another step too far?

[Maljonic]

I see this incident, and others like it, as the first clumsy fumblings of a society trying to remove past stigmas connected with religion and other PC subjects without upsetting too many people at the same time.

Sometimes there are little screw ups and an odd dash of scewed thinking, but I think as a whole it represents an underlying need to be rid of these society stigmas and pressures in life's routines, such as school and work.

Some traditions are rediculous, but they have being around for such a long time that it makes a person look rediculous for trying to get rid of them in mainstream life, especially when they are trying to get rid of them so they don't annoy everyone.

All this PC stuff does seem crap when you're in the middle of it, but in the future it will be just part of our evolution away from religion, sexism, racism, child-beating or whatever. I think being Politically Correct isn't a new thing, it's always been there and it's always been irritating to the people at the time. Women and voting is an obvious example of PCness from the late 19th abd Early 20th Century that is obviously the right thing to do now we're way past the other side of it and looking back.

 

[Calaen]

Im pretty sure that story has been twisted etc.

A bun isnt offensive, thats stupid. As a witness i dont celebrate Easter as quoted in that article so during that perioed of time i dont get involved in all the activities which could mean eating or drinking something together with others who are celebrating Easter. If I ate a bun during a meal at home at some other point in the year thats fine because im just eating, im not celebrating anything.

Its the conscious partaking and celebration of things which is something we avoid.

The school banning hot cross buns is extreme, that isnt necessary at all. What should have happened is that any Witness in that school just wouldnt have partaken in Easter type celebrations.

This is how misguided views develop and all of a sudden people think we're anal about bread products.

I have more thoughts but i cant word it very well

very nice post,

the thing that is stupid is, it was not to celebrate Easter was it? it was just a pudding after dinner.

 

[Tom]

My take on the story was that the school was populated by mostly Jehovah's Witnesses, and that the head asked the bakery to remove the crosses to comply more closely to their religion.

If thats true, then I think its just a silly headline.

 

[Calaen]

They should have avoided it by feeding them cake with strawberry jam and coconut on top, rather than destroy a hot cross bun.

 

[Panda On Smack]

My take on the story was that the school was populated by mostly Jehovah's Witnesses

I wouldnt think that would be the case, there simply isnt that ratio and we dont have our own schools

 

[~Yuckfou~]

Whatever happened to choice? If I don't want to eat something or celebrate something then I don't. I may have lost the fucking plot here but didn't the pupils have a choice or were they to be force fed. We had kids of "other" faiths at school, they didn't attend assembly in the morning or other religious stuff. On the other hand they got days off school for their religious holidays.

I don't remember anyone getting pissed off, no riots, no arguements, no suicide bombers.....

I haven't got kids, but if I did I would not send them to a school that didn't have a nativity play, and christmas decorations, and easter bunnies etc. Not because I'm religious, I'm atheist, I am however British and Britain is and at least in recent history has been, a Christian country.