Pisteutics: Social semiotics: Christmastree vending Iraq, Christmastree banning Canada & USA
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In her award-winnable article "Keeping Christmas Alive on a Baghdad Street Corner--
Perils Fail to Deter Lone Tree Vendor," Nancy Trejos of Washington Post
(Dec24,2k6) explores the anti-Christian opppression in Iraq around the image of the Muslim vendor of Christmas trees in Baghdad; while CTV.com explores the anti-Christian suppresson of the image of Christmas trees in public places in Canada, not to mention the USA.
Our example of that North Amertican movement comes from Toronto, Ontario, Canada--for the purpose of showing we are in the face of an idea, an ideology and an ideological jurisprudence that reduces the North American majority religion with its cultural symbiosis intertwined to a general North American culture with Christian overtones over centuries of history, reduces the latter majority religion and its semiotic practices--reduces all this to being just one other among a wide range of religions down to a legion of tiny sects with arcane discourses and sometimes questionable semiotes.
We can't help feel the judge with good intentions is in the grip of a nonsensical and ahistorical outlook upon the tasks of the law in a Christian-developed secular society with room for all, but demographic inequality.Protesters want Christmas tree judge removed A controversial courthouse Christmas tree has Ontario's Attorney General saying people should just "take a Valium" over the issue. But public anger continued on the courthouse steps Friday.
Justice Marion Cohen ordered the small tree removed from the lobby of Toronto's Jarvis Street courtroom earlier in December. She said the Christmas decoration "confronted" non-Christians visiting the courthouse, making them feel excluded.
The tree was moved to a back corridor among the courthouse's administrative offices, sparking a public outcry and even attracting criticism from Premier Dalton McGuinty.
Bryant said he hopes cooler heads will prevail.
But outside the courthouse Friday morning a small group of protesters carried signs saying the tree's removal is "intolerant."
Protester Bob Flores came from Oakville, Ont. to say he wants Cohen removed from her job.
"We're requesting the removal of Judge Cohen," Flores said through a megaphone on the Jarvis Street sidewalk.
"Judge Cohen is a mean judge. She doesn't belong in a court of justice."
But that doesn't square with people who know Cohen. Colleagues and friends told the Toronto Star that her decision to move the tree was done with the best of intentions.
--Politicarp
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