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From: CJ Dunnaway on 15 Sep 2008 14:18 have gone too far this time with their political correctness. http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2996499.html
From: Evil_Nigel on 15 Sep 2008 14:27 x-no-archive: yes On Sep 15, 7:18 pm, "CJ Dunnaway" <cj_dunnaway-n...(a)yaWHOhoo.com> wrote: > have gone too far this time with their political correctness. > > http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2996499.html Uh oh, there's something nulab might seize on. The buggers have been chipping away relentlessly at Bonfire Night/Guy Fawkes night through their legions of elf'n'safety nazis, but now they can ban it because it's sexist since the 'guy' is a guy. Evil Nigel
From: CJ Dunnaway on 15 Sep 2008 14:35 "CJ Dunnaway" <cj_dunnaway-news(a)yaWHOhoo.com> wrote in message news:fGxzk.479$YU2.166(a)nlpi066.nbdc.sbc.com... > have gone too far this time with their political correctness. > > http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2996499.html Then again, maybe not. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D937AFGO1&show_article=1
From: CJ Dunnaway on 16 Sep 2008 03:21 "CJ Dunnaway" <cj_dunnaway-news(a)yaWHOhoo.com> wrote in message news:8Wxzk.482$YU2.103(a)nlpi066.nbdc.sbc.com... > "CJ Dunnaway" <cj_dunnaway-news(a)yaWHOhoo.com> wrote in message > news:fGxzk.479$YU2.166(a)nlpi066.nbdc.sbc.com... >> have gone too far this time with their political correctness. >> >> http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2996499.html > > > Then again, maybe not. > > http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D937AFGO1&show_article=1 Somebody tell me this is a hoax... http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1692637.ece
From: Rowland McDonnell on 16 Sep 2008 10:55
CJ Dunnaway <cj_dunnaway-news(a)yaWHOhoo.com> wrote: > have gone too far this time with their political correctness. > > http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2996499.html <cough> Don't believe a word you read in that line. Such reports are almost always a long way from reality - especially when dealing with countries like Poland where they still have a lot of old-fashioned superstition in some of the backward rural areas (not the modern urban educated types, of course, but Poland is full of peasantry with the usual mediaeval superstitions supported by the Roman church which have been blighting Europe for a very long time indeed.) Anyway, I can think of reasons for putting an end to staged witch burning like that that have to do with putting an end to the superstitions that keep people believing in `wicked old witches'. It's common in Indian and African for innocent human beings to be murdered by their neighbours because some sort of witch-doctor type has accused them of witchcraft. Could be that in Poland, they want to put an end to that kind of thing once and for all - and yes, there is a *little* of that sort of thing going on in some of the backward rural corners of Eastern Europe. Never heard of it in Poland, but I'd be willing to bet it's going on. Burn the witch? No, burn the Roman pope, that's the ticket. No, you are not Christ's vicar on Earth: you are a man asserting power over other men, and that's not what Jesus was talking about. Rowland. (who doesn't like most religions) -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |