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rumor unless I can find a reference...a company quit advertising for a position because their classified in the employment section was asking for a friendly candidate to answer their phones
Hi FF,
Yeah, this was another example of admittedly over-zealous political correctness from the good ol' UK Department for Work and Pensions (who I didn't even know existed until now):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/uk/england/newsid_2031000/2031350.stm
You're dead right about the "if you're not with us you're against us" attitude and how such black-and-white (negative? ) thinking works.
And naturally, if anyone were to champion a more flexible shades of grey middle way then that in turn becomes something we're for or against.
"I can tolerate anything except intolerance."
Plus ça change, plus c'est la meme chose.
Fisk
P.S. OK mea culpa - wrong forum, maybe wrong Board, even wrong language in part. So sue me.
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