Thread: No cake for you!

Mark Thorson <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

> 9-year-old brings a birthday cake baked by her great-grandmother
> to school, but isn't allowed to share it because it's "too unhealthy".
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1220801
>
> Here in the U.S., it would have been banned because celebrating
> birthdays is banned -- it's exclusionary toward Jehovah's
> Witnesses, who do not celebrate birthdays.
>


JW's suck!!

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


If we are not meant to eat animals,
why are they made of meat?

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:45:40 GMT, PeterL <[email protected]> wrote:

-->Mark Thorson <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
-->
-->> 9-year-old brings a birthday cake baked by her great-grandmother
-->> to school, but isn't allowed to share it because it's "too unhealthy".
-->>
-->> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1220801
-->>
-->> Here in the U.S., it would have been banned because celebrating
-->> birthdays is banned -- it's exclusionary toward Jehovah's
-->> Witnesses, who do not celebrate birthdays.
-->>
-->
-->
-->JW's suck!!


Well Peter it seems you're anti religion as well as being a horses ass.


Here's the real reason

AS far as birthday celebrations, Jehovah's Witnesses do not engage in them due
to pagan origons. Neither the ancient jews, nor first christians celebrated
birthdays because they viewed them as pagan. Pagans would celebrate the
birthday of a person in honor of the particular god of the astrological sign
that person was said to be born under. That was to appease that god, and
supposedly bring good luck to the individual.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_do_Jeh...thdays_or_sing

PeterL scribbled on the wall in permanent marker:

> Mark Thorson <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
> > 9-year-old brings a birthday cake baked by her great-grandmother
> > to school, but isn't allowed to share it because it's "too
> > unhealthy".
> >
> > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1220801
> >
> > Here in the U.S., it would have been banned because celebrating
> > birthdays is banned -- it's exclusionary toward Jehovah's
> > Witnesses, who do not celebrate birthdays.
> >
>
>
> JW's suck!!

I've never been told I couldn't bring a cake or muffins to my
daughter's school (when in the us)...

--
My blog: http://ravenwolflodge.blogspot.com

Ravenlynne wrote:
> PeterL scribbled on the wall in permanent marker:
>
>> Mark Thorson <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]:
>>
>>> 9-year-old brings a birthday cake baked by her great-grandmother
>>> to school, but isn't allowed to share it because it's "too
>>> unhealthy".
>>>
>>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1220801
>>>
>>> Here in the U.S., it would have been banned because celebrating
>>> birthdays is banned -- it's exclusionary toward Jehovah's
>>> Witnesses, who do not celebrate birthdays.
>>>
>>
>> JW's suck!!
>
> I've never been told I couldn't bring a cake or muffins to my
> daughter's school (when in the us)...
>

I've never experienced that ban, either, and the only time I have
heard of it is when there are kids in the class with severe
allergies (eggs, dairy, flour) or diabetes.

Most schools no longer have any kind of Christmas (even secular)
or Easter mention, but many celebrate Halloween (which I detest.)
Go figure.

gloria p

Gloria P scribbled on the wall in permanent marker:

> Ravenlynne wrote:
> > PeterL scribbled on the wall in permanent marker:
> >
> >>Mark Thorson <[email protected]> wrote in
> > > news:[email protected]:
> > >
> > > > 9-year-old brings a birthday cake baked by her great-grandmother
> > > > to school, but isn't allowed to share it because it's "too
> > > > unhealthy".
> > > >
> > > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1220801
> > > >
> > > > Here in the U.S., it would have been banned because celebrating
> > > > birthdays is banned -- it's exclusionary toward Jehovah's
> > > > Witnesses, who do not celebrate birthdays.
> > > >
> > >
> > > JW's suck!!
> >
> > I've never been told I couldn't bring a cake or muffins to my
> > daughter's school (when in the us)...
> >
>
> I've never experienced that ban, either, and the only time I have
> heard of it is when there are kids in the class with severe allergies
> (eggs, dairy, flour) or diabetes.
>
> Most schools no longer have any kind of Christmas (even secular) or
> Easter mention, but many celebrate Halloween (which I detest.) Go
> figure.
>
> gloria p

My daughter goes to a department of defense school and they don't have
any holiday mentions at all... but you can bring birthday stuff in if
you consult with the teacher first. Of course this is really for the
lower grades. She's in 5th grade now and no one really does anything
anymore.

