Actually I think this article should be titled lots of things other than what it is. Quadrophobia would be more accurate I suspect and that is hardly the issue here anyway. The issue is, WTF is wrong with us when we give in to every destructive tribal superstition in the world and sacrifice reason and efficacy to superstition and xenophelia.
Yahoo News:
loneliest number in Richmond Hill, Ontario.
Residents in that city have shunned the number four, saying they don’t want to live with it on their houses. And now they won’t have to.
The Richmond Hill Liberal reported that council voted to avoid the number from now on, simply skipping four as it numbers houses in sequence. The reason behind this numerical discrimination is that four is considered unlucky in many Asian cultures, because the word sounds like “death” in Cantonese and Mandarin.
[ Related: Ottawa’s wedding slump blamed on unlucky number ]
It’s called tetraphobia.
A local councillor said he had received a flood of requests from residents who complained they didn’t want the number associated with their properties or they couldn’t sell their houses because of buyers’ superstition, according to the local newspaper.
Homeowners with a house that is currently numbered with four can apply to add a letter, making their address 4C or 4D, for example.
Nearby Markham has had similar concerns about the number, with residents applying to change their addresses a few years ago for fear they could lose thousands when they sell their homes, according to the Toronto Star.
Ridiculous.
So much for the new secular progressive World that we are supposed to be living in, where science rules the roost and primitive beliefs like Christianity are mocked and ridiculed. Of course, you’re supposed to be a misinformed idiot if you believe in the Bible, but crazy superstitions about numbers are acceptable enough to become part of council policy.
This is a further sign of the madness that has overtaken the Earth.
Wow, just wow. Words fail me right now.
On another level however, I did learn a new phrase, thanks to you, “xenophilia.” This term will come in handy as a description of the liberal/leftist romance with islam. So I guess there’s a silver lining on this thread topic after all, lol.
Now “tetraphobia” and “quadrophobia,” I’ll have to give that some more thought. The closest I can come is “Quadrophenia,” but The Who already coined that decades ago. Great album, BTW.
Now back to the discussion, words still fail me. Wow. Numbness, mental numbness.
This is getting worse and worse by the day.