tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post7921669615929080318..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: An Alternative Christmas MessagePhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-58339200725257544912006-12-29T13:41:00.000+00:002006-12-29T13:41:00.000+00:00Do you think most people who tune in to Liz Windso...Do you think most people who tune in to Liz Windsor give a toss what she says?<br /><br />Coming from a white working class family our tradition was to turn over and find something else to watch at 3pm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-56402105675523106532006-12-28T21:58:00.000+00:002006-12-28T21:58:00.000+00:00Actually, the "traditional British right to do as ...Actually, the "traditional British right to do as we please" has traditionally been exercised in a way that doesn't involve ramming it down other people's throats. That's why it helped foster a traditionally tolerant society without descending into internecine conflict. By all means rubbish the beliefs of the majority and loudly proclaim your allegiance to a traditionally foreign creed -- just don't expect to be thanked if you choose to do so during the 30 minutes in the year that the country has traditionally shared with its head of state. Or just grow up and put the childish antinomianism behind you, if that is easier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-51821461370232551842006-12-26T19:16:00.000+00:002006-12-26T19:16:00.000+00:00Since when have "our ways" (English people?) inclu...Since when have "our ways" (English people?) included telling people what they can and cannot wear.<br /><br />If you want to live in a country where you're told what people can dress in move to Saudi Arabia, please respect our English traditions of tolerance and minding our own business.Jim Jeppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410387006098326671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-33006300708392555472006-12-26T10:01:00.000+00:002006-12-26T10:01:00.000+00:00Well let's be blunt. The Telegraph are annoyed wit...Well let's be blunt. The Telegraph are annoyed with the very existence of the alternative christmas message. For this paper 3pm on 25 December is about bowing and scraping before a monarch. If you look through their archives you'll see "fury erupts" around this issue every year.<br /><br />Secondly, I don't know if you noticed but Khadijah is actually a white English woman who converted to Islam 10 years ago. By deciding to wear the veil she's exercising that traditional British right to do as she wishes without harming anyone else. <br /><br />Where is the problem? What constitutes "our ways" and who decides what these are?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-53201551326341347792006-12-25T20:02:00.000+00:002006-12-25T20:02:00.000+00:00http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/ne...http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/16/nveil16.xml<br /><br />She obviously felt uneasy. It's annoyed a lot of people. Let's see how tolerant people will be ater the next attack.<br /><br />Wear a veil in private and respect our ways please. Thanks.Chojahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16548521339541680429noreply@blogger.com