A friend of mine who has worked for the same company for over 35 years , recently received a letter from their company , astonishingly - asking all staff to provide evidence as to who they were ! ! !.
Hmmmmm ………what’s going on here I see you thinking …….
……..those pesky Terminators infiltrating from the future – again…??? ….:)
No – this was a check on eligibility to work in the U.K. , and the fact that my friend has worked there for 35 years , plus the fact that their families - purely English roots are traceable back to 1531 , seemed highly irrelevant in this particular - politically correct - case !!!
Ah yes its P.C. yet - again .
I personally liken this type of situation - to everyone in the country being viewed as a illegal immigrant , unless they can prove otherwise , and of course the real offenders are still out there , but have had their day of reckoning – postponed , as the authorities go through the millions of legitimate citizens - documents , asking serious , searching questions as they go ………like………
Oh your uncle fought at Agincourt ….hmmmm…. you must be a French illegal ….
Your dad discovered Australia – free loading Aussie…………
Queen Elizabeth – huh – German illegal I reckon …and her family too …..
A silver - killer robot !!! …….its back to the future for you …. then mate ….
I was talking last week about people voting for hard right parties in a protest vote , and this is exactly the kind of crazy thing that drives even the most moderate of people to do this – regardless of the consequences , and I really do not think the authorities who enforce political correctness realise this fact .
I passionately believe in fair and equal treatment for all , but British ( you can substitute your own country here , as I’m sure this is not confined to the U.K. ) citizens being treated - ostensibly as criminals in their own country , and then being asked to provide evidence as to who they are – well that’s really, really going too far - and in my opinion - just further serves to further alienate people in their own country.
