I'm turned off by PC retailers (rant)

[alden135]

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No fighting on MY rant please.

 

[KaGee]

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Originally posted by alden:<br /> No fighting on MY rant please.

Apologies to Alden.

 

[Fly Rod]

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Here is the whole truth how it got to be the word "XMAS"!!!!<br /><br /><br />George Burns couldn't write his own name, so when they said to him spell Christmas on a piece of paper, he wrote "XMAS"!!!<br /><br />And if you believe that I just might tell ya another!!!

 

[technostingray]

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"People here what they want to here."

 

[POINTER94]

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Personally, I really don't think Jesus would be all that enthusiastic about the throngs of shoppers beating each other up to get their kids an X box one week b4 the neighbor kid.. <br /><br />Christmas isn't about gifts or shopping. I have thought about this alittle and the thing that bothers me is the refusal to let bell ringers and boy scouts or other people of faith help to make the holiday bright. If the stores are going to glomb on to a religious holiday for sales they ought to at least make a superficial effort to support what the holidays are all about. That is the PC garbage that make me cranky. And yes, the salvation army was there before PETA you can say yes to one and no to others. <br /><br />Just my opinion.

 

[rolmops]

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Yule tide has always been the festival of lights, be it Sumerian,greek or Germanic.Christianity embraced this day exactly for what everybody else embraced it for.A new beginning and a return of light into our lives.So let's all enjoy and share the festival of light without wasting time on anger.Just please do not claim this day for your own religion exclusively.<br />I wish you a merry Christmass,but please don't make me drown in it while I try to light my hanukka candles.

 

[heycods]

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AMEN, tell it like it is pointer. lwr

 

[rodbolt]

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when I was young, second grade, I lived in pascagoula MS, had moved there from newportnews VA. had a black kid as a friend and invited him to church, he could not go as at that time calvary babtist was not intergrated. taught me a lesson in christanity at an early age. as I got older and expanded my circle of friends and aquaintances not all were christian, however I wish them merry christmas just the same, the will usually reply with a happy hannukah or kwanza or whichever greeting is appropriate for their religion. I enjoy it.<br /> most realize I am not going to shove my religion down their throat and I ask the same.<br /> while I dont support the 10 commandments in a courthouse I dont see why stores have gone so PC.<br /> the court house thing and public property displays may lead to things mainstream does not like so its best to eliminate them all.<br /> who wants to see a pentagram or a buddist saying or even verses of the koran next to the 10 commandments? or maybe the other way around, heck then we could fight on which one gets the highest point on the wall.<br />myself I have no problems with christian symbols on public property, but if you allow one you must allow all and thats when the problems start.

 

[cpj]

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HMMMMM, Whats that FEDERAL hoiday on December 25th? Whats it called? Dang, I cant remember! Wait! I know what holiday it is! ITS CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS!!!! Oh no I said the C word! Throw me in jail.Its called Christmas, its been called that for quite some time now, why change it now? Get over it you whine a$$es.Look at it this way, most of us get a free day off. <br /><br /><br />BTW, Im with you on this one Alden.

 

[woodrat]

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Since when does the celebration of the birth of Christ have anything to do with shopping anyway?<br /><br />And although I'm sure there are a few die hards who will argue this, Christmas was put in december so that it would comincide with already existing pagan holidays and therefore be much more readily accepted by said pagans. I some how doubt that we really know that jesus was born on December 25. Was there even a julian calendar in existance then?<br /><br />The whole argument is pretty amusing from an outside point of view: the PC folks who are offended by any mention of "christmas" or "christ" (or anything faintly religious for that matter) in the public sphere and the fundies and other die-hard so-called Christians who get all bent out of shape because the stores are not acknowledging their particular religious bent while they go on a big old secular spending spree...<br /><br />Not to mention the yearly sub-human stampedes to be the first to get the gadget of the year at a discounted price...yuk! That alone ought to convince any outside observer that Christmas as practiced in the US shopping malls has nothing whatsoever to do with Christ. So why should the stores pretend?

 

[rodbolt]

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im not fighting. its just a funny fact.<br /> I wonder if Jesus would like how mad one set of his children are at the other when most likly all are right and wrong.

 

[wildbill59]

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Xmas has been replaced by the Xbox. The video of fools trampling all over each other on Friday makes me sick.

 

[lark2004]

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Originally posted by technoskewered:<br /> "People here what they want to here."

Here? or Hear?<br /><br />by the way, Merry Christbox! I mean Xmas! ummm,<br /><br />HAPPY HUNAKKA!

 

[rodbolt]

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merry christmas<br /> if you wish to reply with your personal greetings its no worries.<br /> I would rather have a reply wishing me happiness and health over a standard greeeting anyday.

 

[Haut Medoc]

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I still say "Merry Christmas"! & don't have a problem with that.... Good will to all..... JK

 

[LadyFish]

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Alden, its the same in schools.<br /><br />

 

[technostingray]

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Originally posted by lark2004:<br />

Originally posted by technoskewered:<br /> "People here what they want to here."

Here? or Hear?<br /><br />by the way, Merry Christbox! I mean Xmas! ummm,<br /><br />HAPPY HUNAKKA!

You noticed. Maybe there is hope.

 

[alden135]

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Originally posted by LadyFish:<br /> Alden, its the same in schools.<br /><br />

 

[KaGee]

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One day after a WorldNetDaily story brought national exposure, the home-improvement retailer Lowe's dropped references to "Holiday Trees" in favor of "Christmas Trees" only. <br /><br />

Story Here <br /><br />Sanity rules the day for a change.<br /><br />MERRY CHRISTMAS!

 

[wilkin250r]

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It has been said before, so often it borders on cliche, but I'll say it again because I have yet to see a satisfactory response.<br /><br />Why do you need your religion displayed all over the place? What is it about the Christian religion that demands re-affirmation from every shop window and street corner? Other religions haven't been included for YEARS, but I rarely ever hear of any complaints from them.