Political correctness gone mad!

I’m furious to read of the latest antics of the politically correct establishment in England.

Army cadets have been left ‘bitterly disappointed’ after being banned from carrying rifles on a Remembrance Day parade – amid fears the weapons might ‘upset’ onlookers.

The young cadets have proudly marched with rifles for decades and around 100 had spent months fine-tuning the drill where they would showcase their skills.

But the cadets were left ‘gutted’ just days before the big event when military top brass cut the rifles from the display following complaints from members of the public.

They were warned the rifle display during the march in Plymouth, Devon, could be deemed as ‘glamorising’ weapons.

Cadets were left ‘bitterly disappointed’ by the late change, which organisers today branded ‘political correctness gone mad’.

Basil Downing-Waite, chairman of the Federation of Plymouth and District Ex Services Associations, which organised the event, said: ‘It’s political correctness gone mad. I feel bitterly disappointed because it gives the young people a sense of responsibility.

‘They are delighted to do these displays.’

The Remembrance Day march is still due to go ahead, but without rifles.

There’s more at the link.

Do the blithering idiots who made this decision have no clue whatsoever? These are cadets. Military cadets. The whole point of joining and/or belonging to military cadets is to prepare for a military career, or at least for limited military service. That’s why they exist . . . and in the military, they’re going to be using weapons as a fact of life. That’s what armies do! So, since everybody knows the reason for the existence of military cadets, why on earth is it a problem for them to be seen with the tools of their future trade? Or would it be more politically – not to mention spiritually – correct for them to carry plows and pruning hooks instead, to symbolize the ultimate Biblical destiny of their weapons?

Sheesh . . .

Peter