Piggy banks banned on Muslim fears

Bhelliom · 10-24-2005

Excellent point Morgan
Santa isn't a religious symbol any more than Christ was actually born on Christmas.

They celebrate his birthday on a day that was traditionally a pagan holiday so that it would be easier to convert pagans to the christian religion. the thinking that .... well if they're already celebrating something on that day we'll make it easy for them and just ask them to celebrate something else instead. Other examples of this in christian religion... adding things to the religion so that it would be easier to convert the heathens. The halo around angels head. A pagan symbol for the sun god. there are many many more but i'm still pissed about the piggy bank thing so i can't think of anything.

what was the pagan holiday you ask? the winter solstice. Christ was actually born sometime in late january.

And whoever said it would offend 5% of the customer base is full of shit. It will offend some tiny percentage of the muslim population. As mentioned, it will only offend religious zealots that demand everyone else respect their religion and culture but make no effort to respect others.

My biggest problem with the PC movement isn't the ideas behind it, because i happen to respect a lot of things I don't necessarily understand. The problem with it is that we seem to be catering to a miniscule percentage of the population that demands respect for themselves and their culture but refuse to return the favour.

Trev · 10-24-2005

I think Toni was going to post this but she's a tad busy at the moment so I will.

I may or may not have mentioned that my next door neighbour is a Muslim, she's pleasant and relatively friendly but keeps herself to herself mainly.

However Toni was talking with a few of the other mothers in our street. It turns out that a few weeks ago my good neighbour forced the school that her children attend to purchase a new refrigerator to store their food in.

They're the only Muslim children at this school and her "fears" that their food may be stored along with "undesirable" foodstuffs forced the school to buckle...

That was £360 ($635 US) that could have been spent on books if you ask me...

10-24-2005	#1
Bhelliom Will fuck for beer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,143	Re: Piggy banks banned on Muslim fears Excellent point Morgan Santa isn't a religious symbol any more than Christ was actually born on Christmas. They celebrate his birthday on a day that was traditionally a pagan holiday so that it would be easier to convert pagans to the christian religion. the thinking that .... well if they're already celebrating something on that day we'll make it easy for them and just ask them to celebrate something else instead. Other examples of this in christian religion... adding things to the religion so that it would be easier to convert the heathens. The halo around angels head. A pagan symbol for the sun god. there are many many more but i'm still pissed about the piggy bank thing so i can't think of anything. what was the pagan holiday you ask? the winter solstice. Christ was actually born sometime in late january. And whoever said it would offend 5% of the customer base is full of shit. It will offend some tiny percentage of the muslim population. As mentioned, it will only offend religious zealots that demand everyone else respect their religion and culture but make no effort to respect others. My biggest problem with the PC movement isn't the ideas behind it, because i happen to respect a lot of things I don't necessarily understand. The problem with it is that we seem to be catering to a miniscule percentage of the population that demands respect for themselves and their culture but refuse to return the favour. __________________ I am a Sado-Machiavellian. As long as I cum in the end... It doesn't matter what I did to get there. :yowsa: I just made that term up.... pretty good eh?

10-24-2005	#2
Trev Cunty Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,150	Re: Piggy banks banned on Muslim fears I think Toni was going to post this but she's a tad busy at the moment so I will. I may or may not have mentioned that my next door neighbour is a Muslim, she's pleasant and relatively friendly but keeps herself to herself mainly. However Toni was talking with a few of the other mothers in our street. It turns out that a few weeks ago my good neighbour forced the school that her children attend to purchase a new refrigerator to store their food in. They're the only Muslim children at this school and her "fears" that their food may be stored along with "undesirable" foodstuffs forced the school to buckle... That was £360 ($635 US) that could have been spent on books if you ask me... __________________ Sucks to be you.

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