Feeling the draft
Nov. 9th, 2005 07:33 pmThe Equality Bill currently trundling through the House of Lords is very specific. After Clause 45(1) has defined harassment on religious grounds as person A either violating person B's dignity or "creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for B", the next bit then states:
Excellent. I only like two kinds of cheese:
(a) Gouda, and
(b) all the other kinds of cheese.
(3) Action by A shall be regarded as having the effect described in subsection (1)(a) or (b) only if it should reasonably be regarded as having that effect having regard to—
(a) B's perception, and
(b) all the other circumstances.
Excellent. I only like two kinds of cheese:
(a) Gouda, and
(b) all the other kinds of cheese.