Comments on: UK: “Cathedral puts out the flames of Christingle” https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/12/uk-cathedral-puts-out-the-flames-of-christingle/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 15 Dec 2006 22:31:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: LAN3 https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/12/uk-cathedral-puts-out-the-flames-of-christingle/comment-page-1/#comment-5048 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 22:31:24 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4291#comment-5048 Will they be stabbing the glowsticks into oranges this year? If they had had a fire in previous years, was/is there anything to stop them from suing Big Citrus?

]]> By: Bryan C https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/12/uk-cathedral-puts-out-the-flames-of-christingle/comment-page-1/#comment-5047 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:43:48 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4291#comment-5047 The rest of the article makes it sound like the real problem is overcrowding. Maybe they should just split up the kids and do the ceremony twice. That seems much more friendly to tradition than substituting rave sticks for the candles.

]]> By: Mike Perry https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/12/uk-cathedral-puts-out-the-flames-of-christingle/comment-page-1/#comment-5046 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:47:35 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=4291#comment-5046 What a dreadful message this conveys to these children: “You’re so stupid, you can’t even hold a little candle in your hand without setting your hair on fire.”

In 1940, Britain stood virtually alone against a Nazified Europe. If this sort of thing continues to go on, by 2040, it won’t have the backbone to defend itself against an invasion of new-born kittens.

–Mike Perry, author of Untangling Tolkien

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