I think the thing is... capitalist government is always scared of offending the minority. I'm not going to go into detail, Preme laid it out pretty well. The only problem I have is when I hear people say minorities get preferential treatment. Eh...not so sure about that one. Maybe minority leaders get the eggshell treatment but day to day life for average minorities in America at the very least is no way easier then it is for me. The preferential treatment Jesse Jackson or Obama gets in Washington isn't the same type of treatment Maurice is getting at 7-11 in California but I think people tend to see it that way.

Obviously it's probably not the same in England with Muslims but I seriously doubt that your average day to day Muslim gives a damn if a town's lights are called Christmas lights or not. I think it's more of a case that one Muslim decided to nitpick away and the government cowered away from defending Christmas so it got changed to "festive" in order to keep from angering a minority. Racism in America is a word not taken to lightly. Probably the same in England and because the government is overcautious and even paranoid about keeping Muslims happy even though the majority of Muslims probably don't give a damn.

Although that theme park story is just bizarre.