Actually, for something like this I would gladly stand up and be counted. I guess it comes from being married to a black immigrant, and having two children who are non-white. When my eldest was little we put her into a nursery, and on one occasion I just happened to witness them singing "baa baa pink sheep". I kicked up a major fuss, wrote to the head of the nursery chain (large nursery chain in the South East ) and demanded a proper apology. I'm afraid political correctness is something that I consider an absolute scourge on society, its plain EVIL (if I believed in evil anyway!), and as society we MUST make a stand.
I eat my lunch at my desk every day and wil continue to do so. I work with more people of ethnic minorities than the majority of people do, and happily chat to the muslims who work here, and have in the past readily discussed the issues around ramadan, and how they themselves prefer ramadan in the middle of the UK winter so their fasting time is hugely decreased . They celebrate Christmas as much as we do, and I for one will happily celebrate Ede with them ..... but I ain't starving for noone!!!
We have to stop these putrid and vile rules turning us all into people too scared to question another person's culture. If we do not we CANNOT integrate, and integration is the ONLY answer to solving this ridiculous global state of fear we find ourselves living in.
It's amazing thinking about it how the powers that be can enforce this but then demand that in some schools the muslims remove their traditional muslim clothing ...
Now I know that was an old story about the girl from Luton taking the school to court etc... but rules are rules. I got detention once for going to school in a pair of trousers that were not dark/navy... seriously!
If it is a free world, then let people eat at their desk's, let the muslims wear traditional clothing in schools (providing they have the schools emblem on), let the posh kids hunt the chav's!
We all make mistakes sometimes
This threads turning into one of those threads!!
So I'll carry on...
Religious moderates and toleration of religious belief is the crux of the matter. The sooner society becomes completely secular the sooner these types of issues will disappear.
Believing in a religion is the only thing humans do "blindly" without any evidence.
Eg why do people that believe Mary really had a virgin birth knowing that this is biologically impossible or do you believe that Mohammed ascended to heaven on a winged horse when you know this is also biologically impossible too?
If someone told you that there was a diamond the size of a fridge in your back garden you'd not believe them because you know it's impossible.
Off topic and very controversial I know but I'm really getting into this book about belief and faith right now.
MML
Yeah, one of those closed threads.
Section Rules.
Last edited by Mule; 16th August 2007 at 04:57 PM.
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