--
My blog: http://ravenwolflodge.blogspot.com

In article <[email protected]>,
SCP <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:45:40 GMT, PeterL <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> -->Mark Thorson <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
> -->
> -->> 9-year-old brings a birthday cake baked by her great-grandmother
> -->> to school, but isn't allowed to share it because it's "too unhealthy".
> -->>
> -->> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1220801
> -->>
> -->> Here in the U.S., it would have been banned because celebrating
> -->> birthdays is banned -- it's exclusionary toward Jehovah's
> -->> Witnesses, who do not celebrate birthdays.
> -->>
> -->
> -->
> -->JW's suck!!
>
>
> Well Peter it seems you're anti religion as well as being a horses ass.

Well, speaking of anti-religious and a horse's ass, we have our very own
Stu!

> Here's the real reason
>
> AS far as birthday celebrations, Jehovah's Witnesses do not engage in them
> due
> to pagan origons. Neither the ancient jews, nor first christians celebrated
> birthdays because they viewed them as pagan. Pagans would celebrate the
> birthday of a person in honor of the particular god of the astrological sign
> that person was said to be born under. That was to appease that god, and
> supposedly bring good luck to the individual.
> http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_do_Jeh...te_birthdays_o
> r_sing

Paganism is a recognized religion. There are several Pagans who post
here. My particular religion accepts Pagans. My daughter uses certain
Pagan phrases and ceremonies when she leads worship in our church. She
lead the last Christmas Eve service, and ended it by saying "blessed
be". When she participates in outdoor closing ceremonies for religious
retreats and camps, she is always asked to lead a Spiral Dance.

JW's have a perfect right to not celebrate birthdays and other types of
holidays, as they are not part of their religion. JW parents have a
perfect right to request that their children not participate in these at
school, including the Pledge of Allegiance. It causes problems for the
kids, but it's the parents' right. That doesn't mean that the rest of
us have to accept that JWs have the One True Religion.

As far as cake being "unhealthy", that might be. It would be wise to
check with the teacher before sending a cake (or cupcakes) into school.
It might be necessary to bring something additional for diabetics or
seriously obese children, if any are in the class. Parents will have
made the teacher aware of this when school started.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]

Dan Abel <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> SCP <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:45:40 GMT, PeterL <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> -->Mark Thorson <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]: -->
>> -->> 9-year-old brings a birthday cake baked by her great-grandmother
>> -->> to school, but isn't allowed to share it because it's "too
>> unhealthy". -->>
>> -->> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1220801
>> -->>
>> -->> Here in the U.S., it would have been banned because celebrating
>> -->> birthdays is banned -- it's exclusionary toward Jehovah's
>> -->> Witnesses, who do not celebrate birthdays.
>> -->>
>> -->
>> -->
>> -->JW's suck!!
>>
>>
>> Well Peter it seems you're anti religion as well as being a horses ass.
>
> Well, speaking of anti-religious and a horse's ass, we have our very own
> Stu!
>



I see Mr Pid is up to it's usual tricks.



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


If we are not meant to eat animals,
why are they made of meat?

Dan Abel wrote:

>
> As far as cake being "unhealthy", that might be. It would be wise to
> check with the teacher before sending a cake (or cupcakes) into school.
> It might be necessary to bring something additional for diabetics or
> seriously obese children, if any are in the class. Parents will have
> made the teacher aware of this when school started.
>



Is it seriously going to make a difference to the obese child if
someone says "It's Connor's birthday and he brought cupcakes, but
don't worry, Fat Jaden, he brought a carrot for you."?

gloria p