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Gingerbread men banned at Scottish Parliament as part of a new drive to 'stamp out sexism'
The Daily Mail ^
| 12/14/18
Posted on 12/15/2018 7:08:28 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Gingerbread men have been replaced by gingerbread persons in the Scottish Parliaments coffee shop in case the traditional name causes offence.
The move comes as a strategy aimed at stamping out sexual harassment and sexism was introduced at Holyrood this week after a survey found 30 per cent of women working there believed they had been sexually harassed.
But the decision to rename the sweet treat has not gone down well with everyone.
Scottish Conservative equalities spokesman Annie Wells said: Surely the Scottish Parliament has got better things to do than worry about what to call gingerbread men? This is an utterly pointless gesture which simply trivialises the real issues of gender equality.
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Ha’ ye lost yer wee minds, ya ill feckit gaberlunzies!
CC
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posted on
12/16/2018 1:45:59 AM PST
by
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
To: mass55th
Thanks. I’m ashamed to be a Scot today.
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posted on
12/16/2018 5:25:21 AM PST
by
Andy'smom
(Proud member of the basket of deplorables)
To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
Annie Wells is right...don’t they anything better to do than ban ‘Gingerbread Men’? Gingerbread mankind? Would that be better?
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posted on
12/16/2018 6:19:05 AM PST
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Deplorable American1776
(Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
To: Kalamata
Ginger-fluid is 'Ginger Ale'....😋
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posted on
12/16/2018 6:20:31 AM PST
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Deplorable American1776
(Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
To: econjack
Amazingly, at least they are not raising taxes on the citizens...but they shouldn’t do that...
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posted on
12/16/2018 6:56:45 AM PST
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Deplorable American1776
(Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
To: mass55th
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posted on
12/16/2018 6:57:23 AM PST
by
Deplorable American1776
(Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
To: BenLurkin
"What happened to Scotland?" The bastards Kilt Scotland!
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posted on
12/16/2018 7:06:55 AM PST
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: weston
To: HighSierra5
Hard to think we went from William Wallace, “Born Fighting” and “The Ladies from Hell” (nickname the Germans for Scottish soldiers in kilts in WWI) to a bunch of simpering ninnies debating sexual identity, isn’t it?
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posted on
12/16/2018 7:24:36 AM PST
by
Hardastarboard
(Break it off in 'em, Brett. They've earned it, and you've earned it.)
To: BenLurkin
Good thing I read the comments first. I was gonna say.....wth happened to Scotland?!?!?!
Of course Ive been binging Outlander about the Highlanders.
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posted on
12/16/2018 8:39:05 AM PST
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sheana
To: sockmonkey
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posted on
12/16/2018 9:07:26 AM PST
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Beowulf9
To: Deplorable American1776
>>Ginger-fluid is 'Ginger Ale'....😋 ************************************* Cute!
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12/16/2018 1:37:24 PM PST
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Kalamata
(How to interpret The Revelation: http://bibleresearchtools.com/bible-study-video-series/)
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