Brussels: Spell Christ with a lower-case "c"

[Montgomery Burns]

Canada Free Press:

It must be getting a little too close for Christmas for the chi-chi crystal palace of the pretentious European Union. Pooh-bahs in Brussels have come up with a new grammar rule for themselves and the Netherlands--making it official that the name "Christ" will soon be written with a lower-case "c". That was the stipulation in an orthography reform published earlier this month in Brussels.

According to the Kath.net agency, the new spelling legislation will also stipulate that the Dutch word for "jews" (joden) be spelled with a capital "J" when referring to nationality and with a lower-case "j" when referring to the religion. The changes will be mandatory in August of 2006. There is no description of the fines offenders will face if they keep right on spelling "Christ" with a capital "C".

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At the European Union, the name of the humble carpenter from Nazareth may be diminished by lower-case spelling, but Javier Solana, The Great will continue to have his name spelled in capital letters.

Solana, a sort of Kofi Annan, European style, is High Representative of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the Secretary General of both the European Union and the Western European Union. Note to the media, all of his titles are to be spelled in capital letters.

I'm not very religious, in fact I consider myself agnostic, but I am dismayed by the secular extremists' attacks on Christianity in the last few years.

Your thoughts?

EU politically correct lockstep seems to be as infectious as bird flu. Across the ocean in faraway Florida, schools are banning Christmas and Easter holidays in response to Muslim demands.

Demands from the terrorist-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) for an official school recognition of a Muslim Holy Day has resulted in the Hillsborough County School Board banning all religious holidays–Christmas, Good Friday and Easter are off the calendar.

What are the forum members thoughts on this, the liberal-controlled school boards banning these holidays?

My theory is that the left wants to get rid of references to God because the left thinks they are God and they don't want any competition. That's why most of them support killing innocent babies and their lust for euthenasia (die with dignity). The left believes that they are a higher power.

[PocketRocket]

Well, my English/Grammar teachers all taught me that a PROPER noun is always spelt with first letter capitalized.

Proper noun, of course, being a NAME of a person, place or thing.

Toronto. Lethbridge. Rome.

Paul. Michael. George.

The Vatican. Maple Leaf Gardens.

Even Montgomery Burns.

You get the message.

Perhaps this thread should go hand-in-hand with the thread detailing how Europe plans to change spelling of many words in the English language to make life easier for neophite Anglos.

I guess the europeans have different ideas in their approach to religion, not to mention grammar.

Just one of many reasons I'm happy to be in Canada, and not europe.