PC gone awry

Published on December 24 2005

The Religious Policeman
..the Presidency of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in Riyadh has been more active in preventing shops catering to these non-Islamic occasions. It has been more and more difficult in finding Christmas decorations and cakes in the past two years, said Down Tucker, a South African teacher. This year they are hardly found. The Presidency of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in Riyadh declined from commenting, but store managers have confirmed that they have been visited weeks before Christmas and were told to remove their Christmas Holiday merchandises. We are also expecting a visit on Dec. 25 too as they annually do, said a supermarket manager who wished to remain anonymous. Everywhere else in the world, you expect a visit from Santa on December 25th. In Saudi Arabia, it's a visit from the Muttawa. We sure know how to party.
And here we are in the US---arguing about whether it's okay to say "Merry Christmas" instead of "Happy Holidays". We take a lot of things for granted, don't we?

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