Saint George's day (tomorrow)
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silvia said:stuie said:I'm all for an ethnically diverse society, but it's got to the point where we can't celebrate our national day because of the risk of causing offence.
I can't belive it... This way they aren't helping for integration
nah, they just wanna take over, aint interested in integration!!!
synchronicity
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silvia said:Are you joking?
We do celebrate it, it's Lover's day and it's one of bests days of the year, with hundreds of people selling red roses and books on the streets
it's Lovers day in Spain, yes?
synchronicity said:silvia said:Are you joking?
We do celebrate it, it's Lover's day and it's one of bests days of the year, with hundreds of people selling red roses and books on the streets
it's Lovers day in Spain, yes?
Only in Catalunya
The tradition is that girls get red roses from lover. Now a days if you are a bit lucky you can get 6-10 roses (bosses, bank, supermarket...
)The truth is, I reckon it would become a day of purpose for all of the extreme nationalist and facist / racist groups if it were a National holiday.
However i reckon it would also give immigrants to our country an opportunity to become part of the national identity if they were given an opportunity to celebrate it.
Other side of the coin, why are people bothered about celebrating a saint when a lot of people on here apparently hate the pope and opposes the Catholic Church? Surely there is a little bit of conflict there??
If it's all just about trying to get an extra day off work, then fair enough.
He's got no relevance to our national identity.
Now "Ant and Dec day", now you're talking...
However i reckon it would also give immigrants to our country an opportunity to become part of the national identity if they were given an opportunity to celebrate it.
Other side of the coin, why are people bothered about celebrating a saint when a lot of people on here apparently hate the pope and opposes the Catholic Church? Surely there is a little bit of conflict there??
If it's all just about trying to get an extra day off work, then fair enough.
He's got no relevance to our national identity.
Now "Ant and Dec day", now you're talking...
synchronicity
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silvia said:synchronicity said:silvia said:Are you joking?
We do celebrate it, it's Lover's day and it's one of bests days of the year, with hundreds of people selling red roses and books on the streets
it's Lovers day in Spain, yes?
Only in Catalunya
The tradition is that girls get red roses from lover. Now a days if you are a bit lucky you can get 6-10 roses (bosses, bank, supermarket...
so we just missed it for our date...!
Paddy Eeziglow
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You sound just like all those mad politicians and local government officials who claim we can't celebrate St. Georges Day, but we can celebrate St. Patrick's or local council offices not able to display Santa Claus in case it offends Muslims (The Muslim Council of Great Britain actually campaigned harder for US to celebrate Christmas than the Government did last year).MARKB said:
It's pathetic. I celebrated St. Patrick's Day by sitting in the pub, and given the opportunity I'd do the same for St. Georges Day. It's not like anyone's asking for special priveleges, just a bit of even-handedness.
Those people who seek not to offend the minority are as guilty of racism as the BNP or the radical Muslim preachers that tell their followers to go out and blow people up.
Buckley
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MARKB said:
Luckily my views are consistent - I don't hate the Pope but I believe some of his views are bigotted. This, I believe, is a bad thing because, for reasons incomprehensible to me, 1 billion people subscribe to the faith he leads despite all logic suggesting it's core belief is highly unlikely. Presumably these folks will follow his anti-gay stance etc.
I am also opposed to Bank Holidays and would have less not more, if it was down to me.
That, m'learned friend, is all.
Just like they removed santa's from shopping centres around the country at xmas so as not to cause offence. It really winds me upstuie said:I'm all for an ethnically diverse society, but it's got to the point where we can't celebrate our national day because of the risk of causing offence.
Paddy Eeziglow
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The Catholic Church is the most corrupt organization in the world. Vatican City has irrefutable ties to the Mafia and the Masons- just ask Roberto Calvi (oops, you can't, they killed him.). How the biggest land owner in the Western World has the balls to pass round a collection plate or ask it's parishoners to raise funds for a new church roof is beyond me. Then there's the covering up and protection of paedophile priests, and the refusal to even criticize it's missionaries that told poorly educated Africans that condoms are useless at stopping the spread of AIDS, claiming they are porus. Need I go on?
Then there's the Church of England, who's existence came about purely because Henry VIII wanted to get a divorce so's he could re-marry. Hmmmm....So why then try to claim that if Charles wed Camilla he couldn't be the head of the church. Hypocrisy? I think so.
I could carry on my rant, but I've got to get some work done. Catch ya's later.
Then there's the Church of England, who's existence came about purely because Henry VIII wanted to get a divorce so's he could re-marry. Hmmmm....So why then try to claim that if Charles wed Camilla he couldn't be the head of the church. Hypocrisy? I think so.
I could carry on my rant, but I've got to get some work done. Catch ya's later.
mambobirdette
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Ooooo dont even get me started on this subject.
I know that i dont even have to take that ''are you racist test''
I know that i dont even have to take that ''are you racist test''
Paddy Eeziglow said:
Ahem, excuse me, cough, cough,..,
What a silly reaction. Calm down Paddy, ease your glow, or something.
Right wing fanatics will of course try to jump on any St George's day bandwagon for their small minded ends. They've jumped on lesser points in the past to further their cause. There'll be a BNP commotion in my local shopping centre on St George's Day tommorrow as there was last year. Are you saying they won't????
I at no point did I say that it's a reason not to do it, DID I???
No I didn't. So calm down.
The reason I oppose St George's Day as with most people it's simply an excuse to for an extra day off and suddenly it's an affront to their national birth right that we don't.
f***ing Hell stop being a baby.
Anyway Ant and Dec day, any takers?