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04/16/2006 04:57:18 PM · #1 |
| I was given an assignment by the local paper to cover an Easter egg hunt and I did pretty well. My captions however were over taken by the PC police. My caption mentioned the fact that the Easter egg hunt was called off due to rain and when I read the captions in the paper this morning they pulled the word Easter. I know there are strong opinions on this but it was an EASTER EGG HUNT. It has been for the last 40 years plus that I have been on this planet and it's done fine. Why do we have to go and change the name to please so few. If someone disagreed with the Easter part of the egghunt then DONT show up. Sorry but I just had to vent. |
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04/16/2006 05:05:46 PM · #2 |
i know what you mean. it hasn't hit me, yet, but this type of thing affects a number of my associates on a daily basis. all ya can do is keep plugging along.
btw, do you keep any kind of online gallery for showing not just the stuff you get published, but also the stuff you submitted that doesn't make the paper? |
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04/16/2006 05:24:34 PM · #3 |
Hoppy Holidays not Happy Easter :p
Message edited by author 2006-04-16 17:24:55. |
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04/16/2006 05:37:32 PM · #4 |
Utterly ridiculous. When the holiday has nothing but a religious purpose, just go with it people. I don't suddenly freak out when I read about Yom Kippur or heaven forbid see a picture with the word Ramadan in the caption...
Give people some credit. Stuff like that is the product of small minds thinking they are doing everybody a favor.
Message edited by author 2006-04-16 17:38:18. |
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04/16/2006 05:50:31 PM · #5 |
If i had phtos published that i were proud of i don't think it would bother me that they changed the caption is such a subtle way. "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet" right?
it's still an easter egg hunt if you take out the word easter.
it could have been worse! at least they didn't call it an artichoke hunt ;)
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04/16/2006 06:09:53 PM · #6 |
I question as to why the Christian religion is the only one being attacked by the PC Nazis in the US.
I say let's make it all or none.
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04/16/2006 06:23:20 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by faidoi:
Hoppy Holidays not Happy Easter :p |
Sorry, this isn't a secular or commercial holiday, like Christmas. It is a Christian day of celebration. Saying happy holidays is just wrong, and happy Easter correct.
Whether you accept the Christian tradition or not, it is respectful to recognize that others do and recognize their celebration of it. In the same way, I would recognize Ramadan as a religious tradition and would never think to wish happy holidays instead of recognizing its actual name. Same with the Hag (sp?). Would a European be correct saying happy hoiliday to someone in the US on the 4th of July. Would an American be correct saying happy holidays to a Mexican on Cinco de Mayo? And so forth.
We have lost sight of something important. And that is recognizing the ethnic/religious/cultural traditions that are important to various groups of people for fear of upsetting those who may not recognize/celebrate/adhere to them. Again, IMHO, this is just wrong!
Sorry faidoi ... donn't mean to shoot the messenger and I recognize you might have inadvertantly left off the [irony] [/irony] tags. I'm not mad at you or ranting. But your turn of phrase pegged my meter.
Message edited by author 2006-04-16 18:25:35. |
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04/16/2006 06:37:54 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by Digital Quixote:
Originally posted by faidoi:
Hoppy Holidays not Happy Easter :p |
Sorry, this isn't a secular or commercial holiday, like Christmas. It is a Christian day of celebration. Saying happy holidays is just wrong, and happy Easter correct.
Whether you accept the Christian tradition or not, it is respectful to recognize that others do and recognize their celebration of it. In the same way, I would recognize Ramadan as a religious tradition and would never think to wish happy holidays instead of recognizing its actual name. Same with the Hag (sp?). Would a European be correct saying happy hoiliday to someone in the US on the 4th of July. Would an American be correct saying happy holidays to a Mexican on Cinco de Mayo? And so forth.
We have lost sight of something important. And that is recognizing the ethnic/religious/cultural traditions that are important to various groups of people for fear of upsetting those who may not recognize/celebrate/adhere to them. Again, IMHO, this is just wrong!
Sorry faidoi ... donn't mean to shoot the messenger and I recognize you might have inadvertantly left off the [irony] [/irony] tags. I'm not mad at you or ranting. But your turn of phrase pegged my meter. |
Thus, the Hoppy part (the rabbit and all that). The Holidays part is a left over joke from Christmas. For those that work in retail they know what I mean. I guess the " :P wasn't big enough. |
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