It's as if they want to have civil unrest to be able to don their jackboots and lock us down...permanently (Predictive propaganda). We must be careful not to fall into the trap. However this may not stop the Eritreans in Sheffield or other immigrant groups fighting the battles they've brought with them on our streets.
This resonates so much with me. At one stage i didnt believe we could even think that a civil war would come about, but now I can see so much civil unrest under the surface. Who are the instigators of this New Order? We cannot fall into any traps, we need to deport those who are causing so much unrest, those that seek to undermine our very culture and identity. There will always be those that are weak and succumb to the latest "thought", they almost seem brainwashed by it all.
We will still have chocolate at Easter (doubt anyone would consider the palm crosses) but they wont be "bunnies", we will still have Christmas - everyone likes presents (doubt they will consider why Christmas is so special). Easter will simply become the Spring holiday like Christmas is the Winter holiday.
Who on earth can rescue us from this rapid decline?
A perfect analysis by Paul, who never fails to see the social class perspective of this assault on our cultural and civic life. It helped to see P identify the engine behind so much of this... an abiding hatred of our shared traditions, history and especially working class life.
From the Pastor who wrote to this school. If you want to 'change' something start by emailing the school!! Let's make her realise her mistake and start that change!!
I find it extremely disturbing to read about the cancellation of Easter celebrations, for the sake of ‘diversity’, at your school by headteacher Stephanie Mander.
I would like to remind her, and all of you, that we live in Britain, which is a Christian country, both in heritage, tradition, and culture. We must first celebrate whom we are as a people, and as a nation, before we look to celebrate cultural elements of those that have came here to this Christian country, from other cultural backgrounds.
The easter celebration is the celebration of the Lord Jesus Christ’s death, and resurrection. It is a key part of our British Christian heritage, and culture. It is not negotiable,
I believe the correct course of action, would be to make an apology and reinstate Easter celebrations, and teachings for the children, in turn respecting the cultural beliefs, and standards, that actually have given you the foundation, and liberty to run the school you are all working in. In fact it’s important to note, that it was the Christian Church that founded schools in the UK, leading on to the education system.
It is vital that this knowledge is passed onto our children, so they understand the ultimate reality of whom we are as a nation, and people.
My hope is that you rectify this awfully ill-judged decision of yours quickly.
Our cultural values are of the utmost importance to millions and millions of Brits in our nation, and more vitally important to pass it onto the next generations.
Pastor Rikki Doolan misses the point about Easter just as much as Headmistress Stephanie Mander. Easter is a Christian festival for Christians sure, but for the more secular-inclined, Easter is a really nice celebration of spring after a cold winter.
The point is that Easter - named such after a pre-Christian goddess of spring Eostre/Eastro - already is a fully inclusive seasonal festival. The event that the foolish Ms Mander banned, the Easter Bonnet Parade, is completely non-religious and absolutely anyone can take part, whether Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Sikh, Muslim or Atheist (or Eastroist!)
The headmistress is an idiot who must change this ridiculous decision, but Pastor Doolan doesn't 'own' Easter and neither do Christians.
I think you've just pointed out the 'true' meaning of Christianity maybe unintentionally.
Eggs are a sign of new life; Jesus rose from the dead to give 'everyone' new life. Thats why we have Easter eggs. This was after he died for 'all our sins' on that cross. Easter is about Jesus Christ but for those who unfortunately don't believe it is a 'nice' Spring break. Be careful how you disassociate the Christian part of Easter or you could be celebrating a lesser 'free' religious event!
As one who does believe, personally (although I never quite got the hang of making a cross out of a palm!) I know that the Easter egg, for us, symbolises the resurrection of Our Lord and also reminds us of the tradition that eggs were not eaten during Lent.
But with respect, we didn't invent the egg itself and there are many other examples of it being seen as a symbol of new life and of fertility throughout history and in many different cultures.
Just as Christmas was adopted as a festival celebrating Christ's birth and took on board several pre-existing aspects of what had been a mid-winter festival, so Easter was adopted as a festival celebrating Christ's resurrection and also took on board existing traditions of what had already been a spring festival.
What Ms Mander needs to do is to reinstate her school's Easter Bonnet Parade and perhaps use it as an opportunity to teach her children about how we Christians see Easter while also explaining that it need not be seen as an exclusive event - there really is something for everyone there.
I would have to agree with Sarah's comment below about civil war, perhaps not full actual fighting, but some sort of low-level resitance feels inevitable.
The only thing stopping it right now, is that so many people are oblivious to what is going on. It is the salami slicing of changes, which means they are imperceptable, in isolation. It is only when you have the time to step back and see the bigger picture that you realise the scale of these changes.
