If those who come up with the nonsense of suppositional offence actually understood how language functions, evolves and derives meaning from context, they'd understand how a noun like Christmas can have multiple meanings dependant on the speaker and/or the audience. To speak of a period of the year called 'Christmas', where certain social observations, traditions and events occur is not to evoke religiosity unless the speaker or audience cognitively interprets it as such. If someone can't tell the difference between an annual calendar label and a religious observation then they must live in perpetual confusion. It's akin to an autistic response.
Yep, this happens a hell of a lot on here. I mean people attempting to correct others, when they know exactly what was meant and I'm sorry, but if the complainer didn't understand what was meant, then they're very dim indeed. Anyway... I left a pack of Krony outside the other day, I've just just cracked one and it's so cold I don't think a dentist would need to give me an anaesthetic
Oh and religion? I don't have one. Too many dick heads killing each other, over it. Talk about stupid...
Unless your 'smiting' your ememies or non believers... Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that [is] in mine hand upon the waters which [are] in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
Bloody hell, the Reverend Allan Bagshawe returns. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
No one of those deity followers AD unknown unless rewritten for 'other' reasons by King James... However EJ's 1961 Water Tower Speech is often overlooked..
Who can forget Roy Hattersley who when interviewed for the Sparsbrook constituency in Birmingham was asked, as it was a diverse community, what his stance on race relations was “As far as race relations are concerned” said Roy “ I call a spade a spade.”
