On Friday December 26 2003 8:55 pm,=20
plug-discuss-request@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us wrote:
*v*Message: 4
*v*Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 12:04:14 -0700
*v*From: Lee Einer <appealsman@cox.net>
*v*To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
*v*Subject: Re: Merry Christmas
*v*Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
*v*
*v*Wishes for a merry Christmas do not offend me in the least.
*v*
*v*The statement which keyed my response  was
*v*
*v*  "If anybody gets offended by this...so what . Deal with it, we're in
*v*the US of A and Christmas is celebrated here."
*v*
*v*
*v*> we're in the US of A and Christmas is celebrated here.
*v*
*v*
*v*Is at best a partial truth, as in this country, we are free to celebra=
te
*v*as we choose, and many choose something other than Christmas.  If you
*v*wish to declare an official national religion, there are places where
*v*that type of thing is done, but at present,  this country is not one o=
f
*v*those places.
*v*
*v* The statement-
*v*
*v*> If anybody gets offended by this...so what . Deal with it
*v*
*v*Rather than a sincere, kind expression  of Christmas  cheer,  seems mo=
re
*v*along the lines of provocation. I don't normally hear people saying,
*v*"Merry Christmas, and if that offends you, so what, deal with it." If =
I
*v*did hear something of the sort, I would think it both peculiar and
*v*belligerent,  regardless of whether the holiday spoken of were
*v*Christmas, Hannukah,  Ramadan, or Madeline Murray O'Hare day.
*v*
*v*And a Happy Linux New Year to you all.
*v*


Lee,=20
Lighten up and go back and re-read the threads, you've mixed up mine and=20
Michael's threads. Mine states "Seasons Greetings" afterwards, if you sti=
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feel like being offended, then that's on you. All I did was wish goodness=
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all, and if it offends anybody, once again...so what.
I didn't mention anything religious, or slanted towards any religion and =
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only time Christmas was brought up was to point out the obvious, that it'=
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celebrated here.
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Augie Grayfox
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