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Post by OpiateOfTheMasses on Apr 13, 2017 21:22:44 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39587226When I saw the advert I just thought it was a reasonable play on words. Most people I know here in the UK don't see the next four days as anything to do with religion - at work today as people were talking about "what are you getting up to?" not one person mentioned anything to do with religion. It's just seen as a long public holiday.
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Apr 13, 2017 21:33:14 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39587226When I saw the advert I just thought it was a reasonable play on words. Most people I know here in the UK don't see the next four days as anything to do with religion - at work today as people were talking about "what are you getting up to?" not one person mentioned anything to do with religion. It's just seen as a long public holiday. Wow, here in the US that commercial would have prompted a protest, legal action and might have gotten someone tarred and feathered.
One of my former co-workers actually wore the ash mark all day at the office on Ash Wednesday. I have friends that live in the UK, they are always trying to get me to visit... I may have to seriously consider moving there.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Apr 13, 2017 21:47:41 GMT
The ad was for those who don't.
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Post by OpiateOfTheMasses on Apr 13, 2017 21:57:08 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39587226When I saw the advert I just thought it was a reasonable play on words. Most people I know here in the UK don't see the next four days as anything to do with religion - at work today as people were talking about "what are you getting up to?" not one person mentioned anything to do with religion. It's just seen as a long public holiday. Wow, here in the US that commercial would have prompted a protest, legal action and might have gotten someone tarred and feathered.
One of my former co-workers actually wore the ash mark all day at the office on Ash Wednesday. I have friends that live in the UK, they are always trying to get me to visit... I may have to seriously consider moving there.
The majority of people here don't really give a shit about religion - they're either atheists or very moderate believers (they think of themselves as Christians/Jews/whatever but very rarely attend any religious services or follow most of the doctrines) - and it's not really talked about much in day to day conversation. In fact - not that they would be allowed to ask - but I would be fairly confident that were it to come up in an interview most recruiters would be more comfortable hiring an atheist than a born again Christian (or other overtly-devout religious sort). And it's not just the UK. Most of northern Europe (with a few exceptions - Ireland!) is pretty much like this now. But religion has a much longer history here and has had much longer to get it's claws into things. Our Queen (who is the head of state) is the head of the Church of England. We have members of the Church of England automatically appointed to the House of Lords and they get to vote on which laws are passed. So they are definitely punching above their weight... |
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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Apr 14, 2017 0:59:01 GMT
Wow, here in the US that commercial would have prompted a protest, legal action and might have gotten someone tarred and feathered.
One of my former co-workers actually wore the ash mark all day at the office on Ash Wednesday. I have friends that live in the UK, they are always trying to get me to visit... I may have to seriously consider moving there.
The majority of people here don't really give a shit about religion - they're either atheists or very moderate believers (they think of themselves as Christians/Jews/whatever but very rarely attend any religious services or follow most of the doctrines) - and it's not really talked about much in day to day conversation. In fact - not that they would be allowed to ask - but I would be fairly confident that were it to come up in an interview most recruiters would be more comfortable hiring an atheist than a born again Christian (or other overtly-devout religious sort). And it's not just the UK. Most of northern Europe (with a few exceptions - Ireland!) is pretty much like this now. But religion has a much longer history here and has had much longer to get it's claws into things. Our Queen (who is the head of state) is the head of the Church of England. We have members of the Church of England automatically appointed to the House of Lords and they get to vote on which laws are passed. So they are definitely punching above their weight... Y'know, right about now I would trade to get your Queen and House of Lords in place of the jack-ass that masquerades as our Commander-in-Chief. |
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Post by OldSamVimes on Apr 14, 2017 1:42:11 GMT
I'm sick and tired of SJWs.
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Post by puvo on Apr 14, 2017 2:23:47 GMT
I'm sick and tired of SJWs. Me too. They give liberals like me a bad name with their bitching and whining about nothing. Obviously "nothing" is subjective. Im more than happy to get angry about god in school/government etc, whereas other people wouldn't care. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2017 2:27:09 GMT
Seems like a really, really minor thing to get upset about. Pits Tesco didn't just say "grow a sense of humour."
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Post by cupcakes on Apr 14, 2017 10:32:12 GMT
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