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Diversity Training For Boris?
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.dai lymail. co.uk/n ews/art icle-60 48869/C onserva tives-c laim-Bo ris-Joh nson-di versity -traini ng-burk a-comme nts-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/2 018/08/ 10/rowa n-atkin son-bac ks-bori s-johns on-ever -apolog ise-bad -joke-7 821391/
He’s right … isn’t he?
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.
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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.’
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He’s right … isn’t he?
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Well done Rowan Atkinson. It seems to me that the tide is turning at last, hope so.
16:05 Sun 12th Aug 2018
naomi - // //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. //
I have no idea what the connection is between what I said, which you quoted, and what you posted afterwards.
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. //
I have no idea what the connection is between what I said, which you quoted, and what you posted afterwards.
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