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Council Bans Passion Of The Christ Play Mistaken For Live Sex Show
Regis Magnae
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http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/04/17/labour-council-passion-of_n_5166599.html
Idiocy from every way I look at it.
Bosses refused to grant the traditional Good Friday production a licence over fears that it could be "committing an offence."
The Passion Play is a dramatic performance of the Passion of the Christ, from the Latin meaning "suffering", and follows his trial, crucifixion and death.
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The bungling staff member whose error led to the cancellation of the Passion Play apologised for her "deeply regrettable" mistake.
Julian Alison, Licensing Team Leader at Oxford City Council, said: "I would like to apologise for a wrong decision that I made late on Friday afternoon in relation to the planned Passion Play on Cowley Road.
"At the time of processing the application, I did not appreciate that this was a religious event. I made a mistake and by the time I realised my mistake, the organisers had cancelled the event.
"I apologise to the organisers of the event and those members of the public who had been looking forward to the event. The Council encourages community events to take place and it is deeply regrettable that this has occurred. Such a mistake will not happen again."
Idiocy from every way I look at it.
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What's to discuss ?
"You can’t hold a crucifixion these days without a licence."
Could almost be a quote from Monty Python
who'da thought it.
be having Winterval next.
if they want to ban something, why not ban "Ramadan" because it's cruel to make kids go hungry?
because it's far more than a simple mistake. The prat should resign, or be sacked. He isn't fit to be in charge of anything.
Do they not make enquiries of these things before coming to a considered decision? or is it a left-wing (I assume) politburo that makes it up as it goes along. How did this officer decide that the passion play should not be permitted?
So you would sack someone for one mistake, probably made whilst he was under pressure with something else.
He might have been employed there 25 years for all you know, and you'd dismiss him just for one error, which he subsequently held up his hands to and apologised for ? Sheesh
There wouldn't be many employees left anywhere if they were sacked for a single error of judgement.
Can't remember any threads attacking Muslims.
Islam?
Now that's different. ;-)
Just a simple mistake, I bet loads of people don't know what a passion play is, I certainly didn't until that Mel Gibson film came out.
The Chief Executive of the council or the departments Senior Director should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves for letting a junior manager take the flack in front of the media, they should be the ones apologising and earn their 6 figure salary.
A failure yes but we also don't know the full facts, ie what pressure the employee was under, was there a workload issue, were they short of staff etc, etc.
Whatever - it should be treated as an internal matter, but the councils leaders shouldn't let a junior manager be hung out to dry.
Exactly, it is sad people do not know what a Passion Play is at Easter, but that is not the point and should not be the point.
What if someone really was putting on a sex show or some other depraved filth, what if it was called, The Teddy Bear Picnic. Would this have been rubber stamped simply because it sounded nice?
This is kind of true, but I can't see anything about Muslims in this story.
You might want to look up what licences councils issue and why due diligence is important.
I'd imagine the verification processes and checks that go into granting a taxi license are a bit more stringent than granting a one off performance license for a play
Yeah, the guy messed up. Can't believe he realistically thought it was going to be a sex show though..... the counciller who came out with that theory is, I bet, in a rival party. Unfortunately the council statement doesn't say why they denied the license..... so the mistake may not have been as bad to warrant the guy getting fired.
You don't need to be a religious expert to know that a passion play, especially one that will be performed over Easter, is about Jesus and the crucifixion.
Julian Alison, if not sacked, should certainly change departments.
It could be, if that is the genuine reason why say it isn't? There are many reasons why errors occur.
don't make me laugh
"You can’t hold a crucifixion these days without a licence" - I bet if John Cleese has read this, he wished he had included it in the 'Life of Brian' script