Most people just aren't doing that at the moment, or rely soley on the likes of the BBC, which doesn't report most of it, and so it continues. The only hope is enough people realising before it is too late (which personally I fear, it already is).
The ballot box won't help. People will get annoyed with Labour, and vote Conservatives ("they'll fix it") and when they don't, they get annoyed again and vote Labour ("they'll fix it") and then don't. Rinse and repeat. Reform are currently doing their level best to fit in with the uniparty, and they won't fix anything.
The people who have the "power" to change the direction, are either complicitly in favour of it, or too cowardly to do anything about it.
Civil war is inevitable. I thought about this scenario years ago and wondered how it would pan out. I put it down to my usual extrapolating, easily excitable imagination. Frightening that an intellectual has now said the same. I'll be on the front line with my pick fork. Meanwhile I hope there is some legal action if some sort that can be taken against this school. I am certain that if you asked said religious minorities if Easter offended them they'd laugh at you. If Easter or Christianity are offensive the. They can always p*** the hell off back to where they came from and leave their ILR and/or UK passports at the door. The head teacher along with swathes of the elite need to be sent for de-brainwashing training before being allowed into positions of power again. Vote reform. It's the only chance we have of changing things like this. Meanwhile I hope Switzerland will let me in when I retire. I've run out of countries to flee to that haven't been completely captured by this idiocy.
I would not worry about Christmas being abolished. It is protected by that most holy and revered power - Loadsofmoney.... Though it might be renamed as The Holiday Season, as in the US.
It seems unlikely this will go on, as the mood has already shifted. Former liberals like myself are observing the weight of evidence and crossing the Rubicon.
Having a Prime Minister who hates the English, who hates the indigenous British people, along with the majority of his hapless MP's, is very dangerous. He'll change the law, he's good at that, about the only thing he is good at, to close down any rebellion, so any rebellion will have to come from us 'all'. Go big or go home as the saying goes!
Our new local Labour MP held her 1st surgery this weekend, good of her, she got a right slating on our community group. People are very aware, very aware of the lying traitors that are Labour.
We need someone to stand-up for us, for Britain, for England and that's not Reform. Farage has sold that one down the river. Having a Muslim Chairman and another Muslim in the back office is serious worrying!! And for those nay sayers think about the Muslim chap in Germany who drove his car at high speed into that Christmas market shouting 'Allah Akbar'. He portrayed himself as hating Islam but then they are allowed to lie and cheat for their 'religion of peace'! 😤
In standing up for ourselves we are standing up for our children and the future generations and we must do something soon!!
Paul, if you can see what’s happening and we can all see what’s happening, then the elite and ruling class can see what’s happening and will know that we resent it. Why are they allowing/promoting this when they know there will eventually be a backlash from us? Is it because they are following orders from the real leaders for whom they work, the WEF, Soros, etc following UN Agenda30? Why else are they allowing the destruction of our country?
There is a memo from a Pastor to the Head Teacher of this school on X, I've used the text to email her too. I've also shared it. Perhaps people should stand up for themselves instead of 'accepting' what might happen. A simple memo for instance to this weak pathetic Head teacher to remind her that we are in Lent and heading to the most important date in the Christian calendar in this Christian country!!
STAND UP FOR YOURSELF, FOR US, STOP ACCEPTING THE INEVITABLE - GOOD GRIEF 😔
An incredibly foolish decision made by this headmistress, which completely misses the whole point about our traditional Easter celebration.
The great thing about Easter as we celebrate it in the UK is that it can be a religious festival if we want it to be or it can be simply a celebration of spring for the more secular inclined. Yes, there are the crosses on our currant buns, but there are also chocolate eggs and the Easter Bunny which are completely non-religious - as is the 'Easter Bonnet'.
The word 'Easter' itself predates Christianity. It comes from the name of an ancient goddess of spring 'Eostre'/'Eastro'.
So FFS leave Easter celebrations alone, keep up the celebrations, make them as religious or non-religious as you like.
Very wise, and yet, we are where we are for a reason. We also create our own culture. A state primary school has no religious affiliation in a land where most people see Easter as a couple of days off and lots of chocolate. Nothing to prevent us taking Lent and Easter seriously and teaching, or rather showing, its importance to our children. We don’t and why should a state primary school do our job for us with an awkward show about something that no one else really bothers about.
It's as if they want to have civil unrest to be able to don their jackboots and lock us down...permanently (Predictive propaganda). We must be careful not to fall into the trap. However this may not stop the Eritreans in Sheffield or other immigrant groups fighting the battles they've brought with them on our streets.
