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Slow Motion · 01-11-2007 01:59PM #1

Bah Humbug.......

"Christmas should be downgraded unless other religious festivals are marked on an even footing, a Government think-tank has said.

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The Institute of Public Policy Research has suggested various ideas to make the UK more multicultural."

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/itn/20071101/tuk-think-tank-says-downgrade-christmas-dba1618_1.html

"It emerged in 2006 that three out of four employers were not putting up Christmas decorations in the workplace for fear of offending staff of other cultures."

brianthebard · 01-11-2007 02:03PM

Can't we just be secular and end all this bullsh.it?

Red Hand · 01-11-2007 02:04PM

Now, tbh, they could be using overt Political Correctness as an excuse not to waste money putting up garish sh*te right after Halloween.

I hope they put a limit on most Christmas muzak being played as well.

Slow Motion · 01-11-2007 02:05PM

Jeremiah 16:1 wrote: »

Now, tbh, they could be using overt Political Correctness as an excuse not to waste money putting up garish sh*te right after Halloween.

I hope they put a limit on most Christmas muzak being played as well.

Now that is a crime against humanity

EamonnKeane · 01-11-2007 02:10PM

chris-miss tiiime, mistletoe and wiine...

Binomate · 01-11-2007 02:13PM

"Happy Holidays" pisses me right off.

Kintarō Hattori · 01-11-2007 02:13PM

That's fairly nuts alright. I hope in time we don't follow the UK in the way they've gone about being multicultural.

muppetkiller · 01-11-2007 02:14PM

What ? Christmas has something to do with Religion ?
I thought it was the birth of Santa ?

biko · 01-11-2007 02:14PM

I don't mind the Christian overtones even though I'm not a believer myself. Sure it's the season to be merry.
If an African shop wants to put Kwanza decorations up, fine, but don't remove the Jesus cribs.

It's not like Santa has anything to to with Jesus anyway.

Guy:Incognito · 01-11-2007 02:18PM

Slow Motion wrote: »

a Government think-tank has said.

A government thinktank should bite my shiney metal ass.

biko wrote: »

It's not like Santa has anything to to with Jesus anyway.

?wtf? IS Santa not Jesus' dad? Or was that a nasty rumour?

azezil · 01-11-2007 02:20PM

biko wrote: »

It's not like Santa has anything to to with Jesus anyway.

OMG! they're like totally BFF's!!!

biko · 01-11-2007 02:23PM

azezil wrote: »

OMG! they're like totally BFF's!!!

As Sarah Silverman says:

I hate to say it, Santa.
But you're acting like a dick
You should give presents to everyone that's good
and not just to your personal clique.

If you bring me a toy to open Christmas morning
I'll let you be my boyfriend all bearded fat and horny.
Oh yeah. Oh Yeah.

What does Jesus have to do with you?
You got as much to do with Jesus as you do with Scooby-Doo.
What do you have to do with Jesus?
You have as much to do with him as you do your mother's penis.
Oh yeah.

Don't be a douche.
What would Jesus do?
He'd say give the jew girl toys.

Claus? Claus?
Is that German?
Santa Klaus. SANTA KLAUS!

robinph · 01-11-2007 02:23PM

Thought we were due for these hoax "PC-ness gone mad" stories to be dragged up again.

Jesus Wept · 01-11-2007 02:24PM

Christmas has nothing to do with religion nowadays anyway, thank GOD!

Slow Motion · 01-11-2007 02:25PM

robinph wrote: »

Thought we were due for these hoax "PC-ness gone mad" stories to be dragged up again.

What's hoax about it ?

Laslo · 01-11-2007 02:25PM

I was 'corrected' in New York one year for saying 'Happy Christmas' by someone who I can only assume wasn't Christian. Suffice to say I told them exactly where to go in no uncertain terms and in the most harsh, expletive way that I possibly could. Luckily enough I wasn't arrested. Season of good will and all that.

