Crown Corporation Canada Post Persecutes Carriers

[Ontario Loyalist]

Anti-Christianity is alive and well in Canada Post:

http://www.standard-freeholder.com/Article....aspx?e=1400799

[Chris in KW]

Anti-Christianity is alive and well in Canada Post:

http://www.standard-freeholder.com/Article....aspx?e=1400799

I don't know if it's anti-Christianity, but it's certainly a silly example of overly-politically-correctness (if that's the overly-hypenated phrase I'm looking for!)

To ban some kind of speech, you should have to be able to prove harm or hatred or something like that. Not sure how this phrase could possibly qualify.

This is a good example of bending over backwards to accomodate others. I can only assume the intent here is the sort of misguided all-inclusiveness that says "rather than possibly offend someone, I will pretend I have no religious heritage". I think this was what CBC radio was doing a few years ago when they wouldn't play Christmas music at Christmas.

The immigrants who come here (generally speaking) don't ask us to pretend to have no religion. Most of the problem has been our own bizarre reluctance to offend.

[Mr.Canada]

I don't know if it's anti-Christianity, but it's certainly a silly example of overly-politically-correctness (if that's the overly-hypenated phrase I'm looking for!)

To ban some kind of speech, you should have to be able to prove harm or hatred or something like that. Not sure how this phrase could possibly qualify.

This is a good example of bending over backwards to accomodate others. I can only assume the intent here is the sort of misguided all-inclusiveness that says "rather than possibly offend someone, I will pretend I have no religious heritage". I think this was what CBC radio was doing a few years ago when they wouldn't play Christmas music at Christmas.

The immigrants who come here (generally speaking) don't ask us to pretend to have no religion. Most of the problem has been our own bizarre reluctance to offend.

We are in complete agreement here. It is the white liberal elite that pushes this agenda aka, white liberal guilt.

[Michael Hardner]

I take this story, rather, as an example of why these types of workplaces must go. The waste of effort that goes into these types of arbitration is astounding. In a normal social environment, the carriers themselves would be able to deal with the issue rather than invoking court rulings and such.

[Chris in KW]

We are in complete agreement here. It is the white liberal elite that pushes this agenda aka, white liberal guilt.

I hope we're not in complete agreement. That would be scary.

To be clear, when I say this is "misguided all-inclusiveness", I'm not saying that all-inclusiveness is bad. As a guilty white liberal, I feel pretty strongly that we should be all-inclusive. I really don't mind celebrating other peoples' cultural traditions. I just feel that it's harmful to pretend that the Christian heritage which is important to many of us doesn't exist.

[Chris in KW]

I take this story, rather, as an example of why these types of workplaces must go. The waste of effort that goes into these types of arbitration is astounding. In a normal social environment, the carriers themselves would be able to deal with the issue rather than invoking court rulings and such.

Yes, excellent point. If you read through to the bottom of the article, it does suggest that the culture of Canada Post is to blame. If you look at the most bizarre headlines on the news, there's often a difficult individual at the bottom of it, along with a failure of local authority to deal effectively with that person.

[Molly]

Eggs-ACTLY! Butts are being covered, t's crossed and i's dotted in preparation to dump an obnoxious jerk-- great care being taken to give him/her nothing- absolutely nothing- that could extend his/her stay.

Edited February 3, 2009 by Molly