This resonates so much with me. At one stage i didnt believe we could even think that a civil war would come about, but now I can see so much civil unrest under the surface. Who are the instigators of this New Order? We cannot fall into any traps, we need to deport those who are causing so much unrest, those that seek to undermine our very culture and identity. There will always be those that are weak and succumb to the latest "thought", they almost seem brainwashed by it all.
We will still have chocolate at Easter (doubt anyone would consider the palm crosses) but they wont be "bunnies", we will still have Christmas - everyone likes presents (doubt they will consider why Christmas is so special). Easter will simply become the Spring holiday like Christmas is the Winter holiday.
Who on earth can rescue us from this rapid decline?
The WEF and the Globalists. They are behind this. Starmer is just a puppet.
A perfect analysis by Paul, who never fails to see the social class perspective of this assault on our cultural and civic life. It helped to see P identify the engine behind so much of this... an abiding hatred of our shared traditions, history and especially working class life.
Thanks, Natalie.
From the Pastor who wrote to this school. If you want to 'change' something start by emailing the school!! Let's make her realise her mistake and start that change!!
If anyone wants to complain about the school Easter cancellation here’s the email address: adminoffice@norwood.hants.sch.uk
Here’s what I wrote:
To whom it may concern,
I find it extremely disturbing to read about the cancellation of Easter celebrations, for the sake of ‘diversity’, at your school by headteacher Stephanie Mander.
I would like to remind her, and all of you, that we live in Britain, which is a Christian country, both in heritage, tradition, and culture. We must first celebrate whom we are as a people, and as a nation, before we look to celebrate cultural elements of those that have came here to this Christian country, from other cultural backgrounds.
The easter celebration is the celebration of the Lord Jesus Christ’s death, and resurrection. It is a key part of our British Christian heritage, and culture. It is not negotiable,
I believe the correct course of action, would be to make an apology and reinstate Easter celebrations, and teachings for the children, in turn respecting the cultural beliefs, and standards, that actually have given you the foundation, and liberty to run the school you are all working in. In fact it’s important to note, that it was the Christian Church that founded schools in the UK, leading on to the education system.
It is vital that this knowledge is passed onto our children, so they understand the ultimate reality of whom we are as a nation, and people.
My hope is that you rectify this awfully ill-judged decision of yours quickly.
Our cultural values are of the utmost importance to millions and millions of Brits in our nation, and more vitally important to pass it onto the next generations.
In love and faith,
Pastor Rikki Doolan
Pastor Rikki Doolan misses the point about Easter just as much as Headmistress Stephanie Mander. Easter is a Christian festival for Christians sure, but for the more secular-inclined, Easter is a really nice celebration of spring after a cold winter.
The point is that Easter - named such after a pre-Christian goddess of spring Eostre/Eastro - already is a fully inclusive seasonal festival. The event that the foolish Ms Mander banned, the Easter Bonnet Parade, is completely non-religious and absolutely anyone can take part, whether Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Sikh, Muslim or Atheist (or Eastroist!)
The headmistress is an idiot who must change this ridiculous decision, but Pastor Doolan doesn't 'own' Easter and neither do Christians.
I think you've just pointed out the 'true' meaning of Christianity maybe unintentionally.
Eggs are a sign of new life; Jesus rose from the dead to give 'everyone' new life. Thats why we have Easter eggs. This was after he died for 'all our sins' on that cross. Easter is about Jesus Christ but for those who unfortunately don't believe it is a 'nice' Spring break. Be careful how you disassociate the Christian part of Easter or you could be celebrating a lesser 'free' religious event!
As one who does believe, personally (although I never quite got the hang of making a cross out of a palm!) I know that the Easter egg, for us, symbolises the resurrection of Our Lord and also reminds us of the tradition that eggs were not eaten during Lent.
But with respect, we didn't invent the egg itself and there are many other examples of it being seen as a symbol of new life and of fertility throughout history and in many different cultures.
Just as Christmas was adopted as a festival celebrating Christ's birth and took on board several pre-existing aspects of what had been a mid-winter festival, so Easter was adopted as a festival celebrating Christ's resurrection and also took on board existing traditions of what had already been a spring festival.
What Ms Mander needs to do is to reinstate her school's Easter Bonnet Parade and perhaps use it as an opportunity to teach her children about how we Christians see Easter while also explaining that it need not be seen as an exclusive event - there really is something for everyone there.
I hope you have a very Happy Easter.
I would have to agree with Sarah's comment below about civil war, perhaps not full actual fighting, but some sort of low-level resitance feels inevitable.
