It’s Good Friday, though I probably won’t post this until
next week.
I’m out walking through my neighbourhood around noon. It was
noisier this morning than yesterday at this time; more people around home
instead of at work. By lunchtime the local Starbucks is buzzing, other
establishments are opening up for business. Even the used bookstore is open.
I remember only a few years ago when, on Good Friday,
everything was quiet well into the afternoon. Most offices and storefronts still
took the opportunity to close and give their employees a day off since
business wasn’t likely to be exactly booming. You could drive anywhere downtown
at any time of day and almost nobody else was out and about.
Worse, I remember all the way back to my childhood, when
Easter was conferences or special church meetings for the Protestants I knew, mass
for the Catholics and peace and quiet for everybody else. Nobody went shopping
on Good Friday because there was nowhere open to shop.
It’s good to see that the de-Christian-ization of our
country continues apace.
No, really.
