British nanny-statism seems to be getting more bizarre by the millisecond. From the Mail Online:
Warwickshire Police’s handbook Policing Our Communities, issued to every member of its staff, gives advice on communicating with people from different ethnic groups in a section entitled Communication, Some Dos & Don’ts.
It states: ‘Don’t assume those words for the time of day, such as afternoon or evening, have the same meaning.’A force spokesman explained: ‘Terms such as afternoon and evening are somewhat subjective in meaning and can vary according to a person’s culture or nationality. In many cultures the term evening is linked to time of day when people have their main meal of the day.
‘In some countries, including the UK, the evening meal time is traditionally thought of as being around 5-7pm but this might be different, say, for a family from America who might have their main meal earlier and thus for them evening may be an earlier time.’
What? Really? they are afraid they’ll offend an American by calling the period from 5 to 7 PM “evening?”
Really?
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They’re afraid to offend only one kind of people: muslims.
They piss on the rest.