English Society Descending Into Stupidity

Two stories in the news today about the deterioration of English society thanks to over-the-top anti-discrimination laws. First, don't be sending any birthday cards at this English insurance company (from Special Report):

And an insurance company in England doesn't want to run afoul of new age discrimination laws — so it is banning the practice of passing around — birthday cards. The company tells The Times Online its lawyers advised them that references to bus passes, old codgers and Viagra could cost them big money in court.

Employees at the company say the ban is stupid. And one employment law specialist says, "people who write some of these laws are do-gooders who don't really understand the true implications of them in the workplace."

And then what do you do about a student who complains about being stuck in a group project with kids who don't speak her language? You arrest her, of course (h/t LGF):

Codie was attending a GCSE science class at Harrop Fold High School in Worsley, Greater Manchester, when the incident happened. The teenager had not been in school the day before due to a hospital appointment and had missed the start of a project, so the teacher allocated her a group to sit with.

“She said I had to sit there with five Asian pupils,” said Codie yesterday. “Only one could speak English, so she had to tell that one what to do so she could explain in their language. Then she sat me with them and said ‘Discuss’.”

According to Codie, the five - four boys and a girl - then began talking in a language she didn’t understand, thought to be Urdu, so she went to speak to the teacher.

“I said ‘I’m not being funny, but can I change groups because I can’t understand them?’ But she started shouting and screaming, saying ‘It’s racist, you’re going to get done by the police’.”

Codie said she went outside to calm down where another teacher found her and, after speaking to her class teacher, put her in isolation for the rest of the day.

A complaint was made to a police officer based full-time at the school, and more than a week after the incident on September 26 she was taken to Swinton police station and placed under arrest.

The liberal politics of modern day England will be their downfall. It's just a matter of time.