It's Easter So Are You Having A Hot Tick Bun ?

[altus]

Just now, pfifes said:

What’s going to be next then?  Banning Christmas cakes? Or calling them Tickmas Cakes?

There was no banning of anything. People aren't going to stop producing Christmas cakes, although somebody might produce a cake with a great big snowflake on it.

 

As for your 'some religions are more equal than others' comments, perhaps you could remind us which religion has official representatives in the House of Lords.

[Norbert]

1 minute ago, altus said:

There was no banning of anything. People aren't going to stop producing Christmas cakes, although somebody might produce a cake with a great big snowflake on it.

 

As for your 'some religions are more equal than others' comments, perhaps you could remind us which religion has official representatives in the House of Lords.

'You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons.'

[hackey lad]

5 minutes ago, Norbert said:

'You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons.'

 

[Vrsaljko]

21 minutes ago, altus said:

There'd been no censorship.

 

It's a marketing stunt to get people talking about the company and to draw attention to the fact that they are selling hot cross buns. One that's been very successful going by the sales figures reported.

Maybe not in this instance, but I think it's undeniable that it's going on. Merry/Happy Christmas is now often changed to "Happy Holidays", there was a story recently about Easter eggs being renamed and you often see stories about Christians at work getting into trouble for wearing a necklace with a cross, while it's perfectly fine for Muslim women to wear hijabs and men to wear those skirt things (I don't know the actual name of them).

 

21 minutes ago, Norbert said:

Anything that weakens religion's power over us is good by me.

I agree. But what I don't like is how it's done to the ones that don't really cause any problems, while the more intolerant and extreme forms are allowed to run rampant.

[pfifes]

19 minutes ago, Norbert said:

What will be next is another made up story about Banning Christmas cakes? Or calling them Tickmas Cakes?  :facepalm:

My comment was tongue in cheek.  However, despite your facepalming I suspect there will be more silliness to come.  Not least because some folks like to consider themselves jolly clever and congratulate themselves on saying ‘you fools, see it worked, it’s all just a publicity stunt to spur the great unwashed into a spiced bread product’.  
 

But what would happen if an equivalent publicity stunt played around in any way with a less tolerant religion?  

[Norbert]

3 minutes ago, pfifes said:

But what would happen if an equivalent publicity stunt played around in any way with a less tolerant religion?  

Ok, perhaps we can test this by you coming up with a product, the symbol commonly found on it, and a suitable company that has the power to change the symbol on it? Then we can make up a story and see if we can get people riled up.

[pfifes]

5 minutes ago, Norbert said:

Ok, perhaps we can test this by you coming up with a product, the symbol commonly found on it, and a suitable company that has the power to change the symbol on it? Then we can make up a story and see if we can get people riled up.

I am doing no such thing as I have no interest in offending any religious community. I don’t think it’s appropriate or respectful even though I am not personally religious. My only point is that Christianity is considered fair game as a target of this whereas it would be considered offensive to target others religions.  Hence my comment on some religions being more equal than others. 

[cressida]

Nobody is forcing religion on anyone AFAIK,  stop bugging them,  leave them alone,  put them on 'ignore' fgs.

[carosio]

Nope, I won't be buying any, it makes me cross and hot under the collar, they need a ticking off.

[Irene Swaine]

10 hours ago, *Wallace* said:

Apparently so they don't upset anyone who isn't Christian they have replaced the cross on hot cross  buns with a tick

 

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/iceland-hot-cross-bun-easter-christian-holiday-tick-b1146856.html#:~:text=Iceland is trialling a new,of being offensive to Christians.

It's time like these I wish there was an angry reaction to posts. This is a disgrace. Shame on Iceland. It's insulting to British tradition and insulting to the faith of Christianity. Leave our culture and customs alone. The cross symbolises Jesus on the crucifix. Jesus cannot be replaced with a tick. Tick off Iceland and take your woke bulldirt with you. Go woke, go broke.