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| Little British Girl's Passport Photo Rejected, Bare Shoulders Might "Offend" |
| 2006-08-14 |
| From the Rantburg YJCMTSU Department, London Bureau....Click on the link to see the "offending" pic for yourself. A five-year-old girl's passport application was rejected because her photograph showed her bare shoulders. But a burqa would have been just fine... Hannah Edwards's mother, Jane, was told that the exposed skin might be considered offensive in a Muslim country. The photograph was taken at a photo-booth at a local post office for a family trip to the south of France. Well, it is getting more Muslim by the day there.... The family had it signed and presented it at a post office with the completed form but were told that it would not be accepted by the Passport Office. A woman behind the counter informed them that she was aware of at least two other cases where applications had been rejected because a person's shoulders were not covered. Next time, submit the form to the clerk *not* wearing hijab... Mrs Edwards, a Sheffield GP, said: "I was incensed. I went back home and checked the form. Nowhere did it say anything about covering up shoulders....It is just officialdom pandering to political correctness. It is a total over-reaction. How can the shoulders of a five-year-old girl offend anyone?" I don't know if ol' Mo would have been offended. Turned on, probably. After the rejection at the post office, Mrs Edwards spent two hours taking Hannah for new pictures, filling in a new form and finding the necessary "responsible citizens" to endorse the photos. A spokesman for the Identity and Passport Service said it was not its policy to reject applications with bare shoulders. A Post Office spokesman said: "Our offices have a Passport Office template which says what the photograph should and shouldn't be. Bare shoulders don't come into that at all. We can't see any instruction to that effect so all we can do is apologise to Mrs Edwards. It was clearly a mistake made by the clerk at the post office. It is the first time we have heard of such a rejection and we will take it up with that particular office." I think my next passport picture will show me in a bikini top....just because.... |
| Posted by:Swamp Blondie |
| #5 Shoulda had the butt end of a goat in the background that way the Muzzies wouldn't even notice the shoulders. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2006-08-14 20:15 |
| #4 So, the PO thinks frogistan is muslim, eh? |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2006-08-14 20:03 |
| #3 Second. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-08-14 19:28 |
| #2 fire the PC bitch |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-08-14 18:13 |
| #1 "Next time, submit the form to the clerk *not* wearing hijab" and used to work in the Saudi Pasport office. I would add. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-08-14 18:12 |