Monday, April 6, 2009

Reasonable accommodation

First off, it is an old subject, already squeezed dry by the media and thrown aside. Now they're tearing the economic recession to pieces like hungry tigers. But, here at WMBOC, we tend to salvage sunken topics; for example, our school.
Here is the Wikipedia article to refresh your memory.


Apart from well publicized stuff like the wearing of the kirpan, the veil, the covering of YMCA windows, etc, and turning every little thing into a full-fledged elections debate, I would like to point out the debate regarding the Cross being hung on walls of public spaces. People were whining about taking it off, or putting the star of David, and other religious icons up there with the christian cross. Our sardine can, aka our cafeteria, has exactly one such cross.

As with many reasonable accommodation issues, not many people have a problem with this one, nor do we notice it anymore anyways. However, it's placement does seem peculiar.

It's hung at what can be considered as the front of the cafeteria. From the same wall, there are the flags of Canada, USA, Quebec, CSL, Great Britain. From the rest of the cafeteria's ceiling hangs two dozen flags of other nations. It seems like the message is: Christianity, USA, Canada, Quebec, CSL and Great Britain owns the rest of the world. You place those flags at the head and forefront, and the rest just hang behind and beneath. What a peculiar message...a coincidence? Or done on purpose, or even subconsciously? And why is it still there? Didn't CSMB have a few cases of reasonable accommodation problems? I know our equipment is outdated, but it doesn't mean everything else has to be. How hard can it be to remove it?
I don't mind it staying there, but its placement, and the placement of other flags representing other nations is...unfortunate, when you think about it. Shooting oneself in oneself's foot, we think.

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Weekly Double, provided by Double, but Skweeky also deserves great credit for this week's.

-Did you take a shower?
-Why? Did you lose one?

-(After a night out) Dad, can you come pick me up?
-Why? Did you fall down?

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