A politically correct Easter?

[Astoria]

....Spring Spheres? You have got to be joking! What is wrong with the world.

 

[Belated]

And for the whole Merry Christmas thing, people are trying to remind you that there are other holidays that happen towards the end of the year besides Christmas. Deal with it. You are not the only one out there. I am tired of people crying that they are so abused because they have acknowledge other beliefs and cultures around them. I think it is really stupid that you want everyone to call out the minorities around them by telling them to celebrate your holiday because you are too small-minded to change a parting message you use one month out of the year.

Sorry, I don't take straw man arguments. Not once, in my entire post, did I imply that I was offended by other people saying "Happy Holidays" or calling Easter eggs "spring spheres." If you read it more carefully instead of just seeing what you want to see in it, you'll notice that I'm only pissed when people expect ME to change the way I personally say things to suit THEM. I don't mind one bit when somebody says "Happy Holidays!" to me. I'm genuinely pleased. What I mind is when someone tells me not to say "Merry Christmas".

 

[emeraldrafael]

Also, an egg isn't a sphere, so the name "spring sphere" is technically incorrect. >_>

Well do they still use eggs, or actual spheres (sorry, vid didnt load for me)?

Anyway, OT, I dont know, i dont see it as important since its so commercialized. Actually, I'm not even sure how you have a politically correct Easter, since it doesnt really celebrate anything other then religion. The entire day its on is based on Religion and the moon cycle.

 

[Elamdri]

As I went to see what today's news was on Aol.com, I saw something... interesting.
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/04/16/spring-spheres-easter-eggs-get-politically-correct-video/

Basically, a school is trying to make Easter eggs hunts politically correct by calling easter eggs "spring spheres". At first, I thought this was some sort of elaborate joke just to take a stab at how ridiculous political correctness can be, but no.
This is a serious thing.

Is it really that important to change the name of Easter Eggs to Spring Spheres? If you don't celebrate the religious side of Easter, that's cool. I know a lot of people who throw Easter Egg hunts for kids but don't celebrate the religious side of the holiday.

Also, an egg isn't a sphere, so the name "spring sphere" is technically incorrect. >_>

But really, Spring Sphere?

...Happy Zombie Jesus Day?

 

[GodofCider]

It's a religious festival because living people make it so; consider the sacrilege of bygone religions that you profane on a daily basis, completely unaware in your unholy bliss. Yet none are worse for the ware in doing so.

When christianity has gone the route that all religions go, perhaps what was once easter to a population of people in a period of time will be referred to as something else; or more likely, abandoned all together.

All in all, it doesn't really matter does it?

 

[emeraldrafael]

....Spring Spheres? You have got to be joking! What is wrong with the world.

Nothing this sites just full of idiots that will swallow anything.
http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-spring-spheres-instead-of-easter-eggs-not-so-fast/

After watching that, I'm actually kinda for making it PC, simply cause those two provided such a monumentally retarded argument that I couldnt possibly be on their side.

Though the Article was thoroughly entertaining (EDIT) and insightful. Still, my earlier opinion and the one of this stand

 

[ScumbagEddie]

I personally enjoy the fact that more people are being tolerant of the fact that not everyone believes the same thing. They're leaving it up to the individual more and more. Shows we live in a world that isn't run by any church, which is how it should be.

However, I agree with the "Spring Spheres" thing being mentally deficient

 

[j0frenzy]

And for the whole Merry Christmas thing, people are trying to remind you that there are other holidays that happen towards the end of the year besides Christmas. Deal with it. You are not the only one out there. I am tired of people crying that they are so abused because they have acknowledge other beliefs and cultures around them. I think it is really stupid that you want everyone to call out the minorities around them by telling them to celebrate your holiday because you are too small-minded to change a parting message you use one month out of the year.

Sorry, I don't take straw man arguments. Not once, in my entire post, did I imply that I was offended by other people saying "Happy Holidays" or calling Easter eggs "spring spheres." If you read it more carefully instead of just seeing what you want to see in it, you'll notice that I'm only pissed when people expect ME to change the way I personally say things to suit THEM. I don't mind one bit when somebody says "Happy Holidays!" to me. I'm genuinely pleased. What I mind is when someone tells me not to say "Merry Christmas".

