Saturday April 15th (aka Tax Day?)

[jollyhumper]

I think you both have good points.

I can't speak for Finland, but in Norway things are a bit differently.
You hardly have any work that is that 'rock-bottom'. There are strict rules on minmum-wages and working-hours.
When our current government tried to lift the Sunday-rule (to free for all kinda thing) they had to fold it because people didn't want it.
The workers didn't want it, the majority of voters didn't want it and basically the only ones who wanted it was our prime minister and the owners.

But I really see your point Ecchi.
It's odd though, we're so afraid of immigrants coming here "to kill our culture", but we are really into adapting everything from USA. Which seems to not be 'killng culture'.

It all beats me.

I think it's stupid that stores are closed because some dude apparently died on a cross. Other than that, It's a nice calm holiday.

Jlly

[ecchi]

Originally Posted by jollyhumper

I think it's stupid that stores are closed because some dude apparently died on a cross.

Sunday "no open" is also a religious thing, as God demanded a day of rest. However it is a stupid one, because God demanded that his day of rest be Saturday. Mankind basically said "Well we prefer Sunday - so fuck you God." And if there is a heaven, I cannot see God letting in anyone with that attitude!

Worse than that, we changed it to fit in with an existing rest day that worshipped a pagan god (Roman I think), about that, God (the Christian/Jewish/Muslim one) said "I will punish you, I will punish your children, and your children's children, and your children's childrens children. Unto the fourth generation will I punish you."

So basically, we are all going to hell because of Sunday trading laws.


(It is great having had a Christian upbringing and going to a Roman Catholic school. It means I can pretty much quote the Bible to prove God agrees with me whatever I am arguing!)

[jollyhumper]

Originally Posted by ecchi

(It is great having had a Christian upbringing and going to a Roman Catholic school. It means I can pretty much quote the Bible to prove God agrees with me whatever I am arguing!)

It's good our upbringing has some value, still. (protestant here (if that's how that Luther-thing is written in English))

Jolly

[ecchi]

Originally Posted by jollyhumper

(protestant here (if that's how that Luther-thing is written in English))

Yeah Lutherans would be protestants. However, not all protestants are Lutherans. Protestant is "Anyone who believes in the Christian God as laid out in the Bible, except Roman Catholics". The word was coined when the first "non-Roman Catholic but Christian" religion started. It's base is protest-ant, someone who protests (about the way the Catholic church runs religion).

BTW, I think it is high time this thread had one of these: