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February 23, 2012
MIGRATION BOARD OUTRAGE
Man disciplined for comparing baby to Saddam Hussein
Published: 28 Jan 12 09:56 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/38774/20120128/
A worker at the Swedish Migration Board (Migrationsverket) who told a family of Iraqi asylum seekers that their newborn baby looked like Saddam Hussein will not lose his job over the incident, the agency's disciplinary committee has ruled.
- 'Your baby looks like Saddam Hussein' (19 Jan 12)
After a colleague of his assisted a veil-wearing woman, the man went up and asked his co-worker, "How does it feel to talk to 'one of those'?"
When his shocked colleague reported his remarks to the disciplinary committee, he responded by deliberately pushing her twice, to onlooking co-workers' surprise.
The comparison of the baby to the former Iraqi dictator came during an interview conducted last year between the employee and an asylum seeking couple fromIraq who brought their newborn infant along to the meeting.
“Who do you think he looks like?” one of the proud parents asked the Migration Board employee.
“Saddam Hussein,” the man replied.
According to the man himself, this comment was intended as a joke.
However, the report filed showed that the man's supervisor has had numerous conversations with him since 2007 about his behaviour toward colleagues and asylum seekers.
The Migration Board's disciplinary committee has now ruled that the man is to keep his job, despite these incidents.
However, he is to be transferred to another department, and punished with a loss of wages.
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The only people that need to know this guy was disciplined are those who either complained/were offended by him - surely?
Well. Like this...
Our fellow was faced with an idiotic and provocative question like 'Who do you think he looks like?'. I mean, what is the scope of the answer? Clearly the little sod could not be compared to Gerard Depardieu or Benny from ABBA or one of the parents over the other (with people from that part of the world being somewhat edgy over matters of paternity, adultery and the like.)
What does that leave our hero with then? Silence or a dry 'I do not know' might cause offence to yet more edginess over dented honour, esteem, etc. Plus it could have planted the seed of doubt over paternity and caused more harm than good in the long run. So, he went for the name of someone famous. And therein lies the problem.
Now, honestly, how many (in)famous Iraqis can any of you who read this, name? Saddam and Chemical Ali spring to mind. Only! Too bad both of them cause offence too.
Conclusion: employee when faced with a tendentious question could not caused any less offence by having answered otherwise in view of cultural sensitivities. A case could be made he was in fact harassed and thus needs counselling. Time off to that effect approved.
Talk about flawless logic.
Some people are so thin skinned...
Now if he had compared the newborn to 'Uday' ... well - that's a different story altogether!
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Sadly that is very nearly the truth. Insanity has become normal in Politically Correct Europe.
Oh, they're aren't any peaceful Muslim countries - how remiss of me!
Has anybody ever heard of a genuinely funny Swedish stand-up comedian?
Insulting the people you're supposed to be helping, retaliating against co-workers, and still they let him keep his job?
Migrationsverket, your conduct in response to these incidents is bullshit.
The man should have been fired, the fact that he's been working there for 30 years should NOT give anyone cart blanche to do whatever they please.
In either case, I wouldn't start crying like a baby cause someone said something I might not like. Grow up.
Only REAL reason we have stuff like "offence" is cause americunts invented it to be able to get paid whenever someone called them an idiot when they were acting like an idiot.