Sunday, December 10, 2006
CHRISTMAS CANCELLED
First, Spanish villages abandoned centuries-old traditions for fear of offending Muslims. And now:
A school in traditionally Catholic Spain has cancelled Christmas celebrations so as not to offend children who are not Christians, ABC newspaper reported on Wednesday.
The Hilarion Gimeno school in Zaragoza said teachers had put forward various reasons for not celebrating Christmas, but ABC said the worry was that Muslim children might be upset.
Usually in these cases it turns out that Muslims aren’t at all upset, and that the action has been taken by pre-emptive wimps anticipating Muslim anger. Which tells you something about how whipped are certain societies.