If you don't like Christian values or traditions, then please f**k off out of Ireland to another country.

paddymorrison · 01-11-2007 02:25PM

But how do you "downgrade" a festival exactly? It would be just silly to treat Christmas the same as, I don't know, say Buddhist festivals. It's all about suplly and demand. How come Argos is not selling Jewish skullcap? It's discrimination!

Saint_Mel · 01-11-2007 02:31PM

Stekelly wrote: »

?wtf? IS Santa not Jesus' dad? Or was that a nasty rumour?

Dont be silly ... Sants IS Jesus.
I thought everybody knew that!

robinph · 01-11-2007 02:45PM

Slow Motion wrote: »

What's hoax about it ?

I cannot find the story on Aunties site right now, but last year they basically went though the usuall set of PC-ness gone mad rumours as spread by the Daily Mail and similar 'quality' publications and concluded that they were all made up and greatly exagerated.

Here is their list of stories form their outraged readers from a couple of years ago. Clicky I expect you'll find any 'new' stories that you hear this year are just updated versions of the ones on that page re-written by a bored journalist on a slow news day.

The Hill Billy · 01-11-2007 03:07PM

This PC malarky is nothing but a great big load of bullshít.
It is a paradox by being intolerant of intolerance.
Pure w@nk if you ask me!

Laslo · 01-11-2007 03:56PM

Hill Billy wrote: »

This PC malarky is nothing but a great big load of bullshít.
It is a paradox by being intolerant of intolerance.
Pure w@nk if you ask me!

Yeah, it's just an excuse for complete a$$holes to annoy people under the guise of being 'caring and tolerant'.

tech77 · 01-11-2007 04:15PM

Hill Billy wrote: »

This PC malarky is nothing but a great big load of bullshít.
It is a paradox by being intolerant of intolerance.
Pure w@nk if you ask me!

Don't be so intolerant of intolerance intolerance

_blank_ · 01-11-2007 04:19PM

Laslo wrote: »

If you don't like Christian values or traditions, then please f**k off out of Ireland to another country.

Er what?

I'm not a Christian, but I was born in Ireland. I'm as Irish as you are.

monkeyfudge · 01-11-2007 04:19PM

Laslo wrote: »

I was 'corrected' in New York one year for saying 'Happy Christmas' by someone who I can only assume wasn't Christian. Suffice to say I told them exactly where to go in no uncertain terms and in the most harsh, expletive way that I possibly could. Luckily enough I wasn't arrested. Season of good will and all that.

If you don't like Christian values or traditions, then please f**k off out of Ireland to another country.

But it's okay for you to go to someone else's country and ram your christian platitudes in peoples faces, yes?

Archeron · 01-11-2007 04:20PM

tech77 wrote: »

Don't be so intolerant of intolerance intolerance

BOOM!! (that was my head exploding).

the_syco · 01-11-2007 04:25PM

Meh. Like to see them try to downgrade Halloween... it not even being a christain thing will confuse the msulims, though.

ScumLord · 01-11-2007 04:36PM

I'm all for more national holidays I don't care which religion we use as an excuse to get them.

Goldenquick · 01-11-2007 04:41PM

Lmao ScumLord, good point, I like your way of thinking!

Dragan · 01-11-2007 04:44PM

Christmas isn't about religion, it's about materialistic longings and the birth of Santa.

echter · 01-11-2007 04:53PM

my brothers ex was from Birmingham and she told me that they renamed christmas winterval and that any christian imagery had to be removed from shops and public places as it might offend other religions.

that's a load of crap, england is a christian country they should be allowed celebrate a traditional christian holiday. same as any other christian country
if muslims, jews , hindus etc are offended by it, tough!

we don't stop them participating in ramadan, sukkot or diwali

Slow Motion · 01-11-2007 04:55PM

echter wrote: »

my brothers ex was from Birmingham and she told me that they renamed christmas winterval and that any christian imagery had to be removed from shops and public places as it might offend other religions.

that's a load of crap, england is a christian country they should be allowed celebrate a traditional christian holiday. same as any other christian country
if muslims, jews , hindus etc are offended by it, tough!

we don't stop them participating in ramadan, sukkot or diwali

Sounds like a long period of waiting

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