What is the world coming to !

[Mk2Jo]

Whatever next

 

 

 

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.

 

"We are talking about little kids who do not understand that "ho, ho, ho" has any other connotation and nor should they," she told the Telegraph.

 

"Leave Santa alone."

 

A local spokesman for the US-based Westaff recruitment firm said it was "misleading" to say the company had banned Santa's traditional greeting and it was being left up to the discretion of the individual Santa himself.

[Mick The Mig]

How the heck would a kid in Sidney know the slang for a hooker in the USA???

[DEP]

[Mustang]

There has got to be more importand things in this world to be sorted out than wether a man dressed as Santa says ho ho ho. Get a life comes to mind

[Cookie]

I HATE ALL THIS PC BOLLOX

[ann_capri]

what are they saying that santa is a pimp now

 

leave santa alone

[Mk2Jo]

what are they saying that santa is a pimp now

 

leave santa alone

 

Basically what they're saying is that the Santa's can't say Ho, Ho, Ho cos it's rude - what a load of old bollox

[johnny_h]

Did you read that in the sun? lol what piffle

[Mk2Jo]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20071115/t ... eca_1.html

[Copey]

for fook sake!!! do people not have better things to piss and moan about?? how about stop pissin about with some utter bullshite such as this and concentrain on all the drugs and crap that people as young as 12 seem to be getting into!!! i mean c'mon!!

 

it is good to see that places other than the UK are equaly as moronic though