Here Comes The War on Easter!

[Minimalist]

I can hear the conservatards shrieking now.  Bill O'Reilly might even stop harassing women to work himself up about this.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39487307

Theresa May has described the decision to drop the word Easter from the name of Cadbury and National Trust egg hunts as "absolutely ridiculous".

Her comments come after the Archbishop of York said calling the event the Cadbury Egg Hunt was like "spitting on the grave" of the firm's Christian founder, John Cadbury.

[Isis]

I read that on the news earlier. Obviously this is the most pressing concern in the UK at the moment, nevermind Brexit and all that totally unimportant stuff.. 

Meanwhile, a descendant of John Cadbury pointed out that "as a Quaker, he didn't celebrate Easter".

His great-great-great-great-granddaughter, Esther McConnell, said: "He believed that every day is equally sacred and, back then, this was expressed by not marking festivals."

[Cyberman]

Tough cocoa, May. The National Trust is a charity funded by public donations to protect and preserve the country's heritage that would otherwise have been gutted and sold by Governments over the last century - particularly Thatcher - while Cadbury's is a commercial corporation that can do pretty much what the fuck it likes with their products. Neither are obliged to kowtow to you or anyone else in Westminster.
Then there's this...

Meanwhile, a descendant of John Cadbury pointed out that "as a Quaker, he didn't celebrate Easter".

His great-great-great-great-granddaughter, Esther McConnell, said: "He believed that every day is equally sacred and, back then, this was expressed by not marking festivals."

She added: "I am glad to see that Cadbury and the National Trust are welcoming those of 'all faiths and none' to their event regardless of whether they call it Easter or not."

I'm reminded of the exchange in Yes, Minister regarding the Eurosausage:

"This could be my Falkland Islands."
"Yes. And you could be General Galtieri."

[Gawdzilla Sama]

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[vorlon13]

kinda hard to take protestations regarding a supposed 'war on Easter' seriously when the Christer crowd is forever unsure of whether or not Jesus was crucified on Thursday or Friday (on their lunar calendrical reckoning) or both days. And the 'both' option is pretty much forced upon them lest scripture be impugned.

Raising doubts, as scripture does, with clearly contradictory tales wields more to harm the 'sanctity' of Easter than the fucking label on a Cadbury egg wrapper.

[Jackalope]

What the fuck do eggs of any stripe have to do with Christianity?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

War on Easter? Those poor people! Can we evacuate them?

[Pat Mustard]

Theresa May has described the decision to drop the word Easter from the name of Cadbury and National Trust egg hunts as "absolutely ridiculous".

Well, she'd have a good idea on ridiculous, being the yardstick by which it is measured in Europe. So I'm not going to gainsay her on this one.

[Shell B]

Why do people care at all what a hunt for fucking candy is called? Unless it's called something crazy like "Mad Kelly's lure kids with candy and then sell them to Eastern European sex traffickers hunt," I'm not really interested. Call it Easter or Cadbury, the candy is still king.

[Amarok]

Yes I remember that part in bible where

And the risen Christ did appear before the apostles and the many witnesses . And Christ said onto them my children you have endure much sorrow and hardship .Thus to lighten your lot I have hidden chocolate cream eggs throughout the land go forth and find them . And the people did .And many eggs they found and consumed . But alas the lord had not foreseen the onset of type 2 diabetes . And there was much woe .