Saskatoon: Merry Christmas sera autorisé dans les bus

[Invité]

La ville de Saskatoon a finalement décidé de garder l'affichage de Merry Christmas ( Joyeux Noel) dans les bus aprés la plainte d'un citoyen de la ville: Ashu Solo. La décision a été prise aprés une réunion du conseil de la ville.

Ashu Solo avait porté plainte contre cet affichage qui le considere discriminant envers les minorités religieuses, les athées et les agnostiques qui célébrent pas Noel et qui se sentent exclus. Il va faire appel de la décision de la ville de Saskatoon auprés auprés de la commission des droits de l'homme.

PS: Pour que ce sujet ne dérape pas en 'musulman-bashing', il faut noter que la personne en question n'est pas de confession musulmane mais se déclare athée.

Source:

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/saskatoon/City+councillors+agree+keep+Merry+Christmas+message/7711507/story.html

“Merry Christmas” greetings will stay on Saskatoon Transit buses.

Following a brief debate Monday during city council’s executive committee, councillors decided Saskatoon Transit buses will continue to carry the ‘Merry Christmas’ holiday greeting. The city is also planning to explore the idea of allowing on buses in the future messages that reflect other religions.

“Quite frankly I don’t see Merry Christmas leaving our signage at all,” Mayor Don Atchison told the executive committee.

Atchison said “Saskatoon was founded 130 years ago on Christianity,” but councillors did open the door for displaying different holiday messages in years to come.

“The mayor made the point today that we have a Christian foundation as a city, but the reality is we are a multicultural community,” Coun. Mairin Loewen said after the meeting. “I think it’s important that the city make every effort to reflect that diversity.”

The debate about displaying ‘Merry Christmas’ on the city’s electronic strollers flared up after a local activist declared the signs “inappropriate” and “discriminatory.”

A complaint was filed by Ashu Solo, who wrote to senior city officials that “Christmas messages on Saskatoon Transit buses make religious minorities, atheists and agnostics who do not celebrate Christmas feel excluded and like second-class citizens.”

In an email last week, city manager Murray Totland mentioned using a “more generic message” on Saskatoon Transit’s buses while a city lawyer reviews the complaint. That email created an internal debate about public messaging. That debate was put to rest with Monday’s decision.

“Merry Christmas means different things to different people,” Coun. Darren Hill said. “For some it’s about the birth of Christ, for some it’s about Santa Claus and presents, for some it’s simply about getting together with family and friends. It’s not up to this council to determine the specific meaning of Christmas and to tell the citizens of Saskatoon what it is.”

Solo, a declared atheist, was also the person who filed a human rights complaint against the mayor and Coun. Randy Donauer for reciting a Christian prayer at the city’s volunteer appreciation breakfast. Solo, who was born and raised in Saskatoon, said he will make good on his threat to file a complaint with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission.

“I think they caved to the pressure. . . . They were afraid of public backlash,” Solo said in an interview.

“This isn’t just about religious messages on Saskatoon buses. If it goes to the human rights commission this is about getting a judgment that has the effect of banning religious messages by the state throughout the province of Saskatchewan.”

Solo said accommodating all religions is virtually impossible and therefore the practice of displaying religious messages at all is inappropriate.

Although ‘Merry Christmas’ will stay, the city’s cultural diversity and race relations committee will look into including other celebratory messages on the buses in future.

“(The committee) does have some expertise with the different faith communities in the city and hopefully they will be able to bring forward some policies that are truly reflective of the city’s diversity,” Loewen said.

Solo himself previously sat on that race relations committee. The executive committee sent it’s recommendations for appointments to the cultural diversity and race relations committee last week. Solo’s name was not on the approved list of names and he will not be re-appointed to the committee in 2013, which he believes is “retaliation” for his public criticism of the city’s policies.

He said he will file a complaint with the human rights commission over not being re-appointed to the committee.

Modifié 18 décembre 2012 par MacDonald

[trefle]

Merci pour le PS en espérant qu'il sera lu !

A l'heure de la fin du monde , y en a qui n'ont pas grand chose à faire (pour l'affaire du bus). Des choses plus importantes dans le monde ou tout près de nous sont à prendre en compte plutôt que ces niaiseries de revendications.

Joyeuses fêtes à tous.

[claire682]

Comment râler qu'il n'y ait pas de trad et que les règles ne sont pas appliquées quand les administrateurs eux-mêmes ne le font pas ....

[immigrer.com]

Ici pas de problème à Montréal pour les souhaits sur les autobus de la ville.

[yow_lys]

On leur expliquera comment épeler "arbre de la joie"

[berla]

J'ai hâte qu'on revienne aux voeux de Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année. On doit arrêter le "politiquement correct"!

[Claranne]

si j'ai bien compris, en tant que haté,

- il est tolérant,

- il respecte la liberté des autres,

- il ne profite pas des festivités de Noël... *

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*triste pour lui... et pour les siens !!

[berla]

si j'ai bien compris, en tant que haté,

- il est tolérant,

- il respecte la liberté des autres,

- il ne profite pas des festivités de Noël... *

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*triste pour lui... et pour les siens !!

hâte, nom féminin

Sens Empressement. Synonyme célérité Anglais haste

Hâte est souvent utilisé au Québec!

[Claranne]

oups ! athé voulais je dire...

athé :qui ne croit à l'existence d'aucune divinité, incroyant

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[berla]

oups ! athé voulais je dire...

athé :qui ne croit à l'existence d'aucune divinité, incroyant

Donc il faut lire comme il faut et voir qu'il y a un accent circonflexe sur le a que la lettre h est au début du mot et non l'avant dernière lettre du mot et que le e n'a pas d'accent.

Au Québec on a hâte aux vacances, que la neige arrive, qu'elle disparaisse etc. Les enfants ont hâte à Noël!