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Leave Santa Alone
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david jakupca
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Nov 15, 2007 18:05 PST
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Many American businesses are just as bad with the political correctness
as our government officials and "concerned" citizens.
I saw this story in yahoo news today about a recruiting firm warning
Santa Claus in Australia about saying the expression "Ho Ho Ho." They
were instructed to say Ha Ha Ha instead.
Santas were warned "not to use "ho ho ho" because it could frighten
children and was too close to "ho", a US slang term for prostitute."
Now if that is not the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard of.
Unless a toddler listens to Don Imus, I seriously doubt they have ever
heard of the expression "ho."
When I heard the story took place in Sydney, Australia I thought to
myself "good, other countries are even be more screwed up in their
political correctness then the US." But, then sadly I read that it was
an American company called Westaff that ordered the Santa's to be
careful about using the word "ho".
Great, the new American export- how to be politically correct and look
ridiculous to the rest of the world.
Here's the story:
"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...Merry Xmas!!
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