The Sunday papers last week highlighted how daft we were becoming in trying to satisfy everyones sensitivities! Can't we just live and let live, accept our differences and celebrate them.
Apparently celebrating Christmas might upset some of our Muslim friends so we have to now refer to it as Celebrating the winter season. What a load of rot. I have spoken to muslim frineds and the christian celebrations do not upset them as, indeed, them celebrating Ramadan does not upset me.
We can't refer to "blackboards", "chairman", "old age pensioners", "paddies, jocks or taffies" etc etc. Where does it stop??
Now I am not suggesting that we should still use terminology that is genuinely offensive but come on we have gone far to far with censorship. Let's enjoy the fact that we are all different, let's get a sense of humour injection and lighten up a bit. LIFE IS TO SHORT to keep watching your p's and q's in case the thought police get ya!
I agree with Moaning old git. We have gone far too far with this nonsense. I was in the USA recently and everyone says "Happy Holiday", and not Merry Christmas. I consciously said Merry Christmas as I was leaving a shop or restaurant, and staff simply smiled. Have we lost the plot? Christmas is a christian celebration and we should not shy away from it while at the same time encouraginging others to celebrate their religious holidays in their own way. Let gets back to the good old days of let and let live instead of simply living in a way which is politicaly correct.
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