Quote Originally Posted by stroller View Post
Note that the article is about an incident in the US, a rabbi sueing for the right to put up a menorah. That's got little to do with Islam, Afro-Caribeans or immigrants, Sir Burr.
Quote Originally Posted by Sir Burr
They choose where they want to live.
Excuse me, but citizens born in the country do not choose, they simply stay where they are, as the majority of people do.

Neither the US nor the UK are religious republics, what's good for the goose is good for the gander, there is no reason why one religion should be allowed to flaunt their celebrations in public places, and others not.
In that case should all public places depicting religious symbols be compelled to promote the symbols of all religions, equally, and will that be according to local, national or global population, distribution relative to site location, perceived victim stature, tendency towards militancy, and or other measures?

Where does politically palatable fairness and equality end? Should cathedrals and churches be compelled to remove external symbols of Christianity in order not to offend religions that cannot afford luxuries like a large building from which its followers may connect with their object of reverence? Should mosques be threatened with closure if they persist in offending local infidels with early morning noise pollution, or are complainants to be viewed as racist, and what's the proposed maxumum for a second or subsequent offence?

How far do we need to go before even the thickest skinned pc fundamentalist suffocates in the rarified atmosphere of the perfect society he so brazenly and foolishly demands of us all? How about closing down all religious places of learning or worship that offend or may at some time and or under certain conditions offend observers of other faiths?

Terminal mugs!