Jews Strive To Restore Christmas Trees At Seattle Airport
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From: Sancho Panza on 14 Dec 2006 08:04 "James A. Donald" <jamesd(a)echeque.com> wrote in message news:v622o2tj3c41ot7vdvffj2ht4nv4nrkgd5(a)4ax.com... > flaviaR(a)verizon.net >> Your insistence that "Christmas is now secular and >> erveyone must celebrate it or be considered a bigot >> [the upshot of your "only those with a grudge against >> it don;t celebrate it" post] " is not only insanely >> fascist and bigoted, but just not logical. > > No one must celebrate it, but any one who not only does > not celebrate it, but gets upset and offended by other > people celebrating it, is indeed a bigot. You would no doubt celebrate even more imams and others taking out their prayer rugs and doing their thing in the middle of a public place that you are using.
From: Anarcissie on 14 Dec 2006 08:26 Sancho Panza wrote: > "James A. Donald" <jamesd(a)echeque.com> wrote in message > news:ur32o2pml2l2q7o6jrp89rmg02ebd0octs(a)4ax.com... > > "brique" > >> 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. > > > > But they were displaying trees, and not a manger, > > because the manger is a symbol of the Christian > > religion, and the trees are not. > > If the trees are not a religious symbol, why is there so much fervor to > display them? Yes, that's the question. Why is it so important?
From: Anarcissie on 14 Dec 2006 08:34 James A. Donald wrote: > dsharavii(a)hotmail.com: > > > Better still -- buy a one-way trip to Saudi Arabia. > > > There are NO Xmas trees in their airports -- or > > > anywhere else. > > "Anarcissie" > > I have been told otherwise. > > By the usual fans of terror and mass murder, who now that > communism is no more, seem to be becoming fans of Islam. > Did Beslan get your rocks off? > > > I think it's quite possible that the Saudis tolerate > > various nominally monotheistic performances. > > Googling for Saudi persecution of Christians, the first > hit tells me: > : : At least eight other Filipinos arrested in > : : the police crackdown on suspected Christian > : : worshippers have reportedly been transferred > : : out of detention cells, in preparation for > : : their imminent deportation later this week. > > The next hit tells me: > : : Islam is the official religion of the Kingdom > : : of Saudi Arabia, and all citizens must be > : : Muslims. The Government prohibits the public > : : practice of other religions. I'm just reporting what I've been told. I was quite surprised to hear it myself. Of course, Christmas trees, Santa Claus, and so on are not actually Christian but pagan symbols. It was my impression that Muslims were even more hostile to paganism than to Christianity, but, who knows? Times may have changed, given the love-fest between the Bush family and the Saudis.
From: flaviaR on 14 Dec 2006 08:58 On 14-Dec-2006, "Sancho Panza" <otterpower(a)xhotmail.com> wrote: > > And while the Christmas trees are designed to be as > > inoffensive as possible, "Goodwill to all men" the > > menorah is not - it the equivalent of putting a manger > > at the airport, > > That is severely uninformed. A menorah has absolutely no religious meaning > whatsoever, and there is no way that you can show that it does. Actually, it does: it represents a miracle. I have no idea how the Supreme Court reached a decision otherwise, but so long as they have, I will go with it - we'r discussing America, after all. However, the trees are also religious, in 2 religions: the pagans and the Xians who use them to celebrate Jesus' birth. They can pretend all they want, but until they drag out decorated trees in May, I don't want to hear any more lies. Susan
From: flaviaR on 14 Dec 2006 08:59
On 14-Dec-2006, Mike Hunt <postmaster(a)localhost> wrote: > 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. I think she is exaggeratedly discussing a different type of Xian. Susan |