Alsatian
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- Posted: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 22:27:30 +0000
The almighty question of today: Who might we offend? Offend. I hate that word. Nobody ever really gets "offended", they just find something ultimately trivial that they can complain about - hence, everyone uses it nowadays. It's even plaguing Christmas - or should I say, "The Holidays".
Remember the time when you could say "Merry Christmas" as openly as you wanted to, and your Jewish friend could say "Happy Hanukkah" in reply, and everything would be nice and pleasant? I do. Where did that go? Somewhere along the line, someone who wasn't Christian decided that they were "offended" by the phrase, "Merry Christmas". Forget the "Christmas" part, acknowledge the "Merry" - Nobody preached to them, nobody meant any harm by saying it. It's a friendly greeting. They were offended on their own account.
I've heard arguments regarding "freedom", "America", and "seperation of religion and government". Doesn't that mean I can easily argue back that, if the Christmas spirit were to be squandered, it would affect MY freedom as a Catholic? Freedom doesn't mean minorities, people - it means everyone, INCLUDING Christians, thus giving Christians the FREEDOM to say Merry Christmas, Jews the FREEDOM to say Happy Hanukkah, and whatever else there is out there. Live and let live.
Furthermore, why does everyone care all of a sudden, when they didn't 10 years ago? I daresay they're just taking advantage of the frivolousness and corruption plaguing today's society.
The holidays were always supposed to be a time of peace and tolerance, a time where everyone, no matter what religion, can stop worrying about this nonsense, spend time with friends and family, hold hands and shut up about all this bullshit - yet now is the time when it's most abundant. The "most wonderful time of the year" has turned into a topsy-turvy, ultimately absurd whirlpool of complications, and just a general mess. Is nothing sacred? Apparently not.
Merry Christmas, everyone. Suck it up. We're not changing the "menorah" into the "politically correct candle holder".
-by Alsatian.
Remember the time when you could say "Merry Christmas" as openly as you wanted to, and your Jewish friend could say "Happy Hanukkah" in reply, and everything would be nice and pleasant? I do. Where did that go? Somewhere along the line, someone who wasn't Christian decided that they were "offended" by the phrase, "Merry Christmas". Forget the "Christmas" part, acknowledge the "Merry" - Nobody preached to them, nobody meant any harm by saying it. It's a friendly greeting. They were offended on their own account.
I've heard arguments regarding "freedom", "America", and "seperation of religion and government". Doesn't that mean I can easily argue back that, if the Christmas spirit were to be squandered, it would affect MY freedom as a Catholic? Freedom doesn't mean minorities, people - it means everyone, INCLUDING Christians, thus giving Christians the FREEDOM to say Merry Christmas, Jews the FREEDOM to say Happy Hanukkah, and whatever else there is out there. Live and let live.
Furthermore, why does everyone care all of a sudden, when they didn't 10 years ago? I daresay they're just taking advantage of the frivolousness and corruption plaguing today's society.
The holidays were always supposed to be a time of peace and tolerance, a time where everyone, no matter what religion, can stop worrying about this nonsense, spend time with friends and family, hold hands and shut up about all this bullshit - yet now is the time when it's most abundant. The "most wonderful time of the year" has turned into a topsy-turvy, ultimately absurd whirlpool of complications, and just a general mess. Is nothing sacred? Apparently not.
Merry Christmas, everyone. Suck it up. We're not changing the "menorah" into the "politically correct candle holder".
-by Alsatian.