Oh how wonderful, we have our most esteemed Winterval Wally to date. The establishment's near favourite faith leader Baroness Julia Neuberger has just spouted this untruthful nonsense for the Washington Post:
"Some local authorities in the UK wanted to ban Christmas at one stage, and tried to invent a 'winterval', a winter festival, with no associations."
Oh no they didn't Julia and you are our latest nominee for Winterval Wally of 2007 for recycling lies in the Phoney War on Christmas. See here, here and here for more details on the award.
Read the article and it seems Julia might be a potential recruit for this year's new culture clash, the War on Halloween. We shall watch with interest.
Apparently, according to:
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/lord.reinstated.in.school.prayer.after.complaints.from.parents/14659.htm
"Only last year, a number of local authorites were criticised for re-naming Christmas lights 'Winterval' lights on the grounds that the word 'Christmas' might be offensive to non-Christians."
Posted by: Andy Mabbett | November 19, 2007 at 12:20 PM
Nominate your person of the year at newstatesman.com
Posted by: mars | November 27, 2007 at 01:42 PM
"Christian Today" are at it again:
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/only.fifth.of.schools.to.hold.nativity.play.this.christmas/15239.htm
"a reaction to an attempt by Birmingham City Council to re-name the festive celebrations 'Winterval'"
aren't christians supposed to strive to be honest?
Posted by: Andy Mabbett | December 05, 2007 at 12:48 PM
The Telegraph are happy to repeat Christian Today's "Winterval" fallacy:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/05/nxmas105.xml
Posted by: Andy Mabbett | December 05, 2007 at 01:01 PM
And another one:
http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/003922.html
from a right-wing source, claiming that 'In 1998, Birmingham City Council decided that the term "Christmas" was potentially offensive to non-Christians. As a result, it renamed its celebrations and seasonal illuminations "Winterval".'
Posted by: Andy Mabbett | December 12, 2007 at 11:01 PM
Hi, Just added you to my feed reader. Keep up the good work.
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Posted by: Valentin Vasilescu | April 16, 2008 at 07:24 AM
For Dawkins and Randi and the rest of the so-called "critical thinkers"...
The *MODEL* of mental health:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBEbfiaZTfc
"Look at the ANGLE OF THE KEY....see that, see that...."
what a fucking idiot this Randi is.....a REAL CRITICAL THINKER.....
Visit:
http://www.centerforinquiry.net/forums/viewthread/3283/P0/
to see how we stopped James Randi's fraudulent MILLION DOLLAR PARANORMAL challenge.....
watch carefully the consequences of Randi's *idea*…..
For over 40 years James Randi Zwigert (is this even a REAL NAME?) has had total control over who and how the testing was conducted, yet despite all this he has terminated the challenge.
The ONLY REASON why the challenge was stopped is because he lost and refused to pay.
PS: Love the IRONY of the BULLSHI*T sign over Randi's ugly little head
Posted by: davidmabus | May 02, 2008 at 03:27 AM
Well we were asked not to use national flags my kids has a flag of Wales flying in the garden just above the hedge line I was asked to remove it or be fined, I did not remove it. At Christmas about eight years ago no shops were allowed to put Christmas lights in shops and the Christmas tree was not put up.
So if it's a lie you better tell the dam councils
Posted by: Robert | June 20, 2008 at 09:55 AM