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Title: Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to women
Source:
AFP
URL Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/2007111 ... achristmasoffbeat_071115024540
Published: Nov 15, 2007
Author: AFP
Post Date: 2007-11-15 14:49:21 by a vast rightwing conspirator
Keywords: None
Views: 218
Comments: 8
Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to women Wed Nov 14, 9:45 PM ET SYDNEY (AFP) - Santas in Australia's largest city have been told not to use Father Christmas's traditional "ho ho ho" greeting because it may be offensive to women, it was reported Thursday. Sydney's Santa Clauses have instead been instructed to say "ha ha ha" instead, the Daily Telegraph reported. One disgruntled Santa told the newspaper a recruitment firm warned him not to use "ho ho ho" because it could frighten children and was too close to "ho", a US slang term for prostitute. "Gimme a break," said Julie Gale, who runs the campaign against sexualising children called Kids Free 2B Kids. "We are talking about little kids who do not understand that "ho, ho, ho" has any other connotation and nor should they," she told the Telegraph. "Leave Santa alone." A local spokesman for the US-based Westaff recruitment firm said it was "misleading" to say the company had banned Santa's traditional greeting and it was being left up to the discretion of the individual Santa himself.
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I am personally offended when the news people discuss the situation in LaWhore, Pakistan. Have they no shame?
Antiparty - find out why, think about 'how'
At South Coast Plaza, a popular mall in Orange county, they have this sign about: sHOp! sHOp! sHOp!
Ron Paul for President - Join a Ron Paul Meetup group today!
you got a graphic on that?
"Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has." - William S Burroughs
I can't find one.
Ron Paul for President - Join a Ron Paul Meetup group today!
Another stupid reporter falling for an online joke.
Honi soit qui mal y pense
no santa meetup group? what's this world coming to?
"Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has." - William S Burroughs
There is a town in (Ireland, Whales)? named Fu@k. The town has a real problem keeping the signs up as tourists are, for some reason, always stealing the sign.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" What woman would be offended by this? My guess would be a ho.
God is always good!
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