I'm not supporting a ban on the entire phrase Merry Christmas. What I do support is a movement to remind people that not everyone celebrates the same holiday as you and assuming so is close-minded and disrespectful so maybe you should chose your words a bit carefully. I also support removing Christmas from public institutions like public schools in deference of a more broad-minded recognition of the season, but I am one of those weird people who likes the Establishment clause. As far as stores banning their employees from saying, "Merry Christmas," I am sort of indifferent. If a store wants to rigidly enforce political correctness, that is their deal. I have much larger issues to worry about. I don't mind stores reminding their employees to say, "Happy Holidays."
And for you being a close-minded strawman, I'm sorry but you are sitting here complaining about a people not wanting you to use a phrase that you are months away from needing. And you are upset because people are reminding you that yours is not the only holiday but you refuse to acknowledge anyone other than yourself for no adequately explained reason. You are sitting around actively resisting a cultural movement just because you can. That sounds close-minded to me.

 

[FrostyChick]

Okay, I'm pretty pro-religious PC, being a pagan (we are always left out) so normally I'd be all for things like this (for instance, I love "happy holidays" because there are like a dozen holidays at the winter solstice besides just Christmas).

But Spring Sphere? No. That is just stupid.

Eggs are fine - eggs have NOTHING to do with Christianity. In fact, the Eggs from easter are actually Ostara eggs from the Pagan holiday that Easter was based on.

For that matter, Easter has nothing to do with Christianity either, since Christ was killed at an entirely different time of year, and the dates were later adjusted to coincide with the pagan holiday of Ostara. Other than Christians going to church, none of their traditions have anything to do with Christianity.

South Park aside, the Easter Bunny, Easter Eggs, Easter Candy - all Pagan. Easter is actually a really good holiday to be a Pagan, actually, because we get all of the cool stuff without having to go to church. ^^

So yeah... Spring Spheres... is the stupidest thing I've heard in years. It sounds more like a holiday to celebrate the Weighted Companion Sphere from the hard mode in Portal 1.

Really? I did not know that, of course you do realise I will be double checking that later.

OT: Shit like this seriously pisses me off.

If you don't like someone's religion don't practice it.
It's worked wonders for me.

 

[rokkolpo]

Seriously, fuck America.

Just fuck it.

Sir, Not only is your post void of any content, but the only thing it DOES have, its blatant flaming, I have reported you for this and I would hope that you dont make such an asshat out of yourself in the future.

Do you not ever just get sick of all the nonsensical shit over there?
If I am flaming, America is trolling me.

 

[Cenequus]

How strange the article,I thought everybody knew that today Jesus escaped from the chocolate egg prison and went to fight the evil Nazi dinosaurs.

 

[AlexWinter]

It's because "Easter Egg" is an anagram of "Eat shit and die ************".

Clearly.



For serious though.. This is basically imposing ones ideals on another's beliefs. Now I'm not American but I'm pretty sure that's against your amendments or something.



You get to choose your religion. You don't get to choose everyone else's.

People need to grow the fuck up and quit their bitching.

 

[AlexWinter]

Later today I'm going to partake in an Easter Egg hunt.
PC be damned.

Goddamn dude. How old are you, five?
(I meant that rhetorically. I checked your profile, Mr. 1991...)

I fail to see how age is relevant in having fun.

It isn't, but I like to imagine you as a twenty-year-old running around a meadow amongst a bunch of five-year-olds. "Fuck off kid, I saw that Easter egg first!" *toddler punt* "Booyah bitches, that's egg number 24! I'm pwning this year!"

Tbh that's sounds awesome to me.

 

[gabe12301]

If you celebrate it just for the eggs then your basicaly mooching off our religious holiday. If you change the name completely then you should just go home and not bother celebrating.

Should? Questionable. Will? Definitely not. Middle finger up at you? Absolutely.

sorry couldn't resist

 

[GiglameshSoulEater]

Unless someone is getting raped, murdered or viciously beaten, stay out of other people's religions.

Mild beatings are fine. XD

~OT: Eggs... are not spheres...

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

When Christmas rolls around I'm going to have the least PC christmas ever just to take the piss.

I'm all for nicking the good bits of christian holidays (I fucking love chocolate, especially easter eggs), but Spring Spheres is stupid and doesn't even make sense. It's easter eggs, mkay?

 

[godofallu]

Easter is the day where Jesus was hiding while pretending to be dead.

That's why we all go out and search for candy, to simulate searching for Jesus. Of course noone would bother searching if there wasn't a reward, which is why candy is involved.