Posted on 12/13/2004 11:14:11 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
France's latest attack on freedom of religion: The thought police have outlawed Christmas chocolates in the government school monopolies.
"It's an unhealthy political affair. Absolutely regrettable," said Andre Delattre, mayor of Coudekerque-Branche, which has shipped traditional chocolates shaped like crosses and St. Nicholas to schools for 11 years.
"What's the point? It's the children who are being penalized for this difference of opinion," he said. "They've been deprived of a festive moment."
Bruno Frappat, editor of the Catholic daily La Croix, wrote: "In 1968, the slogan was, `It's forbidden to forbid.' In 2004, it's, `Forbidding is a must.' And one of the phobias most in vogue is Catho-phobia."
This most recent assault on Christmas is part of "Jackass" Chirac's war on religious symbols, including Christian crucifixes, Muslim head scarves, Sikh turbans and Jewish skullcaps.
How about chocolate shaped like a middle digit of one's hand?
Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
living for today...
Imagine there's no countries,
It isnt hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...
Imagine no possesions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say Im a dreamer,
but Im not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one.
And Satan does a gleeful jig...
/Target
John Lennon
I hate that song.
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