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Remember last year, when various civil authorities prohibited the public display of manger scenes?
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I haven't seen any news articles about that this year, but perhaps that's because the media thinks it's old news, not interesting?
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If so, that means they're pushing the envelope.
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By raising the bar on what it takes for a scandal to be covered, it causes people at large to become desensitized to scandal.
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By putting this story online, Lady Lumley School opens itself to virtually inviting compositions from children worldwide!
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Pupils now have until November 30 to write a persuasive argument to their RE teacher - emailed to ‘scrooge@ladylumleys.net’ - about why the school should celebrate the festival.
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This would be a good project for homeschoolers, for pupils to write a persuasive argument to "Our RE teacher" and e-mail it to - scrooge@ladylumleys.net - about why the school should celebrate Christmas. (And ask why they're replacing Christmas with "the festival!")
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