Saturday, October 15, 2011

Smelly Media: Where are your quotas now, you quotabirds?

Storm warnings in northern Gulf of Bothnia

We get nothing like the hurricanes in the US or the tsunamis in Asia, but hey, gotta love a good storm.

And this is one of the news item where the newspaper overlooked the possibility of injecting some ideology. Got to give credit where it is due, though due to the context, I think they had no other choice, in order to keep their credibility with the normal sheeple.

Officials have raised the state of readiness of emergency services in north-western coastal areas. For the first time, the Finnish Meteorological Institute has issued a wave height warning for the Quark and northern areas of the Gulf of Bothnia. The sea level is forecast to rise by 100-130 cm over night and through Friday morning.

So, it is bad. If it is the first time for a country that does not close its airports even in the harshest conditions, the storm must be bad.

Central Ostrobothnia and Pietarsaari Rescue Service personnel spent much of Thursday going through command and control arrangements. This meant, among other things, making sure that enough fresh men will be available if stormy weather continues.

What?

Read that again:

making sure that enough fresh men will be available if stormy weather continues.

You missed it?

Here, with emphasis:

making sure that enough fresh men will be available if stormy weather continues.

Allright.

Men to the rescue... Risking their lives for the people...

Where are the quotabirds now eh?

Where the f¤¤k are the cries for this being discrimination and that there should be a mandatory 40% quota for women for this job?

Where?

Do you hear them?

Demanding their womanly right to be entitled to the job?

Do you?

'cause this is what I hear:

 



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