CA: Group Protests Selling Of War-Related Easter Baskets

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[NormsRevenge]

Group Protests Selling Of War-Related Easter Baskets

Baskets Contain Toy Soldiers, Guns, Warplanes

POSTED: 8:16 a.m. PST March 13, 2003

GRASS VALLEY, Calif. -- Protesters gathered at a Grass Valley K-mart Wednesday, voicing their displeasure with some Easter baskets that were being sold.

The group wanted the store to stop selling Easter baskets that contain toy soldiers, guns and warplanes.

The anti-war protesters believe the baskets give children the wrong message about Easter.

"How can you equate happy Easter with bombing people and killing people and killing children?" protester Jane Kesselman said.

The protesters apparently made their point as the store manager agreed to stop selling the baskets.

[NormsRevenge]

[amused]

The anti-war protesters believe the baskets give children the wrong message about Easter.

They are correct.

"How can you equate happy Easter with bombing people and killing people and killing children?" protester Jane Kesselman said.

I agree. How does a large lupus (usually pink) lay eggs? Why does he/she deliver these eggs to children in baskets with fake plastic grass and poor small baby chicks that appear to be genetic experiments by their plummage?

And what does any of that have to do with Jesus Christ sacrificing his life on the cross and being resurrected?

[bcoffey]

Ah, you beat me to it!

And doesn't the Easter egg come from a Babylonian fertility rite?

[p. henry]

One word: Hassenpfeffer.

[amused]

And doesn't the Easter egg come from a Babylonian fertility rite?

I have no idea to be honest. I am not a very religious Catholic and I appreciate that Americans have holidays that blend cultures from our melting pot. But for the life of me I don't understand what the hell a bunny giving children eggs has to do with Easter. Is it all some kind of commercial plot?

[amused]

And doesn't the Easter egg come from a Babylonian fertility rite?

I would like to add as a counter protest I will be dressing up in a giant rabbit suit and reading children Watership Down while doing my best impersonation of Christopher Walken.

[bcoffey]

"I would like to add as a counter protest I will be dressing up in a giant rabbit suit "

Please post pictures! LOL

[amused]

Please post pictures! LOL

Egads, man! That could ruin my hopes for political office.

[Cicero]

For what it's worth, our family has long celebrated Easter with roast lamb. (See the Sacrifice of Isaac, the Passover, and the Lamb of Revelation, inter alia.) Plus we have an Easter egg hunt for the kids. Eggs represent life and fertility, and in the Bible, life is a blessing. The first commandment was "Increase and multiply." One of these hidden eggs is called the Allelluia Egg, an eggshell that is hollowed out and decorated with the Cross. The child who finds the Allelluia Egg considers himself especially lucky or blessed.

Corny, I suppose, but Easter should be a joyful occasion.

[bcoffey]

"Corny, I suppose, but Easter should be a joyful occasion. "

Not at all corny!

[ItsJeff]

And what does any of that have to do with Jesus Christ sacrificing his life on the cross and being resurrected?

Now, would that be a milk-chocolate cross, or semi-sweet?

[amused]

Can we declare war on anti-war protestors. It should be the easiest battle ever fought. They preach peace and we blow them away! It's like fighting the French.

This is the second time you called directly for violence on the protesters. What you call for is a bunch of bullshit worthy of communists or fascists. They both love to use violence against their domestic political opponents.

We may not agree with them but we fight them with speech and "ink".

Your outburst yesterday was used by various leftie sites to smear and demonize FR. It may be hyperbole or a joke but these are serious times and calls for violence help no one except the people you claim to be against. The left loves their martyrs. They love to act persecuted. They want sympathy for their cause and you succeed by giving them ammo.

[amused]

For what it's worth, our family has long celebrated Easter with roast lamb. (See the Sacrifice of Isaac, the Passover, and the Lamb of Revelation, inter alia.) Plus we have an Easter egg hunt for the kids. Eggs represent life and fertility, and in the Bible, life is a blessing. The first commandment was "Increase and multiply." One of these hidden eggs is called the Allelluia Egg, an eggshell that is hollowed out and decorated with the Cross. The child who finds the Allelluia Egg considers himself especially lucky or blessed.

Thank you as I honestly was curious about how this tradition started. If I went to far in my sad attempt at humor and offended you...I apologize.

[Cicero]

Not at all. I don't worry too much about these things. Easter is Easter, and a little commercialism isn't going to kill the greatest event in history.

[perfect stranger]

bump for the greatest event.

[perfect stranger]

Why don't they just boycott? All they have to do is just not buy any. That's what is happening to France right now.

[Teacher317]

Christ sacrificing himself to protect the souls of billions... soldiers risking their lives to protect the souls of millionss. Where's the conflicting message?