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Spanish school cancels Christmas
Reuters ^ | Wed Nov 29, 2006 | Reuters)

Posted on 12/09/2006 6:35:41 PM PST by DogByte6RER

Spanish school cancels Christmas

Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:13 PM GMT14

MADRID (Reuters) - A school in traditionally Catholic Spain has cancelled Christmas celebrations so as not to offend children who are not Christians, ABC newspaper reported on Wednesday.

The Hilarion Gimeno school in Zaragoza said teachers had put forward various reasons for not celebrating Christmas, but ABC said the worry was that Muslim children might be upset.

The school will not put on a nativity play or hand out presents, but pupils will be free to decorate the halls and sing carols.

"We are educators and we want our school programme to advance the personal development of our students as much as possible," the school said.

Christmas celebrations usually last for about a month in Spain, with parties starting in December and running through to January 6 for "Los Reyes", a huge fiesta to celebrate the visit of the three wise men to the new-born Jesus in Bethlehem.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: christmas; dhimmitude; islam; multicult; pc; religionofpeace; spain; waronchristmas
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Addios Espana.

Bow down to your new master, the sword of Islam...

1 posted on 12/09/2006 6:35:44 PM PST by DogByte6RER
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To: DogByte6RER

Bravo Tango Tango


2 posted on 12/09/2006 6:38:21 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: DogByte6RER

So next will be el camino de los peligrinos to Compostela?


3 posted on 12/09/2006 6:38:32 PM PST by combat_boots (The MSM: State run Democrat media masquerading as corporations)
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To: DogByte6RER

They were conquered and lived in dhimmitude for quite a while. Just practice your manners and you'll be fine.


4 posted on 12/09/2006 6:39:52 PM PST by Eagles6 (Dig deeper, more ammo.)
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To: DogByte6RER

I guess they aren't worried about all of the Christians who are offended by the cancellation. Western culture is finished and white guilt will kill us all.


5 posted on 12/09/2006 6:40:43 PM PST by CremeSaver
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To: DogByte6RER
A school in traditionally Catholic Spain has cancelled Christmas celebrations so as not to offend children who are not Christians

Never any concern about offending Christians.

6 posted on 12/09/2006 6:41:14 PM PST by airborne (MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Jesus is the reason for the season!!)
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To: DogByte6RER
The Hilarion Gimeno school in Zaragoza said teachers had put forward various reasons for not celebrating Christmas

None of which speak to the real reason, which is they are AFRAID to say, which is that they're AFRAID that the Practitioners of the Religion of Peace will burn down their school and cut their throats.

7 posted on 12/09/2006 6:43:22 PM PST by Lizavetta
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To: airborne

Mo they never worry about offending Christians,becasue Christians wont bomb them or wear suicide vests or threaten dismemberment or beheadings. You see this whole thing is not about offending anyone.

Its all about Cowardice and being frightened by those who will bomb and kill and behead.
Any official or liberal who tells you different is lying.


8 posted on 12/09/2006 6:47:55 PM PST by sgtbono2002 (The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
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To: DogByte6RER
A school in traditionally Catholic Spain has cancelled Christmas celebrations so as not to offend children who are not Christians... but ABC said the worry was that Muslim children might be upset.

Burn it to the ground and anything else that bows to izzzzzlam.

Leave nothing but ashes.

9 posted on 12/09/2006 6:48:39 PM PST by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA, MMP AZ 2005, TxMMP El Paso Oct+April 2006 TxMMP Laredo - El Paso)
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To: DogByte6RER

Okay, if this is inevitable, how bad exactly is it for a guy?

We get more than one wife. Whether that's good or bad, I'll pass on for the moment.

We have to do that stupid forehead bashing 5 times a day. That's bad.

Apparently if we join the Shi'ite flavor, we have to cut our scalps with knives on some holiday. That ain't good, either.

No women drivers. No comment.

No bacon. That ain't good.

No booze. New Year's won't be the same.

Hmmm, unless someone can think of something else, this looks like a definitely lifestyle deterioration.


10 posted on 12/09/2006 6:51:02 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: Eagles6
Not really. Weren't all that many folks in Spain when part ~ PART ~ was conquered by Moslem invaders.

The people in the far North were not conquered.

The Reconquista was initiated by King San Cho Noe I who came from Cornwall and landed in Galicia. He and his people founded three kingdoms ~ Leon, Castile and Carvajal.

Together these three kingdoms served to conquer all of Spain and eventually displace Islamic authority.

Once that was done under Isabella and Ferdinand, they set their eyes to the West and conquered half a world.

Dhimmitude? You jest!

11 posted on 12/09/2006 6:52:17 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: Lizavetta
which is that they're AFRAID that the Practitioners of the Religion of Peace will burn down their school and cut their throats.

See post 9. Do not give them the chance. Burn it, bury it and all that have been contaminated from it. Let ick-slam be forgotten from the human existence

12 posted on 12/09/2006 6:53:13 PM PST by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA, MMP AZ 2005, TxMMP El Paso Oct+April 2006 TxMMP Laredo - El Paso)
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To: CremeSaver
The Socialist faction running the schools is simply using the fear of offending Moslems as an excuse to do what they intended to do anyway.

Recall from your recent 20th century history that the Spanish Socialist, also known as DIRTY, FILTHY, COMMUNIST PIGS, intended to suppress Christianity.

The Moslems won't know what hit them when the next Spanish civil war breaks out ~ the Spaniards, after all, are far from civil.

I would imagine the Socialists will be hanging Imams by their gonads before it's over anyway.

13 posted on 12/09/2006 6:54:38 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: Dog Gone

Your wife and daughters WILL DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAY AT ALL TIMES AND NEVER EVER TALK BACK.

That might be worth it.


14 posted on 12/09/2006 6:55:09 PM PST by mamelukesabre
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To: DogByte6RER
I suppose, prohibition on celebrating Christian holidays will make Christianity an oppressed religion. Being oppressed, in its turn, immediately elevates Christians to the protected status, which must result in forcing everyone to celebrate Christianity.

Therefore December must be declared The Christian Heritage Month and the rest of the year all schools must study New Testament as a main course of a Teach Tolerance affirmation.
15 posted on 12/09/2006 6:56:38 PM PST by alecqss
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To: DogByte6RER

Too bad Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.


16 posted on 12/09/2006 6:58:25 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: CremeSaver
Western culture is finished and white guilt will kill us all

Are you white? Do you feel guilty? For what? Do you allow someone else to express their feelings in your name? If you do. that is your problem.

17 posted on 12/09/2006 6:58:25 PM PST by LoneRangerMassachusetts (The only good Mullah is a dead Mullah. The only good Mosque is the one that used to be there.)
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To: muawiyah

There's nothing wrong with Spain that a resumption of the Inquisition wouldn't solve.


18 posted on 12/09/2006 6:59:24 PM PST by BW2221
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To: sgtbono2002

I'm going to say "Merry Christmas" to everyone I can, and see how many people I can offend!


19 posted on 12/09/2006 6:59:26 PM PST by airborne (MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Jesus is the reason for the season!!)
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To: All; DogByte6RER

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20 posted on 12/09/2006 7:01:23 PM PST by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com.`)
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