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After 130 years, Sally Army told to stop rattling tins because it might 'offend other religions'
DailyMail ^ | 12/15/08 | Paul Harris

Posted on 12/16/2008 10:07:47 AM PST by Sammy67

For 130 years they have been part of Christmas, filling the air in towns across the land with music and carols.

But one thing is missing from the repertoire of Salvation Army bands this year - the percussion of rattling tins.

Members have been forbidden to shake their charity tins - even if it's done in time to the music - in case it harasses or intimidates people. One said she had been told it might also offend other religions.

Tin man: Salvation Army collectors have been told not to rattle their tins as it could be construed as religious harassment Guidelines for branches organising public collections say tinholders should simply keep the tin still.

It means that when the brass bands start up they can rock and roll all they want - but if they shake and rattle, it could put them in conflict with the law.

Councils and police can enforce the no-rattle rule and have powers to prosecute or ban offenders. The restriction was branded 'bonkers' yesterday both by

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: charities; christians; christmas; england; holiday; intimidation; islam; liberals; mohammedanism; mohammedanism1208; mohammedanism122008; mosque; muslim; pc; religion; salvationarmy; stealthjihad; uk; unitedkingdon; war
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1 posted on 12/16/2008 10:07:47 AM PST by Sammy67
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To: Sammy67

1984 was late by a few decades.


2 posted on 12/16/2008 10:09:28 AM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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To: Sammy67

Huh? How can shaking cans offend anyone?


3 posted on 12/16/2008 10:09:30 AM PST by netmilsmom (Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
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To: Sammy67
Political correctness says you can't celebrate Christmas because Muslims might be offended. Go figure.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

4 posted on 12/16/2008 10:10:44 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Sammy67

Yeah, I bet they still allow the Muslim’s call to prayer.


5 posted on 12/16/2008 10:10:49 AM PST by PrairieRoot (Here's hoping Global Warning extends the hunting and logging seasons.)
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To: Sammy67
Subjugated by our own stupidity - Shish!
6 posted on 12/16/2008 10:10:53 AM PST by Lyantana (A Southern View)
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To: Sammy67
"Members have been forbidden to shake their charity tins - even if it's done in time to the music - in case it harasses or intimidates people. One said she had been told it might also offend other religions."

And what of the street vendors on many corners in NYC with Islamic music blasting from their boom boxes?

Is anyone telling them to turn off the music because it may be offensive to some who lost loved ones in the Islamist attack of 9/11?

7 posted on 12/16/2008 10:11:08 AM PST by TheClintons-STILLAnti-American
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To: Sammy67

Great Britain is toast...


8 posted on 12/16/2008 10:11:24 AM PST by sionnsar (Iran Azadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY)|http://trad-anglican.faithweb.com/|RCongressIn2Years)
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To: Sammy67

I am offended by some pagans pointing all the butts up in the air in unison and howling at the moon five times a day.


9 posted on 12/16/2008 10:11:32 AM PST by crusty old prospector
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It’s England ... hasn’t hit the US .... yet ....England has become Englandistan ....


10 posted on 12/16/2008 10:12:06 AM PST by SkyDancer ("Talent Without Ambition Is Sad, Ambition Without Talent Is Worse")
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To: Sammy67

I look forward to the UK’s next version of Guy Fawkes day.


11 posted on 12/16/2008 10:12:12 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Sammy67

The English can’t sell themselves out to the muslim hordes fast enough.


12 posted on 12/16/2008 10:13:09 AM PST by MahatmaGandu (Remember, remember, the twenty-sixth of November.)
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To: PetroniusMaximus

Eric Arthur Blair is constantly gaining my admiration. His life was a great contribution to humanity.


13 posted on 12/16/2008 10:13:20 AM PST by villagerjoel (1984 was not supposed to be an instruction manual!)
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To: Sammy67

Western society is slowly assuming a fetal position and sucking it’s thumb.


14 posted on 12/16/2008 10:13:28 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (I'll give Obama the same amount of respect the left gave Bush)
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To: Sammy67

Where’s the tolerance?


15 posted on 12/16/2008 10:13:32 AM PST by TheThinker (Shame and guilt mongering is the Left's favorite tool of control.)
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To: Sammy67

Smalltown, crouching in the valley
Woken by the Sally Army
Sunday marchround
Smalltown, coughing in the toilet
Who on earth would spoil it
Would they pull down Smalltown?

- XTC The Everyday Story of Smalltown


16 posted on 12/16/2008 10:14:26 AM PST by dfwgator (I hate Illinois Marxists)
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To: Sammy67

Turban Sprawl engulfs the U.K., film at 11:00...


17 posted on 12/16/2008 10:14:56 AM PST by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: PrairieRoot

...And boy that really offends me. Amen.


18 posted on 12/16/2008 10:14:56 AM PST by gakrak ("A wise man's heart is his right hand, But a fool's heart is at his left" Eccl 10:2)
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To: PetroniusMaximus

What do you expect from a country with warped views of individual freedom (if Britain even has any at all).


19 posted on 12/16/2008 10:15:05 AM PST by RWB Patriot ("Let 'em learn the hard way, 'cause teaching them is more trouble than they're worth,")
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To: PetroniusMaximus
"1984 was late by a few decades."

1984, like Soviet rule, was imposed by the state on an oppressed population.

Our growing gulag is welcomed and even enforced through peer pressure on a grass roots level by those who flatter themselves as enlightened and intelligent.

20 posted on 12/16/2008 10:15:15 AM PST by TheClintons-STILLAnti-American
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