Jews Strive To Restore Christmas Trees At Seattle Airport
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From: Anarcissie on 12 Dec 2006 08:17 Mike Hunt wrote: > Mxsmanic wrote: > > > Mike Hunt writes: > > > > > >>The fact that the airport management took down the Christmas ornaments > >>leads me to believe that they knew they were in violation of that ruling > >>. Why didn't they simply allow the Menorah to be displayed? Could it be > >>they are anti-semitic > > > > > > Christmas is a secular holiday in the United States. Jewish and > > Muslim and other religious holidays are not. > > For many Jewish people, the same is true of Hanukah I read that the "Christmas" trees have now been restored. It would help if Christians would acknowledge that the Christmas tree is non-Christian. Alternatively, they could go on believing that it is right for them to impose their religion on everyone else, as they have in the past, but be more open about it: 'Here's a Christmas tree in your face, because we have the power to put it there."
From: Mark K. Bilbo on 12 Dec 2006 10:27 On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:18:32 -0800, Mike Hunt wrote: > The issue isn't that the Rabbi wanted the Christmas ornaments removed, > but he wanted representation of his religion a this public facility. > > That request was denied, even though the last Supreme Court case on the > subject agreed with the Rabbi. > > The fact that the airport management took down the Christmas ornaments > leads me to believe that they knew they were in violation of that ruling > . Why didn't they simply allow the Menorah to be displayed? Could it be > they are anti-semitic It was a good, grandstanding way of getting what they wanted. I understand that the trees are coming back. I notice nobody asking why it is tax money has to be spent on ornaments rather than silly things like, you know, fixing potholes or even something really absurd like airport security... -- Mark K. Bilbo ------------------------------------------------------------ "Creationists criticize evolutionists for the demeaning idea of 'coming from apes' and say that man is more noble than that, and then have sermons where man is called a miserable worm worthy to be burned eternally in hell." -William Bagley
From: Dan Clore on 12 Dec 2006 11:18 Anarcissie wrote: > Mike Hunt wrote: > >>The issue isn't that the Rabbi wanted the Christmas ornaments removed, >>but he wanted representation of his religion a this public facility. >> >>That request was denied, even though the last Supreme Court case on the >>subject agreed with the Rabbi. >> >>The fact that the airport management took down the Christmas ornaments >>leads me to believe that they knew they were in violation of that ruling >>. Why didn't they simply allow the Menorah to be displayed? Could it be >>they are anti-semitic > > The Christmas tree is a pagan symbol anyway. It is not Christian. That's just one of the ironies of the "war on Christmas" idiots -- they focus on stuff borrowed from pagan religions. -- Dan Clore My collected fiction, _The Unspeakable and Others_: http://amazon.com/o/ASIN/1587154838/ref=nosim/thedanclorenecro Lord We�rdgliffe & Necronomicon Page: http://www.geocities.com/clorebeast/ News & Views for Anarchists & Activists: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/smygo Strange pleasures are known to him who flaunts the immarcescible purple of poetry before the color-blind. -- Clark Ashton Smith, "Epigrams and Apothegms"
From: flaviaR on 12 Dec 2006 11:55 On 11-Dec-2006, "Anarcissie" <anarcissie(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Mike Hunt wrote: > > The issue isn't that the Rabbi wanted the Christmas ornaments removed, > > but he wanted representation of his religion a this public facility. > > > > That request was denied, even though the last Supreme Court case on the > > subject agreed with the Rabbi. > > > > The fact that the airport management took down the Christmas ornaments > > leads me to believe that they knew they were in violation of that ruling > > . Why didn't they simply allow the Menorah to be displayed? Could it be > > they are anti-semitic > > The Christmas tree is a pagan symbol anyway. It is not Christian. Which, while true, doesn't change anything. Susan
From: flaviaR on 12 Dec 2006 11:56
On 12-Dec-2006, Dan Clore <clore(a)columbia-center.org> wrote: > > The Christmas tree is a pagan symbol anyway. It is not Christian. > > That's just one of the ironies of the "war on Christmas" > idiots -- they focus on stuff borrowed from pagan religions. Yes, it *is* hysterical that the ones who insist they are upholding Xmas the most are actually using pagan derived symbols to do it. Susan |