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# Dissin' St. George
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/4843/
- Published: 2006-07-17T10:59:32.000Z
- Updated: 2006-07-17T10:59:32.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: TWE, #wpChunk

One of the finest saints, legendary or otherwise, is in the PC Police's cross hairs. [Link](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in%5Farticle%5Fid=393651&in%5Fpage%5Fid=1770&in%5Fpage%5Fid=1770&expand=true&ref=thedailyeudemon.com) and [Link](http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/10/04/britain.redcross/index.html?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).

> His dragon-slaying heroics have kept his legend alive through the centuries.

> But the Church of England is considering rejecting England's patron saint St George on the grounds that his image is too warlike and may offend Muslims.

> Clergy have started a campaign to replace George with St Alban, a Christian martyr in Roman Britain.

Prosaic buffoons. They probably don't even know about Chesterton's fine poem:

> St. George he was for England  
> And before he slew the dragon,  
> He drank a pint of ale  
> Out of an English flagon.

> And though he fast mightily  
> In hair shirt or in mail,  
> It isn't safe to give him cakes,  
> Unless you gave him ale.

[More about St. George](https://thedailyeudemon.com/4422/).