Jews Strive To Restore Christmas Trees At Seattle Airport
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From: James A. Donald on 12 Dec 2006 18:53 Mike Hunt > 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. This may come as a big surprise, but some people do not want to spend several million dollars on litigation. There was no possibility of a settlement. If they gave him less than he wants, they go to court. If they give him everything he wants, everyone lines up asking for a piece of the action. -- ---------------------- 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: Mxsmanic on 12 Dec 2006 20:27 Mike Hunt writes: > For many Jewish people, the same is true of Hanukah Then there should be no problem trading it for a similar holiday at a similar time of year. Especially since the majority of the population prefers Christmas trees to menorahs. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Mxsmanic on 12 Dec 2006 20:29 flaviaR(a)verizon.net writes: > Except for that holy day of obligation & all that. I've never heard of that. What is it? > We are not frightened by this age-old, and still lame, threat. "We"? It's not a threat, it's an observation. If you want people to like you, you should avoid doing things that alienate them. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Mxsmanic on 12 Dec 2006 20:30 Al Klein writes: > That's a nice lie, but it doesn't fly in the face of Christian > campaigns like "Jesus is the reason for the season" and "put the > Christ back into Christmas". Some people may say such things; I do not. Christmas is just an excuse for a day or two off work and for some nice meals, decorations, and presents. > You can't have it both ways. I agree. But I think Christmas is fine as a secular holiday, even though I consider the religious connotations stupid and inappropriate. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Ben Kaufman on 12 Dec 2006 21:34
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 02:30:05 +0100, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Al Klein writes: > >> That's a nice lie, but it doesn't fly in the face of Christian >> campaigns like "Jesus is the reason for the season" and "put the >> Christ back into Christmas". > >Some people may say such things; I do not. Christmas is just an >excuse for a day or two off work and for some nice meals, decorations, >and presents. > >> You can't have it both ways. > >I agree. But I think Christmas is fine as a secular holiday, even >though I consider the religious connotations stupid and inappropriate. I think calling it Festivus (for the rest of us) would be finer. Ben |