Posted on 11/05/2004 4:16:10 AM PST by Ginifer
Oh brother. Only a bunch of girlie men or manly girls could get offended by the name Saint.
The Brits went Godless so many decades ago. This kind of thing just codifies their unbelief.
I think it would be much more sensitive of the school to drop the 'saint' and replace it with 'iman'.
You're probably right. Bunch of weasles.
Sweeping statement.
America had idiots we have idiots.
Britain your closest ally doesn’t stop the Americans from posting articles about my country and then gleefully ripping my country apart, even while British boys are fighting and dying next to American boys.
Thanks Tony
I'm amazed the C of E is still around.
Tony
People on both sides of the pond are nuts on this issue.
This, from a second generation American - from the motherland.
LOL
Funny but sad.
as am I. Much more by the fact that the C of E believes fanatical and militant Islam will be offended by it.
However, the scourge of PC on this nation must be confronted on an individual basis. The only reason this crap works is because we let it. I know 50 years of mostly backward mobility and the war on logic by the Left will be difficult to change. But change it must in order for this nation to survive. It is not a question of of politics alone. The larger question is philosophy. As Rand says, "who needs it?" The answer is YOU do.
You don't have to have read Socrates, Aristotle, or St. Thomas Aquinas to know what your philosophy is. Your philosophy is most likely centered in logic. You know right from wrong, and most of us lead a life based on that assumption alone. For the most part we live in a black and white world. Sure there are gray areas, but they are far less a part of our lives than the black and white areas.
We all need to let it known to those who would pressure you into concessions regarding your common sense that we're not gonna take it any more. The war against PC begins on the ground and we are the foot soldiers. Here's a couple of questions to throw right back at those leftist whiners:
By what right?
Does being offensive encroach on the life or liberty of another? (The answer is an unequivocal NO by the way.)
Your churches sit dark - lovely buildings with no congregates anymore.
Thats not true, we've turned them into very busy, brightly lit nightclubs!! :)
Turned over to the chavs and clubbers, eh?
You're right. We don't see the entire British opinion, just a few headlines from a few far left British papers slamming Bush or an "ironic" article calling for presidential assassination. I know that's not the only British point of view. Like you were saying, there are plenty of idiots here and there.
My thanks, prayers and condolences to the families of the British soldiers killed in Iraq. In this world, we are family. We may bicker, but we still stand together.
And the goths, greebo's and indies!! :)
It's not the church that made this decision, it's the local council in Islington.
What you have to understand is that Islington, a district in North London, is ultra-leftie. It's a council with more than its fair share of loonies and is NOT indicative of British opinion in general. I guarantee you that 99.9 per cent of Brits, and that includes Jews, Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs, will share your horror at this story.
The most damaging 'minority group' in the UK is the Hard Left, and they'll get their come-uppance in the next election.
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