Job vacancies should be filled by qualification, not by ethnicity.
I do not think that women should be in the Fire Service.
I do not think that women should be in the Fire Service.
At all, or not on the "Front Line" as it were ?...
I think you are a bigot.
Well you did ask us not to be PC and say what we honestly feel.
Discriminating against someone because of their sex is wrong. Nothing wrong with beliveing that women should need to pass the exact same physical tests as men though. If you think that a firefighter should be able to carry a 15 stone person over their shoulder while climbing down a ladder thats fair even if it does rule out a big percentage of women. But beliveing that a women who can do that easily shouldn't be a firefighter is wrong.
That's your opinion and you are welcome to it, just because I personally do not think women are good enough for front line firefighting and rescue does not make me a bigot.
p.s the strenth and physical tests for entry into the fire service have been watered down so much in the last 20 years that most 14 year old lads can do them with ease at young firefighters nights at the station.
Sure but my point was if you wanted to make the physical tests much harder and that ruled out a big chunk of women that would be fine.
But if 10 people applied for a job and the women was the fitest, strongest, most situationally aware etc applicant but you wouldn't employ her because she is a women that would be wrong.
If the current tests let in a significant number of people who arn't good enough then the tests need changing, the problem is with the tests not with women.
The best person for the job should get it no matter their sex, colour etc.
Anyway sure you didn't want the thread to be a debate so ill leave it there.
say what I feel? Ban the full face veil. Everywhere.
Whenever I read about it, there's no religious prerogative, its a matter of choice, but taken in the full knowledge that its provocative.
So those who wear it are under no religious obligation, no rules are being broken, but it is worn to identify the wearer (or the wearers spouse) as radical/hard-core/fundamentalist whatever. Its just provocative symbolism and lets face it, we've already banned a shed load of that in the last few years. No special treatment!
I think UK citizens should be banned from ruling their own country, they are way to PC and just have meetings about it without any actions. Bring back some decisive action and stop worrying about hurting minority groups feelings. So in 2060 my wish could become true
so what happens instead, going on internet forums?... we cannot play vollyball in the fire service these days in our rest periods...
so what happens instead, going on internet forums?
I had to count to ten at my daughters school sports day when the head announced at the beginning that it is a competition against their own ability and that they all win. I thought I was going to puke, but had a good chat with my daughter once she told me that it was boring. Nothing wrong with letting them know it is good to strive to win, nor with loosing, just need to put it in context.
PC plus health and safety has ruined what was once a great Country, I hate it with a passion as I see it every day in the Fire Service, it has ruined what was once a great job, we cannot play vollyball in the fire service these days in our rest periods... someone broke a finger playing it 15 years ago.
I'm not sure ... I would liken some of these situations to a hate campaign by adults falsely accusing another of being a paedophile ... and the high-throughput techniques of cyberbullying may be less manageable than what was around in our dayTo me they are the same tactics different methods. All the permutations have always been there and people will always do stuff like that. Much better to learn to deal with it opposed to cry wolf.
I'd say people like you have more of a negative impact on our country than PC or health and safety.
The world record for female weight lifting is 285kg, can you lift that?
I do not think that women should be in the Fire Service.