What on earth is happening to Britain of lates? Who is REALLY to blame for Political Correctness /nanny state?

Answer 1

Stalin created a nanny state which was politically incorrect!
Two different things really!
Nanny state is a term that refers to state protectionism, economic interventionism, or regulatory policies, and the perception that these policies are becoming institutionalised as common practice.

Political correctness,however, is a term that describes language, ideas, policies, or behaviour intended to provide a minimum of offense to racial, cultural, or other identity groups.

Answer 2

First of all, let's look at the widely held assumption that we live in a 'nanny state'. People are getting stabbed and shot to death daily. What nanny would allow that? A firm nanny would guarantee that 'life means life', not let a killer out of prison after 12 or less years on the grounds that they are no longer considered a danger.

The government protects criminals, through the 'Human Rights Act', more than it does with anyone else. There are people who are being released early from prison who are being given money that would have been spent on the cost of keeping them. Conversely, people who have been unfairly jailed have had the cost of looking after them, including meals, deducted from their compensation, on the grounds that the unfairly jailed detainee has saved money from not living on the 'outside'. That is just wrong! The early released criminal doesn't deserve to have the money that the prison service has saved whatsoever. And nobody would choose to stay and be fed in a prison.

Now, what about 'political correctness'? Well it's a reasonably good idea in moderation that has got out of hand in the hands of some pseudo intellectuals, 'Guardianistas' and social workers. For every few brutish neanderthal there is a woolly minded liberal. Political correctness was a remedy against racism and sexism that now seems to have incorporated 'elf and safety'- the right not to be injured on public land- hence why in some places you can't swing from rope trees, play conkers etc, without risk assessments. This would be all very 'small beer' if it wasn't for New labour carrying out very few 'risk assessments' into the consequences of dropping bombs onto innocent Iraqis.

Answer 3

Political correctness started in the United States. It's funny that the same people who complain about living in a nanny state are often the same people who blame the government for everything that goes wrong and ask what are they doing about it?

Answer 4

Dont blame the government.

All this was started by lawyers and solicitors looking for a means to boost their incomes.

Black man gets beaten up by the police -"we'll represent you, that sounds like racial discrimination"

Didn't get the job because your female - "Well represent you that sounds like sex discrimination"

Murdered my next door neighbour and police didn't read me my rights - "Well represent you that sounds like a civil rights infringement"

I cannot understand the benefit forms at the DHSS because they are not written in Urdu - Well represent you, that sounds a case of racial inequality"

And so and so on and so on. Untill such time that every legal form and document and every service and action in this country is worded and implemented in such a way that it is trying to appease every section of society, every culture and it is rendered totally unusable or useless or downright stupid.

If you then add on the input of various organisations such as Friends of the Earth, Peace campaigners, Ban the Bomb, Liberals, Politically correct, Anti Hunt, Greenies, Heathrow Airport objectors etc etc etc. The final result is absolute chaos.

Answer 5

Ordinary, 'normal' citizens are. There are too many bleeding heart liberal, tree hugging idiots in this country who think the human rights act is a good idea.

People say this is a nanny state and we are sleepwalking into a police state on here, but I don't think that's true. A police state simply wouldn't allow the human rights act to let criminals off with whatever crime they committed or languish in comfortable hotels - oops, I mean prisons. It wouldn't allow feral yobs to take control of the streets whilst blunting the teeth of the justice system and tying police's hands behind their backs so they can't do anything even if they want to. A police state wouldn't allow liberal idiots in Europe to dictate national policy and ride roughshod over our Democratic sovereignty.

The people who feel angry about this, and I can garauntee there are a lot, are generally the type of people who just want to get on with their lives in safety with common sense running things, they don't want to interfere in everyones buisness or control everything like the liberal morons do, that's why the left wing human rights activists seem to shout the loudest.

Answer 6

The people who worm their way into poewr do so because they have an ambition to control other people's lives. Us normal types simply get on with life.

The power mongers, however, often live in some cloud cuckoo land where they want to change or ban everything that they disaprove of, no matter how small. If they don't like someone's opinions, they manage to make them illegal, even though this also means basically banning free speech.

Unfortunately, this often means that important issues such as immigration cannot be debated because anyone who tries is branded a racist. Religious adoption agencies are forced to shut down, to the detriment of homeless children, because they are not allowed to refuse adoption to gay couples. The list goes on.

One thing I have learned about people who like power for the sake of it is that they never rest. Look at the EU consitution as an example. It was soundly defeated in referendums, but is it dead and buried? No way! They are now sneaking it in piecemeal under another name while we are looking the other way and sleepwalking our way to losing out national sovereingty.

Similarily, it will soon be legal for the police to take and store your DNA for life for minor offences such as speeding or littering, on the grounds that you obviously have criminal tendencies and may graduate to serial killing. We are sleepwalking our way into a police state and we are doing and saying nothing to stop it. This is far more important than fox hunting, when thousands marched, but we do nothing. Wake up England!

Answer 7

This Government, the figures are staggering on new laws they have brought in since coming to power in 1997, on curbing freedom of movement and speech, I for one would like to see a total reversal of all the laws they have brought in, but i fear if I actually said that to someone and it was reported i could end up in prison, this place is now a NANNY STATE, and i hate it and the POLITICAL CORRECTNESS brigade for making our lives ever more miserable.

Answer 8

Well, it all started back in 1970's when there was a lot of racism / sexism about and it was decided that you could not really say certain things as they were offencives.

HOWEVER - as time went on more and more things were added and people started to get concerned as to what other would find offensive - so they avoided saying things 'just in case'. THEN it developed that people in power would GUESS as to what people would find offensive and were so afraid of upsetting minorities that you end up with the mess were are in now with PC.

THEN the compensation culture developed with these damn ambulance chasers, who would use interpretations & loopholes in Health & Safety law. ALSO you had people deciding to twist H&S laws for thier own agenda as well as the fear of getting sued.

Answer 9

nicely if DC gets the excellent to undergo palms, then possibly congress will initiate paying extra suitable interest to the human beings. That buffer zone has been there too long. If a nicely regulated defense force with voters armed to guard themselves face up to the Capitol, the Capitol could pass into opposite.

Answer 10

Hey!! We've been told to be politically correct! sometimes it goes to far because we can't say our views without worrying if we're offending someone! but on the other hand it also protects us as we don't want to be offended either, I guess it depends on the situation if there's a debate then fine share your views if not keep rude offencive comments to yourself.