Diversity mafia....

[Loosehead]

Do you think the fireman where unreasonable?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_an d_west/5304524.stm

[IggyB]

you'd think that a few burly firemen would be able to cope with any potential jokes made about men in uniform etc, their bosses asked them to do something and they refused thus to save face the managers punished them - if i refused to do something at work i'm sure i'd get a ********** too.

having said all that i found the idea of diversity training a bit creepy - surely a docked payslip would have made the point - but diversity training sounds plain weird and what exactly are they going to train them to do?? If they are anti-gay (which isn't all that clear from what they did as they just didn't fancy attending a parade in uniform) then you can't brain wash them to think something else - we all have the right to be wrong (a right i exercise almost everyday)

[WaldoMcFroog]

If they were attending a fire at a gay disco where massive loss of life could occur depending on whether they did their jobs or not, would those same men have been justified in refusing to treat the fire?

Obviously lives weren't in direct danger at this parade, but it's surely entirely obvious that prevention is clearly better than cure when it comes to fires, isn't it?

I think the Fire Service has behaved entirely appropriately.

The single most worrying statement in that report is the archbishop saying, 'The duty to obey one's conscience is a higher duty than that of obeying orders.'

So, hang on... religious leader says following your conscience is more important that the law. Wasn't there some criticism of some representatives of one particular religion or other over something similar recently?

[lynbrown]

If only this had been thought through from the start. The fireman must have expressed their objections when they were asked to hand out leaflets. Why then did the managers not ask other firemen, who didnt have objections, to hand out the leaflets and thus avert the crisis? As a Catholic, i dislike seeing people dressed as nuns and priests but must live with it. This fireman news has been blown out of proportion, like the footballer crossing himself.

[jump79]

In my opinion, it was foolish of them to refuse to hand out leaflets, that was about community safety etc. Part of their job really, it just happened to be at a gay carnival.

Getting sent off for "diversity training" sounds a bit over the top though.