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  1. November 15, 2009, 10:57 AM #1
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    Tis the season to persuade the stupid that PC forces are out to ban Christmas,.....


    The Times (for shame)

    Christmas will not be Christmas in Dundee this year. All references to the religious holiday have been dropped from the switching-on ceremony for the city’s festive lights.
    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle6915007.ece

    Well the lights ceremony is named as such,although the lights are still called Christmas lights ( so the Times fails).But a casual look at Dundee council's festive programme. http://www.dundee.com/winter-light-night.html mentions such activities as Christmas Lights, Sparky the Robot and the Christmas Fairy and Christmas Shopping. There are groups performing Christmas songs, Christmas storytelling and so on. In other words an entirely made up story designed to give the impression that someone has banned Xmas..

    Hardly "All references to the religious holiday to be dropped" .Is Lindsay McIntosh a liar, an idiot or is there another explanation for this and the annual parade of someone banning Christmas stories?

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  2. November 15, 2009, 10:59 AM #2
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    And I was wondering when one of these threads would show up. I'm glad you preempted them though.

    Whoever is writing the article is just creating hype to sell.
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    Good thing that this thread was in before posts that consist of the the following started coming in:

    ''Rah rah rah rah rah political correctness European civilisation rah rah rah! Rah rah Eurabia rah Moozlimbz rah rah rah kick 'em all out rah. Rah rah Ottomans gates of Vienna rah what is the world coming to rah.

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  4. November 15, 2009, 11:31 AM #4
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    It pisses me off because Christmas is a holy festival,designed to bring peace and reconciliation. It is not an excuse to spread falsehoods and bigotry.

    Did I misspell Xmas in the title?, I must read less Tolkien.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mongrel View Post
    Did I misspell Xmas in the title?, I must read less Tolkien.
    Yah you did, but no worries.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mongrel View Post
    It pisses me off because Christmas is a holy festival,designed to bring peace and reconciliation. It is not an excuse to spread falsehoods and bigotry.

    Did I misspell Xmas in the title?, I must read less Tolkien.

    mispell? erm not really, very old way of spelling Christmas mind, from when it was Christs Mass, then to Christmass, then Christmas then xmas, then I dunno what it'll be next :p
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    Yeah, that article is reatrded. PC sucks, nevertheless.
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    The fourth spirit of Christmas, Rupert Murdoch, clanks his chains at the foot of our beds I see.
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    If you read the Daily Mail, Christmas gets banned every year.

    I expect much better from The Times, though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shaun View Post
    If you read the Daily Mail, Christmas gets banned every year.
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    Ta Doctor.


    Quote Originally Posted by Shaun View Post
    If you read the Daily Mail, Christmas gets banned every year.

    I expect much better from The Times, though.
    My thoughts too, particularly given that it is supposed to be aimed at the more well informed reader. If the editor thinks he can pull this stunt on his readership, the paper must be beyond redemption. One result though, I managed to get a US Christian site to pull the story.



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    FEAR ONE AND FEAR ALL THE MINIONS OF SATAN THAT IS THE ANTI CHRISTMAS MILITIA IS OUT TO STEAL YOUR WORSHIP OF CHRISTMAS CHEER! LO! BEHOLD THE COMING OF THE END TIMES! REPENT AND YE SHALL BE SAVED!!
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    It's odd. With political correctness, wishing someone a merry Christmas is offensive, as it violates their rights or some nonsense, as does singing Christmas songs. And yet, Santa is shown openly, Christian clubs are formed within Schools, merry Christmas is still said with only a minority of radicals objecting, and the holiday seems as alive as ever.

    I guess what I'm saying is, political correctness has infected many areas of our society, but with regards to Christmas only the most radical seek to attack it [or in turn, over blow the degree at which it is attacked]. Which is good.
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    really, i wouldn't care if they stopped bothering calling christmas, christmas, or having anyhting to do with it. The sooner it happens, the sooner I won't see santa clauses in my stores starting a week before holloween!
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    Quote Originally Posted by C-Rob View Post
    really, i wouldn't care if they stopped bothering calling christmas, christmas, or having anyhting to do with it. The sooner it happens, the sooner I won't see santa clauses in my stores starting a week before holloween!
    wtf, the hell dude, grinch to the max...

    get into the christmas spirit, listen to some silent night and some rudolph the red nosed reindeer. crazy good.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN3uPrJR7IY
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    Quote Originally Posted by S.L.I.G View Post
    wtf, the hell dude, grinch to the max...

    get into the christmas spirit, listen to some silent night and some rudolph the red nosed reindeer. crazy good.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN3uPrJR7IY
    I think there's a vast difference between "christmas spirit" during december, and christmas spirit in October.
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    Quote Originally Posted by S.L.I.G View Post
    wtf, the hell dude, grinch to the max...

    get into the christmas spirit, listen to some silent night and some rudolph the red nosed reindeer. crazy good.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN3uPrJR7IY
    You must not have worked retail during the holiday season. I had to do it once. We started marketing Christmas stuff in early October. From November 1st until Christmas Eve we couldn't play any music except for holiday songs. Between that and the lunatic shoppers who got loonier as the holiday season progressed, it was pure hell.

    Bah! Humbug!

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    Well screw Christmas, we have Sinterklaas .(Or actually we have both, so double the fun )
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    It must be Christmas time, there's another 'Christmas is banned' thread. A pre-emptive Merry Christmas to the TW Centre!

    (Yes, I know this is a completely useless post - but I think the best thing to do is just laugh at this sort of thing).
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  20. November 16, 2009, 08:46 AM #20
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    Why is that newspaper called "The Times"?
    Why not "The Christmas Times"???"?

    OMG! they are banning Christmas!

    Every Christmas thing in the Christmas world should have the Christmas word Christmas Christmas in Christmas it!
    To Christmas say Christmas differently is Christmas blasphemy!


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