Posted on 01/14/2008 1:44:38 AM PST by forkinsocket
A Muslim police officer given bacon and wine as a "Secret Santa" gift decided to treat it as a harmless if tasteless joke. But a non-Muslim colleague failed to show the same level of tolerance.
The officer who supplied the gift, 26-year-old PC Rob Murrie, was reported to his superiors for racism.
And PC Murrie subsequently came under such pressure that he felt he had no option but to resign from the Bedfordshire force.
Yesterday the target of the joke, 31-year-old Arshad Mahmood, said he still regarded PC Murrie as "a good officer and a good friend", while Muslim community leaders accused police chiefs of "overreacting" to the incident at Luton police station.
The Bedfordshire force has come under intense criticism for its failure to recruit ethnic minority groups despite Luton being one of the most multi-racial areas in Britain - one of the reasons it was rated last year as the worst force in the country.
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...the target of the joke, 31-year-old Arshad Mahmood, said he still regarded PC Murrie as "a good officer and a good friend... it was not meant in a malicious way, just a bit of banter... I told her I knew it was meant as a joke and did not want to make a formal complaint. "...when the MUSLIMS THINK YOU'RE OVER-REACTING... Muslim community leaders accused police chiefs of "overreacting" to the incident at Luton police station.
Britain is dead.
Arshad sounds alright. It's the system that's gone out of it's way to prosecute the matter. Institutionalized oppression, regardless of whether or not the alleged offense actually mattered or not.
LOL seriously!
It's the exact same problem as when an individual who has been wronged is willing to forgive and forget, but some activist group with their own agenda (like the ACLU or NOW) jumps in and wants to make a damn federal case out of it. The individual gets lost in the deluge of legal crap, and people get hurt, all for the sake of "making a point".
This sh!t's gotta cease, or we're all dead.
IMO, this goes back to the Sesame Street era where every child was taught the socialist cell structure and educated adults educated the children, (alphabet, math, logic puzzles).
I know, this is England, but the move to socialize has been global for a long time, and I'm using what, IMO is one element in the destruction of individual freedom and liberty.
Goes to show that Liberals are a greater threat to Western Civilization than Islamic Extremists.
This stuff just takes your breath away it’s so damned stupid.
The police chief should either resign or have his ass kicked out of office. As for the tattle tale, it’s time to bring back flogging.
If these PC leftist nitwits dare to come over to this side of The Pond, I will show them a second American Revolution!
“The Bedfordshire force has come under intense criticism for its failure to recruit ethnic minority groups despite Luton being one of the most multi-racial areas in Britain - one of the reasons it was rated last year as the worst force in the country.”
I would have thought the main criteria of whether a police force was “good” or not was whether it was deterring crime and catching criminals, but then, what do I know?
I’ve got some news for you. They’re running our gummint.
Do Muslims believe in Santa, secret or not?
Maybe they are only feeling that way because this effectively removes this incident from their list of perceived grievances. That is to say they can't cause a stink over it.
So “Muslim” is a “race?” Duh, I never knew.
Yeah. Arab.
Most of the muslims I know are either Indian or of Asian descent. They would be offended if I called them arab. They don’t speak arabic language, either.
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