RE: The war on Christmas
November 13, 2013 at 11:45 am
(This post was last modified: November 13, 2013 at 11:52 am by Doubting Thomas.)
(November 13, 2013 at 11:22 am)Minimalist Wrote: I don't give a shit about xmas one way or the other EXCEPT for that miserable, sappy, shitty, music they blare at you in every store because they think it puts shoppers "in the mood." It puts me in the mood to hose down the speaker system with an AK-47.
That, and the absolutely totally stupid, brain-dead Christmas TV movies on the Hallmark channel that my wife insists on watching, which they run every night from the beginning of November through Christmas.
To me, Christmas season shouldn't start until after Thanksgiving, but any more it starts as soon as stores put away the back-to-school displays. One year, I kid you not, the very day after Halloween a local radio station was playing nonstop Christmas music.
(November 13, 2013 at 11:23 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: Why should a cheery greeting offend someone, irrespective of their views on the origin of that time of year.
That's why I don't get this whole "let's be offended because people are saying 'Happy holidays' instead of 'Merry Christmas' nonsense that's brought out of mothballs every year by the religious right.
(November 13, 2013 at 11:41 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: But why should I not wish a Jewish person happy Christmas?
Because they don't celebrate Christmas? If you know someone is Jewish, why say that instead of "Happy Hanukkah?" But I'm sure most Jewish people are used to hearing "Merry Christmas" already and probably just blow it off unless they feel the need to inform the person of their religion.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
