Christ.
The lenghs that people would go to just to have something to protest, continues to baffle me.

How the fuck can they sack her for her political belifes? It's pure hypocracy.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 12:59, archived)

No it isn't.
She didn't keep her views to herself, and she's brought the ballet company into disrepute as a result.
( Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Fri 12 Jan 2007, 13:01, archived)

Without knowing the story, I thought it was The Guardien who anounced her views, not her.
And even then, people are allowed to have their views... that's the thing about democracy, you're pretty much allowed to think what you want.

Was she on offial buisness from The Ballet company at the time of anouncing her views? Or was she in private.

The BNP, dispite me disagreeing with them, are a valid political party in the UK.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 13:04, archived)

I'm with 90Nz0 on this
You can't sack people for belonging to political parties that aren't banned.
( Lord Gnome, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 13:08, archived)

I don't think she has brought the ballet company into disrepute
I don't care. most people don't care. It's not the ballet companies problem. While i'm obviously not comparing the two ;) you make it clear you are a wiccan, some people have a problem with that, would you think it was reasonable for you to be sacked for that?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 13:07, archived)

It depends on who I worked for. If I worked for a staunch fundie christian organisation....
My argument is that as a principal ballerina, her job is funded by the arts council - and they have a moral obligation to the general public to not spend their money on someone who may use their position to promote a divided Britain.

Also, she is using her position to publicise a party that promotes a xenophobic attitude.

I felt the same way when Gazza was allowed to play for England, despite beating the shite out of his wife.

You might not agree, but then that's fine ;)
( Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Fri 12 Jan 2007, 13:18, archived)

I see what you're saying, but what is the lesser of two evils?
- Removing someone from her job for her politcal alignment, dispite it bieng 'wrong', thus sending out the argument that anyone aligned with the BNP can be brought down.
- Letting someone keep their job as a public figure, dispite their political belifes bieng 'wrong' ?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 13:29, archived)

Exactly
People have far too much time on their hands
( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Fri 12 Jan 2007, 13:04, archived)