Uber Age Discrimination

A fishery has come under fire for banning Polish or Eastern Bloc fishermen, children and dogs.

Now, does the Eastern Bloc still exist? Theoretically it doesn't, as most of the former Eastern Bloc countries are now part of the EU, and even if it did it would include former East Germans who are now just Germans. It's an extremely imprecise and arbitrary definition and therefore rather difficult to enforce.

Poles would be OK, so long as they weren't fishermen. Now what's the difference between a fisherman and an angler? Again, a rather imprecise definition, as a fisherman is usually someone who catches fish as an occupation, although some dictionaries include sports fishing within the definition. Is an angler is a pure hobbyist.

Some have commented than eastern Europeans eat carp for Christmas dinner, but the lake concerned is closed for winter, so that's not really a valid argument.

Children and dogs - now that's discriminatory. I'm surprised Childline (do they catch children with lines?) and the RSPCA aren't up in arms...

In another story, Uber has been defined as a transport company by the EU. Doubtless the British government will define Uber as a train operating company, give it enormous state subsidies and allocate it monopolies on certain routes...