st georges day parade canceled

[hovis]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7887063.stm

what ever next

[sv_rory]

why is it everything is related to racism now,

its pathetic

[dizzyblonde]

So are they going to stop the girl guides and Scouts parading too?
Well i always connect these particular groups in society with the St Georges Day parade.....I've played in bands enough on them

[Baph]

I'm sorry, but didn't they hear we're in a recession?

Racial issues or not, why should the council have to foot the bill for this parade?

If they want a Parade, raise the cash themselves.

[SoulKiss]

So are they going to stop the girl guides and Scouts parading too?
Well i always connect these particular groups in society with the St Georges Day parade.....I've played in bands enough on them

Nah, the Scouts got wise years ago and in the Scout Promise they can substitute whatever fits to the god part like so

On my honour,
I Promise I will do my best,
To do my Duty to [insert Diety here] and to the Queen,
To help other people,
And to keep the Scout Law

At least the last time I was required to learn it that was the case.

It now looks to be the case that the word used should be God but that it should be taken that God can mean whatever the child believes in.

[Kilted Ginger]

Well said Baph, Council has not banned the parade just said it will not be funding it.

[dizzyblonde]

At least the last time I was required to learn it that was the case.



ahh well I stopped doing doing the girls brigade, scouts, guides thing back in the dark ages.....I'm an old git ya see:p

[SoulKiss]

ahh well I stopped doing doing the girls brigade, scouts, guides thing back in the dark ages.....I'm an old git ya see:p

Well I was a Scout Leader until about 12 years ago.........

Scouts, Venture Scouts, Scout Leader, Venture Scout leader.........

[missyburd]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7887063.stm

what ever next
Tis funny but I distinctly remember someone mentioning how fed up they were with the posting up of bbc news stories.... :-D

[northwind]

Well said Baph, Council has not banned the parade just said it will not be funding it.

+1

[Biker Biggles]

West Brom?Isnt that in the Black Country anyway?:);)

[Ping]

ahh well I stopped doing doing the girls brigade, scouts, guides thing back in the dark ages.....I'm an old git ya see:p
:lol:
I went to girl guides once when I was a kid... Just once. As soon as I saw that all the achievement badges you could get were for crap like cooking, sewing, cleaning, etc, I told mum they weren't for me. :lol:

[Lissa]

:lol:
I went to girl guides once when I was a kid... Just once. As soon as I saw that all the achievement badges you could get were for crap like cooking, sewing, cleaning, etc, I told mum they weren't for me. :lol:


Ditto, but the Brownies:D

Refused to go again after the first time:D

[slark01]

St George's Day is celebrated by several nations, kingdoms, countries, and cities, of which Saint George is the patron saint, including England, the old kingdoms and counties of the Crown of Aragon in Spain - Aragon, Catalonia and Valencia; Portugal, Georgia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Macedonia, and the city of Moscow in Russia, Genova in Italy, Ljubljana in Slovenia, Beirut in Lebanon, and many others.
Ooops, looks like the racist people need to rethink about St George's day!

[carlos]

Its not been cancelled, just the funding from the council, because in the past it has been infiltrated by far-right organisations. Baph and the +1 others have it exactly correct, why should the council fund it anyway? Most of the councils in the W.Mids have serious issues that need dealing with before a St.Georges day parade.




West Brom? Isnt that in the Black Country anyway?:);)
Sorry, I don't get it? :confused:

[Gene genie]

my children both go to st. georges school. its st. georges day everyday of the week, they'll never ban it. hip hip for st. george.