If you wondered if people can be TOO paranoid...

...look no farther. Australia has just bypassed the USA for stupid politically correct policies.

Santas in Australia's largest city have been told not to use Father Christmas's traditional "ho ho ho" greeting because it may be offensive to women, it was reported Thursday....One disgruntled Santa told the newspaper a recruitment firm warned him not to use "ho ho ho" because it could frighten children and was too close to "ho", a US slang term for prostitute.

This is beyond words. Let simply suggest if a child knows in Australia what "ho" means and that is American slang for a member of the oldest profession and somehow associates Santa's laugh with that word... well... either he is a normal 8-year-old boy who is also taking great joy in using the word "poopie" in public, or the child has larger problems.