A friend of mine told me the other day that sky news had featured an item through the day on the debate of changing the name of christmas and that many big companies ban xmas decorations so that people may not be offended - does India stop celebrating Divali because Westerners are in India? I dont think so......
This Government has got it wrong so many times on various subjects and this is their latest disaster to date... the problem is that Consultants to the Government, decision makers and the top ministers live on a different planet. They havent lived in the real world like many of us have, saying that im sure one or two of them have lived a normal life and have managed to claw their way to the top...not many though...
Why do people worry about offending others through celebrating Christmas and putting up decorations? Is the majority of Muslims, Jews, Buddists etc offended by us celebrating this traditional holiday?
Shouldn't the onus be on "if you dont like what we do in our society then dont come here"..much the same as Tony Blair said in yesterdays televised speech..
I think its time to sort this out once and for all, instead of trying to hide our traditional celebrations why dont we offer more to those who celebrate their own things such as Divali, Eid etc. How would they like us to be more accepting of their celebrations?
I say leave Christmas alone and if anybody has a problem with it then first of all they really should think of the celebrations that take place in their home Country, and they should ask themselves if their Country would ban its own celebrations....i think not..
MP's should start sorting out the real issues in this Country and not trying to hide them by starting silly debates on things like this.....
None of my many black or asian friends have a problem with it...
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I agree. I think it's a shame they way we fall over overselves not to offend others, when others do nothing of the sort.
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