jugoth opened this issue on Dec 13, 2006 · 95 posts
Acadia posted Wed, 20 December 2006 at 7:17 PM
Quote - There is only one way to cleanse offense from the planet - and that's to get rid of the humans!
Merry Christmas (haha)...
Or to learn tolerance! To appreciate the fact that we are all different and to graciously accept that.
Someone mentioned the removal of Christmas trees in some areas. That's happening in Canada too. And to me that's just going too far.
I'm all for blending of cultures but don't stomp on the rights of people to celebrate their religion. First there was the elimination of the Lord's Prayer in school, and now Christmas trees. However, on the other side of the coin some cultures have fought and won the right to wear certain clothing items and carry certain types of "weapons" in schools / work / jobs etc all in the name of their religious beliefs. So how exactly is that different from putting up a Christmas tree at Christmas or saying the Lord's Prayer in a public school?
All of this political correctness is taking on a double standard, and that's what is truly offensive.
We all need to learn tolerance, and unfortunately I don't see that happening any time soon :(
"It is good to see ourselves as
others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we
are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not
angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to
say." - Ghandi