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Humanity FAILS again!

Postby Minister Masket on Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:27 pm

In the words of Victor Meldrew: I DON'T BELIEVE IT!
Well it's true, political correctness strikes again!
In the run up to Christmas, certain American stores are banning their Santas from saying the traditional "Ho Ho Ho" greeting because it vaguely sounds like the slang word for a prostitute and might upset women and children. Instead they should say "Ha Ha Ha"...

Now I don't know about you but WHAT IN THE NAME OF BLOODY HELL!?
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Postby cena-rules on Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:29 pm

The american bomb is coming master

either way thats stupid

santa says ho ho ho

what about the kids
wont someone think of the children?

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Postby Frigidus on Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:32 pm

Fact: The owners of the stores that do that are total perverts.
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Postby max is gr8 on Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:34 pm

LOL, I get a ho for Christmas every year whats the big deal, and it was santa at primary school that gave it me in my leaving year
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Postby Syzygy on Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:35 pm

I think they should ban Santa.

People could mistake Santa for Satan.

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Postby daddy1gringo on Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:07 pm

I was in the music section of wal mart last year and some guy was looking at the cover of the Destiny's Child Christmas album with the 3 girls in santa hats. He commented that it gave new meaning to the words "Ho, Ho, Ho." Wise guy.
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Postby unriggable on Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:10 pm

Anybody else smell a switch in the movie 'Snow White'?

Hi ho, hi ho...
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Postby cena-rules on Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:11 pm

unriggable wrote:Anybody else smell a switch in the movie 'Snow White'?

Hi ho, hi ho...
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"Ho, ho, ho" banning!

Postby Gregrios on Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:20 pm

It's just another little bit of our freedom being taken away.

So, what's the point of free speech?

In 10 years, it won't exsist.

Dictatership is right around the corner!
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Postby edwinissweet on Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:25 pm

cena-rules wrote:
unriggable wrote:Anybody else smell a switch in the movie 'Snow White'?

Hi ho, hi ho...
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Re: "Ho, ho, ho" banning!

Postby cena-rules on Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:26 pm

Gregrios wrote:It's just another little bit of our freedom being taken away.

So, what's the point of free speech?

In 10 years, it won't exsist.

Dictatership is right around the corner!


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Postby RiskTycoon on Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:30 pm

haven't heard anything about America doing it ....

Santas across Sydney, Australia, are rebelling against attempts to ban their traditional greeting of "ho, ho, ho" in favor of "ha, ha, ha."

Recruitment firm Westaff — which supplies hundreds of Santas across the country — has told its trainees that the "ho ho ho" phrase could frighten children and could even be derogatory to women.

nothing in the news about it happening here just yet...but i'm sure it's only a matter of time.
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Postby Gregrios on Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:36 pm

RiskTycoon wrote:haven't heard anything about America doing it ....

Santas across Sydney, Australia, are rebelling against attempts to ban their traditional greeting of "ho, ho, ho" in favor of "ha, ha, ha."

Recruitment firm Westaff — which supplies hundreds of Santas across the country — has told its trainees that the "ho ho ho" phrase could frighten children and could even be derogatory to women.

nothing in the news about it happening here just yet...but i'm sure it's only a matter of time.


Yeah well, it's sort of our government's MO.
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Postby muy_thaiguy on Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:42 pm

Now this is just getting ridiculous.
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Postby Simonov on Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:47 pm

hoe, hoe, hoe!

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Postby Frigidus on Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:25 pm

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Re: Humanity FAILS again!

Postby Fircoal on Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:06 pm

Minister Masket wrote:In the words of Victor Meldrew: I DON'T BELIEVE IT!
Well it's true, political correctness strikes again!
In the run up to Christmas, certain American stores are banning their Santas from saying the traditional "Ho Ho Ho" greeting because it vaguely sounds like the slang word for a prostitute and might upset women and children. Instead they should say "Ha Ha Ha"...

Now I don't know about you but WHAT IN THE NAME OF BLOODY HELL!?
Discuss with glee.


upset the children? how, they are the ones that make fun of it or are too young to know.
Most women wouldn't care probably.

IT's only Politicians, and other high class people, that are boring and think, let's go ban something for fun. :roll:
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Postby radiojake on Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:29 pm

I don't see how 'humanity fails again' in this case, as you put it.

Seriously, who fucking cares? The image of Santa we know of now was created by Coca-Cola Corporation, thats why he's big and red with a white beard. Ever see pepsi do Christmas promotions on their bottles? No, because Coke owns the image.

So a character whose modern adaptation was completely created by a company, and whose modern role in society is to help other companies receive an end of year profit splurge by tricking millions of people around the world to buy stupid gifts for everyone in their family. And now your worried that his 'Ho Ho Ho' has been taken away? Why exactly does that bother you? Worried about loss of integrity or something? News flash. Santa (or Christmas) hasn't had any for years

Christmas is a load of shit, it combines two things that I don't like. Religion and Consumption. Jesus is the symbol of the religious, Santa is the symbol for consumption.
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Postby Skittles! on Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:20 pm

radiojake wrote: Christmas is a load of shit, it combines two things that I don't like. Religion and Consumption. Jesus is the symbol of the religious, Santa is the symbol for consumption.

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Postby Skoffin on Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:22 pm

Hey maybe some of us like getting free useless junk everyyear, don't ruin it for us now.
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Postby radiojake on Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:24 pm

Skoffin wrote:Hey maybe some of us like getting free useless junk everyyear, don't ruin it for us now.


I wouldn't worry, I highly doubt there is any real threat to the consumer machine that is Christmas any time soon

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Re: Humanity FAILS again!

Postby Backglass on Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:27 pm

Minister Masket wrote:In the run up to Christmas, certain American stores are banning their Santas from saying the traditional "Ho Ho Ho" greeting because it vaguely sounds like the slang word for a prostitute and might upset women and children. Instead they should say "Ha Ha Ha"...


Not USA. AUSTRALIA.

Doesn't anyone google anymore?

http://www.google.com/search?q=santa+ha ... US227US227
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Postby Skoffin on Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:29 pm

Christmas sucks more if you have friends, specifically teenaged female friends. Did you know some of them actually demand you to give them presents? wtf? I believe I made a wise descision at the time. I thought they could get stuffed, and stopped handing out with them.

Now what I reaaaaly would like for christmas is my family to bugger off for a while and not bother me, but so far they have yet to comply.

Oh right, and as for the santas. Screw it, who cares, let them have their hos.
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Re: Humanity FAILS again!

Postby Skoffin on Thu Nov 15, 2007 11:34 pm

Backglass wrote:
Minister Masket wrote:In the run up to Christmas, certain American stores are banning their Santas from saying the traditional "Ho Ho Ho" greeting because it vaguely sounds like the slang word for a prostitute and might upset women and children. Instead they should say "Ha Ha Ha"...


Not USA. AUSTRALIA.

Doesn't anyone google anymore?

http://www.google.com/search?q=santa+ha ... US227US227

Anyone that can be offended by Santa saying ho ho ho should have some sense slapped in them. But then generally it's not really women tthat are offended by this, it is people in office who just think that someone *might* get offended so that do stupid things in order to prevent it. They should just leave well enough alone and they would find they would have a lot less problems.
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Postby Iliad on Fri Nov 16, 2007 12:42 am

edwinissweet wrote:
cena-rules wrote:
unriggable wrote:Anybody else smell a switch in the movie 'Snow White'?

Hi ho, hi ho...
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