Posted on 12/27/2007 8:49:24 AM PST by NYer
For decades, children have enjoyed singing about the little donkey which is said to have carried the pregnant Mary to Bethlehem.
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But one group of young singers was ordered to change the traditional lyrics of the Christmas song - because they were said to be "too religious".
Instead of "Little donkey, carry Mary safely on her way", the youngsters were told to sing "carry Lucy" for fear of offending non-Christians. The incident, at the school's Christmas concert, appears on a new calendar alongside 11 other examples of extreme political correctness from around Britain.
February tells of warnings from lawyers that Valentine's Day could lead to sexual harassment claims in the office. In 2006, Manchester-based Employment Law Advisory Services warned that just sending a card to a colleague could backfire because it could constitute an "unwanted sexual advance".
Other examples of political correctness taken to absurd extremes include the teachers at one Scottish school who banned children from cheering for their team on sports day - in case those who came last felt humiliated - or their counterparts at Maney Hill Primary in Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, where parents were not allowed to attend sports day at all, to spare their children from embarrassment if they lost.
August tells of officials in Blackpool who were deployed to ensure donkeys working on the beach had a full hour off for lunch in accordance with European Union rules. October details an event to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar on the Thames during which the actor playing the military hero was forced to wear a lifejacket.
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Last September, during Ramadan, the NHS boards in Greater Glasgow and Lothian were reported to have banned staff from eating at their desks to avoid offending any Muslims who might have been fasting during the month.
The illustrated calendar appears in the Second Politically Correct Scrapbook, compiled by the Campaign Against Political Correctness (CAPC).
John Midgley, the co-founder of the CAPC, said: "The Politically Correct Calendar quite clearly shows the effect political correctness is having on all of our lives. Perhaps we should all - especially our politicians and bureaucrats - resolve to be a little less PC in 2008."
The calendar is available from the CAPC website: www.capc.co.uk.
I've been looking for a place to make this comment - so here goes.
I noticed this year that "Merry Christmas" was WAY more widespread than in recent years - albeit many people looked a bit embarrassed at being a bit embarrassed to say it.
There were far more decorations this year than in the past - even bought new ones myself.
I'm taking these as signs that people ARE pushing back, now if I could only figure out how to use this new camera...
You are absolutely right. It is a cumulative battle---won or lost inch by inch.
Is there a separation of Church and State in England? Canada? Et al?
Why does the War on Christmas get waged everywhere around the world?
We don’t all have the same Constitution.
PC is about establishing thoughtcrime and advancing the liberal agenda without dissent or debate.
Voting Democratic only provides political cover for the PC crowd
The voters need to wake up. Most Democrats I know HATE PC yet they miss the disconnect between their values and their votes.
Baptist ping
This type of anti-Jesus, anti-Mary PC schlock always brings the following tune to my mind as a gesture of defiance:
Hail, holy Queen enthroned above, O Maria.
Hail, Queen of mercy and of love, O Maria.
Triumph, all ye cherubim, Sing with us, ye seraphim,
Heaven and earth resound the hymn:
Salve, salve, salve Regina!
Our life, our sweetness, here below, O Maria!
Our hope in sorrow and in woe, O Maria!
Triumph, all ye cherubim, Sing with us, ye seraphim,
Heaven and earth resound the hymn:
Salve, salve, salve Regina!
To thee we cry, poor sons of Eve, O Maria!
To thee we sigh, we mourn, we grieve, O Maria!
Triumph, all ye cherubim, Sing with us, ye seraphim,
Heaven and earth resound the hymn:
Salve, salve, salve Regina!
Turn then most gracious Advocate, O Maria!
Toward us thine eyes compassionate, O Maria!
Triumph, all ye cherubim, Sing with us, ye seraphim,
Heaven and earth resound the hymn:
Salve, salve, salve Regina!
The cause of joy to men below, O Maria!
The spring through which all graces flow, O Maria!
Angels, all your praises bring, Earth and heaven, with us sing,
All creation echoing:
Salve, salve, salve Regina!
This age is insane.
The North is full of tangled things and texts and aching eyes,
And dead is all the innocence of anger and surprise,
And Christian killeth Christian in a narrow dusty room,
And Christian dreadeth Christ that hath a newer face of doom,
And Christian hateth Mary that God kissed in Galilee,—
But Don John of Austria is riding to the sea.
“This is but one more example of why the UK is doomed”
It’s entirely the opposite. One ridiculous act by a terminally stupid teacher is so noteworthy as to make the national press and is ridiculed by all and sundry.
If it was as you say, then such things would be so commonplace that no-one would even think to comment. Fortunately we are nowhere near as far down the PC road as in the US. I’ve never heard anyone in the UK use the ridiculous ‘Happy Holidays’!
Who else is in that school that might be offended? Hindus? They're usually not offended by such things. Buddhists? Hey, Buddha says "presents are OK jack", and so is a holiday.
Seems to me the only folks who could possible be offended are those who are anti-religious.
Are you joking? The UK has it's own state relgion; the Church of England.
Why does the War on Christmas get waged everywhere around the world?
The Left is the Left everywhere. The "Right" varies from nation to nation.
We don’t all have the same Constitution.
The Left is the Left everywhere.
Ping for later.
“Christians all over the world can stop it in it’s tracks just by not bowing to PCer’s whims.”
Ultimately, that will mean standing up to their threats of violence, and then standing up to them when they follow through on their threats.
Unfortunately, too many people have been taught not to make a distinction between force in the service of evil and force in the service of good. Instead, they condemn force in the service of good as “violence” and are intimidated into silence in the face of evil.
How could they offens Muslims? A whole sura bears the name of the Virgin.
Jeremiah 7:18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
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