April 10, 2007

YET NO ONE PROPOSES WORKING ON SUNDAYS...:

Hospital 'bans hot cross buns at Easter to avoid offending non-Christians' (JAMES MILLS, 10th April 2007, Daily Mail)

Kitchen staff at Poole Hospital in Dorset claim they were banned from handing out the traditional Easter treats of hot crossed buns in case they upset non-Christians

It is hard to imagine anyone being offended by a hot cross bun.

But kitchen staff at Poole Hospital in Dorset claim they were banned from handing out the traditional Easter treats in case they upset non-Christians.

The decision left patients bemused and disappointed and prompted an angry backlash from staff in the catering department.

Posted by Orrin Judd at April 10, 2007 12:50 PM
Comments

They should hand out a hot cross bun and a croissant at the same time.

Posted by: ic at April 10, 2007 1:22 PM

This is persecution, plain and simple.

Mark my words, whenever and wherever we let down our guard, it will be "Christianos ad leones."

Posted by: Lou Gots at April 10, 2007 1:23 PM

Hasn't this been a story for some years now?

One suspects this is yet another case of some anonymous bureaucrat deciding to suppress anything even vaguely associated with religion, and using the "don't want anyone to be offended" trope, even if no one has complained.

No Christian would complain if some traditional foods for Ramadan, or Passover, or Norouz, or any other holiday, were passed out, so this is just plain silly. But it is silliness that should be stamped out, although it's probably way too ingrained in certain circles these days. No one who takes their own faith or ethnic traditions seriously should stand for moves such as this.

Posted by: b at April 10, 2007 2:03 PM

b: They only suppress anything vaguely associated with the Christian religion.

Posted by: Bartman at April 10, 2007 2:06 PM

First they came for the hot cross buns, and I did nothing because I was secular.
Then they came for the doughnuts...

Posted by: Mikey [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 10, 2007 2:18 PM

Wake me up when they come for the hot buttered scones.

Posted by: erp [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 10, 2007 2:29 PM
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