Santa..."HA, HA, HA"

54warrior · 11-15-2007, 07:52 AM

Yet another ridiculous occurence in the world:

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.

bigfinderman · 11-15-2007, 07:57 AM

Ha i just read about this.. What a bunch of bullsh*t!! I mean seriously, is that really called for?? Thats a tradition that every kid in the world looks forward to.... I'm not being sexist at all, but leave it to a dam women.....

**Blackbeauty** · 11-15-2007, 08:02 AM

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Too much is too much. Why is it the friggin minority factions with the biggest mouths are twisting all the rules that the majority has to follow! It's just wrong. So Ho HO HO! And have a MERRY CHRISTMAS! And if anyone's offended, I'll give them my friggin address so me and my 2x4 can discuss it with them in person. The world has gone beyond crazy. It's gone to friggin plaid stoopid!

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TriKKy · 11-15-2007, 08:34 AM

Wait until the parents of kids who are emotionally scarred by having Santa laugh at them start to complain.

HA HA HA.

FFS I'm Jewish and this pisses me off. I don't care if people wish me merry christmas, honestly, hell I am married to a methodist haha. However, I hope they don't get pissed when I reply happy hannukah and if they do, screw them, not my problem, I go along my merry way. Actually rarely do I say that, normally I just with them a merry christmas back.

Political correctness has gotten retarded. This comes from someone who calls himself a "spike" (Hispanic derogatory term + jewish derogatory term) I frankly don't care about actual words, it's intentions that bother me. If someone calls me something and intentionally means it to hurt then I'll get pissed. If it's innocent or playful I just don't give a rat's ***. Same applies to wishing me a merry Christmas...if they meant it in a true spirit of wishing me happiness, even though they might not have taken the time to think I'm different, it was still well intentioned and I let it slide.

Quartz · 11-15-2007, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Blackbeauty

I agree. This political correctness bullshít needs to stop. Too much is too much. Why is it the friggin minority factions with the biggest mouths are twisting all the rules that the majority has to follow! It's just wrong. So Ho HO HO! And have a MERRY CHRISTMAS! And if anyone's offended, I'll give them my friggin address so me and my 2x4 can discuss it with them in person. The world has gone beyond crazy. It's gone to friggin plaid stoopid!

Well put. My feelings exactly. You sound like guy that I would enjoy knocking back a few beers with while standing around the BBQ watching a big hunk of red meat on its way to medium rare.

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**Blackbeauty** · 11-15-2007, 08:50 AM

I'll bring the beer!

54warrior · 11-15-2007, 08:57 AM

I'll bring the strippers!

Quartz · 11-15-2007, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by 54warrior

I'll bring the strippers!

This is sounding better all the time. Beer, beef, strippers. What more could a man ask for?

54warrior · 11-15-2007, 09:42 AM

A suitcase full of money!!!

**Blackbeauty** · 11-15-2007, 09:45 AM

^^^^^He has a point....

54warrior · 11-15-2007, 12:38 PM

Regardless, this is likely what they'll be getting for Christmas:

TitanRider · 11-15-2007, 02:01 PM

And those people think a simple phrase is offensive. Take some sh!it down your chimney.

**DeadRiver** · 11-15-2007, 02:22 PM

jebus, stop ****ing up my holidays with your PC b.s.

look some one is going to get offended, it's what makes the world interesting.

can i come to the bbq too? i'll bring some ho ho ho's and **** down your chimney

AF-Medic · 11-15-2007, 03:45 PM

Don Imus got canned for saying nappy headed hoe. I guess Santa can't say Ho ho ho!!

MuskyHunter · 11-15-2007, 04:41 PM

**** that. Bombard our youth with rap music with references to hoes and seedy urban culture is okay, a culture whose slang adopted the use of this harmless expression. Who the heck gave low life's the power to define our language anyway, considering most of them can construct a proper sentence or spell? Censor the source and let the rest of us enjoy a normal life.