Gai, life is like that. Away from Brighton some people even read the Sun. The law may say one thing, some people may agree with the law, some people may not. One thing legislation cannot do (yet) is change the brain.
In uniform, or at work, or in the mess, the law may reign. In peoples' minds what they think is up to them.
Nothing to do with this issue but someone I used to work with, I would make him a coffee and smile but at the same time think cn*t. Another was too selfish to be a b!tch but in her case there was no legislation that said I had to smile at her - fat is no illegal yet.
Get the idea?