If that's the best story of PC gone mad, then your PC has not gone mad. You can't judge a book by its cover, unless it's in a window display, and the cover is all that's visible. I would absolutely oppose the removal of the book from the store (or libraries, schools, etc), but it's not crazy to ask that it not be in the window display.

Yeah, hide it behind the counter with the "men's" magazines.:rolleyes:

No, just the regular shelf. I feel the same about Doctor Doolittle. I wouldn't put it in the shop window opened to the chapter starting with the racist picture of the native king who wants the doctor to turn him white. But it is a legitimate classic, and should be available.

Do we have a thread for that?

We should have a thread for that.

Let's take a vote.

It's not only a legitimate classic, it's legal merchandise that shop is selling. If putting it in the window offends people, they can boycott that shop and spend their money elsewhere elsewhere. If enough people do that, the shopkeeper has to make a decision whether it's better to display something else. You'd be hard pressed to find a shop window that doesn't annoy somebody in some way. Next they'll be telling the ice cream shop not to put a picture of a banana split in the window because it offends dieters, or the liquor store not to put booze in the window because it offends AA.

Aye.

Ya got to love that.

Erm... we're already gearing up for Christmas at our school. As is my sister's school, and the two schools attended by my niece and nephew.

The Christmas lights are up in Aylesbury. The ones that say Merry Christmas. And all the shops are selling Christmas presents, Christmas crackers, Christmas puddings... Even in Leicester, where Diwali is a huge event with equally decorated streets and fireworks, they have a nativity scene in the Town Hall Square.

I can only assume it's different in Scotland.

It's been well documented and reported in various press articles that Christmas has no place in multi cultural schools (and not just in the Daily mail) **chuckle**
It's a wee bit common sense we need, all faiths and cultures should get a look in but it seems that Christian or traditional festivals in the UK are looked at as we can't celebrate in the original form in case we upset other faiths.
Which has been also documented as plain nonsense by other faiths but the hand wringing of the chattering classes then wag their collective fingers and say no we can't:D

I've never heard of a school celebrating "winter festival".

It's well documented, Rhianne ;)

"You can do whatever you want, as long as you don't upset others."

"Well, what if I'm the one upset?"

"Fuck you, you don't count."

I heard something on the radio about some state or town or something trying to ban toys in 'happy' meals that didn't meet some kind of nutritional minimum.

anyone catch that?

Yeh - Its all over - here's one link.

Frisco. :rolleyes: