Wimborne's militia will no longer be able to re-enact the traditionof firing
over the Christmas tree Photo: BNPS
Posted on 12/01/2008 2:13:42 PM PST by yankeedame
A market town's 400-year-old Christmas custom of firing muskets into the sky has been banned because of fears the noise will scare children.
Wimborne's militia will no longer be able to re-enact the traditionof firing
over the Christmas tree Photo: BNPS
Wimborne council in Dorset has told the town's Militia, which re-enacts traditions dating back to the 17th century, that it can no longer fire muskets over the Christmas tree.
The council said the noise of the blank shots would be too loud for children and would keep families away from the annual event to mark the switching on of the lights.
But members of the Militia said the council was "mollycoddling" children.
The town crier, Chris Brown, a member of the Militia, which performs in 17th century dress, said the ritual of scaring spirits from the town's Christmas tree "added a bit of pomp, colour and history to the ceremony and makes us special and almost unique from any other town in the country".
He added: "Being told we cannot do it because it might scare children is very sad and almost a bit daft....
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Theyvonly blow up ieds in countries they have not conquered yet
Thank you for posting this. This has my wife and in stitches, laughing.
Too many comments possible, trying to keep a straight face.
Barack Obama and US Democrats would be proud.
UNgland...
Mentally-stunted Liberals are more afraid of guns than children.
“Mentally-stunted Liberals”
Oops...I guess that is a redundancy. Sorry.
Tell the milquetoast moron Robin Cook what you think at cllrcook@wimborne.gov.uk
Because a bunch of pussies are taking over western gubbiments. Pussies!
FMCDH(BITS)
This all assumes that the children could be pulled away from their maim and dismember video games to go to the town square. I suspect the sight of the open sky would frighten them more than the musket shots.
Very true!
Real Britains are all dead. Now the Island is inhabited by un-men, wimps, criminals, and alien Muslims.
England is no more never to be seen again.
England has been hopelessly wussified by the mindless, PC mindset. The entire nation is utterly FUBAR.
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