Jews Strive To Restore Christmas Trees At Seattle Airport
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From: Sancho Panza on 12 Dec 2006 22:42 "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:horun2dn96e1a0aeve245f11fd1o0b1tj5(a)4ax.com... > Sancho Panza writes: > > > Is that referring to Christians, Jews, Muslims or just who? > > It refers to human beings in general. Very few people are capable of > being kind and fair to people they dislike. Do Jews or Buddhists or Taoists "dislike" the other groups in the sense that they are "disliked" by others?
From: James A. Donald on 12 Dec 2006 23:36 "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. Observe Singapore at Christmas time. Christmas is universal, except among those nursing grievances against Christianity and Christians. If you wish a Singaporean ancestor worshipper "happy holidays" he will wonder if you have checked your calendar lately. -- ---------------------- 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 13 Dec 2006 00:20 Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:lprun2t2431la6m0lkbn9jesaui8kt3sgt(a)4ax.com... > Ben Kaufman writes: > > > I think calling it Festivus (for the rest of us) would be finer. > > Festivus sounds like a disease of some sort, but I have no problem > with the idea of a different name. But not "seasons greetings" or > anything totally bland like that. > Why not use the original name for it then..... Winter Solstice.... > -- > Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Anarcissie on 13 Dec 2006 10:11 Tchiowa 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 > > Could it be because the official national holiday is Christmas, not > Hannukah? Putting up a menorrah for Christmas makes no more sense than > putting up an Easter Bunny for Halloween. Wrong holiday. > > Should there be a Jewish holiday? Should the US have a holiday for the > Eid that ends Ramadan? Maybe. But that's another issue. We have a > holiday that celebrates Christmas and like it our not this is a > Christian holiday. If someone doesn't like it he doesn't have to > participate. But unless you want to try to ban Christmas then people > should grow up and leave it alone. How can you not "participate"? Christians and other fans of the holiday -- especially merchants -- run the holiday down your throat, starting in late October. Since the holiday is really about spending money you don't have to buy stuff no one wants, it really ought to be called Consumermas or Capitalismmas. It is true a fairy tale about a religious figure or two is associated with it, but no one seems to take them very seriously except as magic dolls. http://www.xmasresistance.org
From: Mike Painter on 13 Dec 2006 12:46
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. |