Are you kidding?

This from today's Daily Mail.

I don't know if you've been following this story or not - but roughly summarized, a nurse has got into trouble for praying for a patient - the implication being, the prayer may offend the patient if they're of another religious denomination or perhaps agnostic or atheist.

The fact the patient wasn't remotely offended seems to have been brushed aside by the do-gooders, with the nurse in question facing suspension and possibly even dismissal for breaching regulations by praying.

Now a wave of support for the nurse has grown with medical and religious bodies rallying behind her cause.

As health chaplains called for new NHS guidelines over spiritual care, the Christian Medical Fellowship said Caroline Petrie's removal amounted to 'religious discrimination'.

OK, look, for my money you get nut jobs on either side of the divide - people who can't, or simply won't look at a situation from anybody else's point of view at all. Ever.

But the broader truth, as far as I can tell, is this - people of religious denominations other than Christianity aren't offended by Christians practising their faith. They're offended by the fact a Christian society appears to think so little of it they're willing to suspend a nurse who cares about her job and her patients, simply for being one.

What shall we do with the GRUMPY PIRATE????

I’m surprised anyone has the time in their day or the inclination to do this....honestly.

A charity has removed all references to alcohol from the classic song "What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor?" 

Government-funded Bookstart changed the 1891 sea shanty’s main character from drunken sailor to an updated version. 

Libraries across Britain have been sent revised song sheets to now include "What Shall We Do With The Grumpy Pirate."  

Oh oh oh....but wait - hang on.....don’t you think that might offend some pirates...I’m sure not all of them are grumpy. Captain Jack always looks fairly happy regardless of circumstance. 

Also.....whilst we’re on the subject.....I know the song asks what shall we do with the grumpy pirate “early in the morning”. Don’t you think there’s the dangerous potential there for other

day-parts to question their own value, and possibly fall into a deep self-loathing as a result?

Afternoon might be so depressed it would never get up out of bed, and where would the day be then?

Just a thought. I wouldn’t want anything catastrophic to happen. 

It’s just songs are such a serious issue.