Why Do WE Celebrate St.Patrick's Day?

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[One Teddy Maybank]

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We are celebrating the fact that we are not Irish.

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[neilbard]

[Raleigh Chopper]

It's all a load of old shit.
Patron saints of this and that, totally meaningless and a complete waste of time.
Bollox so it is.

[fork me]

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I don't its no more than an excuse to spend the afternoon at the bar.

I do, for the same reason...

[Psychobilly freakout]

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George the name is from Greek origins, nothing English about it.



Jesus isn't the patron saint to England...

Is jebus even a saint ?

[DavidinSouthampton]

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This thread ticked all the annual bingo boxes on the very first page.

What's up next in the calendar, some kind of Why aren't we allowed to celebrate St George's day one?

What is it with the "not being allowed to celebrate St George's Day" stuff. Around here there is positive encouragement to do so.

[DavidinSouthampton]

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Is jebus even a saint ?

I'm not aware of a St Jebus.

But Jesus ranks above Saints in the grand scheme of things.

[Psychobilly freakout]

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What is it with the "not being allowed to celebrate St George's Day" stuff. Around here there is positive encouragement to do so.

You shouldn't need a day to celebrate your heritage, you should be able to be proud of it everyday and that goes for every race, creed and country.... When it goes wrong is when people use it as an excuse to be ignorant and jingoistic. Just like you don't need a church or mosque or perceived higher authority to tell you how to behave and what's right or wrong...

Time we all moved on with respect.

[DavidinSouthampton]

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You shouldn't need a day to celebrate your heritage, you should be able to be proud of it everyday and that goes for every race, creed and country.... When it goes wrong is when people use it as an excuse to be ignorant and jingoistic. Just like you don't need a church or mosque or perceived higher authority to tell you how to behave and what's right or wrong...

Time we all moved on with respect.

With respect, I totally agree! I think the vast majority of reasonable people have no problem with other people celebrating what they want to celebrate. Any idea of offending people of other nationalities or religions by celebrating your own thing is for the most part nonsense and the product of over-sensitive bureaucracy.