Merry Christmas to Everyone

I hate those that are trying not to offend.. and say Happy Holidays...

I answer back with a hearty.. MERRY CHRISTMAS... !!

they offend me by cowering to others...

And if I say Merry Christmas to someone.. and they answer back with Kwanza
or Shalom.. I'll smile and shake their hand..

BT

"Dude" wrote in message
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Meryy Christmas And God Bless You too!

This group is so non PC, I love it.

BTW, be careful about saying "Happy Holidays" anymore. There are now
reactionaries out there that think you are trying to secularize Christmas
if you say that.

Did you know that only people in America celebrate Kwanza? Folks in
Africa never heard of it!! Go figure..

Jon Kraus
PP-ASEL-IA
Student Mooney Owner

BTIZ wrote:

I hate those that are trying not to offend.. and say Happy Holidays...

I answer back with a hearty.. MERRY CHRISTMAS... !!

they offend me by cowering to others...

And if I say Merry Christmas to someone.. and they answer back with Kwanza
or Shalom.. I'll smile and shake their hand..

BT

"Dude" wrote in message
...

Meryy Christmas And God Bless You too!

This group is so non PC, I love it.

BTW, be careful about saying "Happy Holidays" anymore. There are now
reactionaries out there that think you are trying to secularize Christmas
if you say that.

It was created by American liberals as another attempt to dissolve the
cultural significance of Christmas. Funny how I've met hundreds of
black Christians that celebrate Christmas and not one, ever, that thinks
much of Kwanza.

I have a feeling this is going to turn into a long thread.

Jon Kraus wrote:
Did you know that only people in America celebrate Kwanza? Folks in
Africa never heard of it!! Go figure..

Jon Kraus
PP-ASEL-IA
Student Mooney Owner

"Jon Kraus" wrote in message
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Did you know that only people in America celebrate Kwanza? Folks in
Africa never heard of it!! Go figure..

Why is that so odd? It was invented here. Wouldn't you expect the primary
celebrants to be here?

http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/1996/kwanzaa/history.html

Just seems odd to me that Kwanza is piped up to be this big African
celebration and "real" Africans have never heard of it. The Politically
Correct crowd in this country won't allow you to say Merry Christmas
without mentioning the phoney made-up "African" holiday that is Kwanza.
Just my .02. YMMV.

Jon Kraus
PP-ASEL-IA
Student Mooney Owner

Peter Duniho wrote:

"Jon Kraus" wrote in message
...

Did you know that only people in America celebrate Kwanza? Folks in
Africa never heard of it!! Go figure..


Why is that so odd? It was invented here. Wouldn't you expect the primary
celebrants to be here?

http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/1996/kwanzaa/history.html

"Dude" wrote in message
...
Meryy Christmas And God Bless You too!

This group is so non PC, I love it.

BTW, be careful about saying "Happy Holidays" anymore. There are now
reactionaries out there that think you are trying to secularize Christmas
if
you say that.

Let people wish others well in their own way, and I will wish them well in
mine.

You have to be pretty anal to get upset about anyones expression of
religion.

Here is Kelowna we had complaints from a group of athiests this year
about the nativity scene downtown.

What I didn't understand is that if they are athiests they would surely
see the nativity scene as just a bunch of dolls - so what's to be
offended about?

I was raised in a Protestant/Catholic family in Britain and have lived
in many countries with different religions including Buddhist, Jewish,
Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Moslem. Frankly I couldn't care less who or what
anyone worships - it certainly doesn't offend me.

Tony

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"C J Campbell" wrote:

"Dude" wrote in message
...
Meryy Christmas And God Bless You too!

This group is so non PC, I love it.

BTW, be careful about saying "Happy Holidays" anymore. There are now
reactionaries out there that think you are trying to secularize Christmas
if
you say that.

Let people wish others well in their own way, and I will wish them well in
mine.

tony roberts wrote:

You have to be pretty anal to get upset about anyones expression of
religion.

Here is Kelowna we had complaints from a group of athiests this year
about the nativity scene downtown.

What I didn't understand is that if they are athiests they would surely
see the nativity scene as just a bunch of dolls - so what's to be
offended about?

I was raised in a Protestant/Catholic family in Britain and have lived
in many countries with different religions including Buddhist, Jewish,
Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Moslem. Frankly I couldn't care less who or what
anyone worships - it certainly doesn't offend me.

I agree. I don't think the issue with atheists is being offended by a
religious expression, they are just jealous because others are happy and
they are miserable. :-)


Matt

On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 21:14:45 -0500, Matt Whiting
wrote:

I agree. I don't think the issue with atheists is being offended by a
religious expression, they are just jealous because others are happy and
they are miserable. :-)


Matt


And this expression of christian good will reprresents a feeling
of...????

"Matt Whiting" wrote:
I don't think the issue with atheists is being offended by a
religious expression, they are just jealous because others are happy and
they are miserable. :-)

It is precisely this kind of ignorant smugness that many non-Christians find
so offensive.

As a Jewish friend of mine put it, "I don't care if people want to celebrate
the birth of a blasphemer, but I do care if they try to ram his birthday down
my throat every year and expect me to be of good cheer."
--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM