appear to want to work.
The first is from an article in Tuesday's (Apr 3 ) Daily Telegraph (on-line). Under the heading - Features - Still Angry
The second is self explanatory.. the poem Tommy by Rudyard Kipling
JAR: Thank you for your excellent comment. Much appreciated. Just to tell you, however, that those two links don't work. Maybe, you'd like to put the links up again.
JAR, you beat me to it! :-)
Yes, well it would help if I got the poor guy's name right
Robert Lawrence
Now repeat after me, S-L-O-W-L-Y, "think first to engage the mind, it might then come out as planned".
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