The only thing stopping it right now, is that so many people are oblivious to what is going on. It is the salami slicing of changes, which means they are imperceptable, in isolation. It is only when you have the time to step back and see the bigger picture that you realise the scale of these changes.
Most people just aren't doing that at the moment, or rely soley on the likes of the BBC, which doesn't report most of it, and so it continues. The only hope is enough people realising before it is too late (which personally I fear, it already is).
The ballot box won't help. People will get annoyed with Labour, and vote Conservatives ("they'll fix it") and when they don't, they get annoyed again and vote Labour ("they'll fix it") and then don't. Rinse and repeat. Reform are currently doing their level best to fit in with the uniparty, and they won't fix anything.
The people who have the "power" to change the direction, are either complicitly in favour of it, or too cowardly to do anything about it.
Civil war is inevitable. I thought about this scenario years ago and wondered how it would pan out. I put it down to my usual extrapolating, easily excitable imagination. Frightening that an intellectual has now said the same. I'll be on the front line with my pick fork. Meanwhile I hope there is some legal action if some sort that can be taken against this school. I am certain that if you asked said religious minorities if Easter offended them they'd laugh at you. If Easter or Christianity are offensive the. They can always p*** the hell off back to where they came from and leave their ILR and/or UK passports at the door. The head teacher along with swathes of the elite need to be sent for de-brainwashing training before being allowed into positions of power again. Vote reform. It's the only chance we have of changing things like this. Meanwhile I hope Switzerland will let me in when I retire. I've run out of countries to flee to that haven't been completely captured by this idiocy.
Paul,
I would not worry about Christmas being abolished. It is protected by that most holy and revered power - Loadsofmoney.... Though it might be renamed as The Holiday Season, as in the US.
It seems unlikely this will go on, as the mood has already shifted. Former liberals like myself are observing the weight of evidence and crossing the Rubicon.
Having a Prime Minister who hates the English, who hates the indigenous British people, along with the majority of his hapless MP's, is very dangerous. He'll change the law, he's good at that, about the only thing he is good at, to close down any rebellion, so any rebellion will have to come from us 'all'. Go big or go home as the saying goes!
Our new local Labour MP held her 1st surgery this weekend, good of her, she got a right slating on our community group. People are very aware, very aware of the lying traitors that are Labour.
We need someone to stand-up for us, for Britain, for England and that's not Reform. Farage has sold that one down the river. Having a Muslim Chairman and another Muslim in the back office is serious worrying!! And for those nay sayers think about the Muslim chap in Germany who drove his car at high speed into that Christmas market shouting 'Allah Akbar'. He portrayed himself as hating Islam but then they are allowed to lie and cheat for their 'religion of peace'! 😤
In standing up for ourselves we are standing up for our children and the future generations and we must do something soon!!
Paul, if you can see what’s happening and we can all see what’s happening, then the elite and ruling class can see what’s happening and will know that we resent it. Why are they allowing/promoting this when they know there will eventually be a backlash from us? Is it because they are following orders from the real leaders for whom they work, the WEF, Soros, etc following UN Agenda30? Why else are they allowing the destruction of our country?
There is a memo from a Pastor to the Head Teacher of this school on X, I've used the text to email her too. I've also shared it. Perhaps people should stand up for themselves instead of 'accepting' what might happen. A simple memo for instance to this weak pathetic Head teacher to remind her that we are in Lent and heading to the most important date in the Christian calendar in this Christian country!!
STAND UP FOR YOURSELF, FOR US, STOP ACCEPTING THE INEVITABLE - GOOD GRIEF 😔
An incredibly foolish decision made by this headmistress, which completely misses the whole point about our traditional Easter celebration.
The great thing about Easter as we celebrate it in the UK is that it can be a religious festival if we want it to be or it can be simply a celebration of spring for the more secular inclined. Yes, there are the crosses on our currant buns, but there are also chocolate eggs and the Easter Bunny which are completely non-religious - as is the 'Easter Bonnet'.
The word 'Easter' itself predates Christianity. It comes from the name of an ancient goddess of spring 'Eostre'/'Eastro'.
So FFS leave Easter celebrations alone, keep up the celebrations, make them as religious or non-religious as you like.
That's our tradition.
Very wise, and yet, we are where we are for a reason. We also create our own culture. A state primary school has no religious affiliation in a land where most people see Easter as a couple of days off and lots of chocolate. Nothing to prevent us taking Lent and Easter seriously and teaching, or rather showing, its importance to our children. We don’t and why should a state primary school do our job for us with an awkward show about something that no one else really bothers about.