It's that time of the year kids- War on Easter!

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Azprint

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In anticipation of an extra day off next week I had a crazy idea/question at work tonight, are our traditions under attack, and if there such a thing as War on Easter?

So after getting off work this morning, I rushed home and typed the damned question that was corrupting my mind into the google. And lo and behold! My batshit crazy right wing friends did not disappoint, and in fact they invented it just yesterday! The icing on top is that in charge of the battle is one and only, Bill O'Reilly! *


*Some dramatization may have been used
 
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Moviefan-2 said:
In fairness, if O'Reilly is right and there are schools in the U.S. that have banned the use of the word "Easter," then you can't really say O'Reilly "invented" this issue.

Besides, I wouldn't get too smug.

Canadian liberals aren't above turning the tiniest of disagreements into "rights" issues where they think people should be prosecuted:

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/201...goes_to_human_rights_tribunal_of_ontario.html
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Banned? LMAO, some schools renamed it to Spring Egg Hunt.
 
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Azprint said:
Banned? LMAO, some schools renamed it to Spring Egg Hunt.
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I said "if" O'Reilly's information is correct. It was your link that said people are "not allowed" to say "Easter" at those schools.

Usually, when officials are looking to remove Christian references from public spaces, their actions are not nearly as benign as you suggest -- whether you agree with the actions or not.

At least O'Reilly was simply expressing an opinion. I'll take that over the Canadian liberals who want people prosecuted or sued over such foolishness.

http://life.nationalpost.com/2012/0...5000-in-damages-over-lords-prayer-at-council/
 
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Time to shoot a bunny and make some rabbit stew.
 
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Boss Nass

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Hopefully with my face in a pussy
I would definitely keep Easter in schools, and in fact introduce a curriculum item in which they are taught the truth: that, once again, christian religion stole and usurped ancient pagan traditions to suit their own agenda. Should be fun to watch the reaction.
 
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I love Easter.Going out on Easter Monday and getting all the chocolate at discounted prices! Same for Halloween.
 
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Moviefan-2 said:
I said "if" O'Reilly's information is correct. It was your link that said people are "not allowed" to say "Easter" at those schools.

Usually, when officials are looking to remove Christian references from public spaces, their actions are not nearly as benign as you suggest -- whether you agree with the actions or not.

At least O'Reilly was simply expressing an opinion. I'll take that over the Canadian liberals who want people prosecuted or sued over such foolishness.

http://life.nationalpost.com/2012/0...5000-in-damages-over-lords-prayer-at-council/
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Nothing to do with being a liberal, it's about being an atheist versus religious, but anyway...
 
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yeahyeahyeah said:
Nothing to do with being a liberal, it's about being an atheist versus religious, but anyway...
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In the debate about the woman who was fighting for her "right" to a haircut, it was liberals (at least on TERB) who tried to defend such a "right." Right-wingers such as myself want those so-called "human rights" commissions scrapped.

And I'm an atheist, for what it's worth.
 
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I took part in the war on Easter today. When I was at Costco earlier I did not buy any chocolate Easter eggs. Boy, was I tempted, though.
 
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It's not a "War on Easter". The government (the schools in this case) do not require people not to say the word Easter.

What the government is saying is that the government will not itself officially promote anything that discriminates between religions.

The muslims, atheists, and other non-christians pay for the government the same as everyone else. In Canada, every citizen is entitled not to have someone else's religion favoured over their own, by the public bodies they are paying for.

I, for one, am all for it.
 
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buttercup said:
It's not a "War on Easter". The government (the schools in this case) do not require people not to say the word Easter.

What the government is saying is that the government will not itself officially promote anything that discriminates between religions.

The muslims, atheists, and other non-christians pay for the government the same as everyone else. In Canada, every citizen is entitled not to have someone else's religion favoured over their own, by the public bodies they are paying for.

I, for one, am all for it.
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I agree with you completely, there is no place for promoting a religion, or worldview in public schools.

However you should keep in mind that in Canada, we don't have the equivilent of the US establishment clause and God is right there in our very modern constitution. To my mind it probably shouldn't be.

There is no war on Easter, and no war on Christmas either. They are just tools used by right wing demagogues to whip their supporters into a froth.
 
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buttercup said:
The muslims, atheists, and other non-christians pay for the government the same as everyone else. In Canada, every citizen is entitled not to have someone else's religion favoured over their own, by the public bodies they are paying for.
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Agreed. It's a legitimate issue.

And it is an issue -- not something that was "invented" by Bill O'Reilly, as the OP had claimed.
 
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Boss Nass said:
I would definitely keep Easter in schools, and in fact introduce a curriculum item in which they are taught the truth: that, once again, christian religion stole and usurped ancient pagan traditions to suit their own agenda. Should be fun to watch the reaction.
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lol, if they did this, they'd have to explain how virtually all of their religion was stolen from other sources. Never going to happen.
 
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Bobzilla said:
lol, if they did this, they'd have to explain how virtually all of their religion was stolen from other sources. Never going to happen.
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Yeah...nothing unique about the Abrahamic faiths at all.

Except their success I suppose.
 
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Boss Nass said:
I would definitely keep Easter in schools, and in fact introduce a curriculum item in which they are taught the truth: that, once again, christian religion stole and usurped ancient pagan traditions to suit their own agenda. Should be fun to watch the reaction.
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Bobzilla said:
lol, if they did this, they'd have to explain how virtually all of their religion was stolen from other sources. Never going to happen.
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Some say stole, others say found a good thing to follow and shared common ground. Remember the Golden Rule presently shared by at least a dozen, some say 20+, main religions? Who stole it from whom? You might be surprised.
 
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Boss Nass said:
Which, in terms of veracity, means 9/16 of fuck all.
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You seemed to think it was important when you thought we should teach school children about the origins of these traditions.

Could you make up your mind?
 
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