Jews Strive To Restore Christmas Trees At Seattle Airport
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From: brique on 14 Dec 2006 00:45 James A. Donald <jamesd(a)echeque.com> wrote in message news:89u0o2t64mqgb3jog7g1crndnvvaipdtq2(a)4ax.com... > -- > "James A. Donald" > > > > > Christmas is a universal celebration, heavily > > > > > celebrated by pagans such as Chinese and > > > > > Japanese. It is intended to be universal. > > "Sancho Panza" > > > > A noble sentiment, but far far far from anywhere > > > > near reality. > > James A. Donald: > > > Observe Singapore at Christmas time. > > flaviaR(a)verizon.net > > Which means only that they have taken the secular > > aspects they like and abandoned the rest - which is > > the real affront to Xmas. > > But you guys are trying to suppress even the secular > aspects of Christmas - you were suing against the > display of Christmas trees, not the display of stables > and mangers. You are suing against the stuff that > people see in Singapore Nobody was 'sueing against the display of trees'. a rabbi threatened to sue if the airport did not also display symbols of his religion alongside the trees. The airport re-acted by removing the trees thus killing the whole suit stone dead, there were now no religous symbols for anyone to demand parity with. > > "James A. Donald" > > > Christmas is universal, except among those nursing > > > grievances against Christianity and Christians. > > flaviaR(a)verizon.net > > Anyone who thinks this is the one nursing grievances. > > The remarks made by the posters in this thread > demonstrate the truth of what I said. Saturnalia is universal..... christians just give it a different name..... > > -- > ---------------------- > We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because > of the kind of animals that we are. True law derives from this > right, not from the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state. > > http://www.jim.com/ James A. Donald
From: brique on 14 Dec 2006 00:52 Mike Painter <mddotpainter(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:00Xfh.2138$yC5.1108(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net... > Anarcissie wrote: > > Tchiowa wrote: > > How can you not "participate"? Christians and other fans of > > the holiday -- especially merchants -- run the holiday down your > > throat, starting in late October. > > > > > Not around here. There were some serious sales displays in early October > this year. > Last weekend in September seems to have become the start of the 'trading season' over here. All the supermarkets re-jig their displays and out come all the tinsel, mince pies and assorted 'christian' symbols..... Mind, I did see a restuarant with a large banner advertising its 'chirstmas meal deal'. that was in August..... >
From: Mike Hunt on 14 Dec 2006 00:58 dsharavii(a)hotmail.com wrote: > Tchiowa wrote: > >>It's a national holiday in the US. If you don't want to participate >>then stay home. But it is absurd to suggest that the country has to >>hide while it celebrates a national holiday. >> >>If you don't like Christmas being a national holiday then ask your >>Congressman to change the law. > > > Better still -- buy a one-way trip to Saudi Arabia. There are NO Xmas > trees in their airports -- or anywhere else. > > Deborah > Nonsense. There are Christmas trees in Saudi Arabia.
From: Laura Sanchez on 14 Dec 2006 01:02 > Too bad Christianity doesn't return the favor. Excuse me? It's Christians that are the only ones defending Israel and denouncing anti-Semitism.
From: Mike Hunt on 14 Dec 2006 01:09
Laura Sanchez wrote: >>Too bad Christianity doesn't return the favor. > > > > Excuse me? It's Christians that are the only ones defending Israel and > denouncing anti-Semitism. > Yet, they can't seem to share the winter holiday season by permitting a one Jewish symbol at the airport. |