WTF is wrong with society?

RecklessTim said:
But can you blame Wal-Mart for doing that? How are the employees to know if they are Christian or Jewish?
How would you feel if Wal-Mart only said Happy Hanukkah?

I think it's the right thing to do for bigger businesses, it keeps all the customers happy rather than catering to only one group.

And this is an example of only 2 groups... there are many groups all with their individual ways of celebrating the holidays or not.
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I see where they're coming from, but I honestly wouldn't care. Anybody who would get offended by something a cashier says to greet you must not be very secure with their beliefs.
 
SRC said:
I refuse to say Happy Holidays .. unless I mean christmas and new years combined .. but I usually say Merry Christmas or Happy New Years.

And imo, maybe people should say "ho" so much .. as to confuse what SANTA CLAUS has been saying for how many years.

It's complete BS.

Yes it's Jesus's birthday .. but you can't expect people from other religions to respect that. For them it is holiday time, time for gifts, appreciation of family, and good food and good times.

I can't fathom why that bothers so many people.
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that pretty much raps up my thoughts.
 
RecklessTim said:
I agree with you 100% on your post... except for the part that's bold.

I don't think it's a lot of people, I think its a very small minority that the media seeks out for a good story.
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Actually it must other a lot of people, if they've got Walmart, radio stations, and malls across the country changing how they approach christmas. This whole "it offends me" crap is getting ridiculous.

I think now people are just doing it to see if they can get things altered, stopped, or changed.

And it's aggravating. People are aggravating. So it really should be no suprise, yet .. it still is.

It's sad that people are so wrapped up in themselves that they want to ruin things for others. Selfishness is going to be the ruination of this country.
 
But you can't fault Wal-Mart or the Malls for this. It's nothing but business to them. They need to appeal to everyone, not just a select group. Does it really matter that the greeter says Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas? I really don't think it ruins anyones Christmas....
 
Christmas is a load of bull shit anyway. I couldn't care less what anyone does for it. Celebrate it as much as you want. I do find it hilarious all the Jesus stuff associated with it when the Christians nicked it from pagans anyway!
 
Peter Parka said:
Christmas is a load of bull shit anyway. I couldn't care less what anyone does for it. Celebrate it as much as you want. I do find it hilarious all the Jesus stuff associated with it when the Christians nicked it from pagans anyway!
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I celebrate the feeling more than the religious aspect. All holidays today except government ones were melded together from a variety of different beliefs. It's just that Christianity seems to overshadow the lesser aspect of the holiday because religion plays such a huge role in many lives for some unknown reason.
 
RecklessTim said:
But can you blame Wal-Mart for doing that? How are the employees to know if they are Christian or Jewish?
How would you feel if Wal-Mart only said Happy Hanukkah?

I think it's the right thing to do for bigger businesses, it keeps all the customers happy rather than catering to only one group.

And this is an example of only 2 groups... there are many groups all with their individual ways of celebrating the holidays or not.
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That would be fine with me if it's a Wal-Mart in Israel.

This is the US. We are a Christian nation with Christian values. I see no reason to change the way we do things to hide that. In no way does that make us less tolerant of other religious beliefs. They are saying Merry Christmas, not "Get the fuck out, you Kike." :smiley24:
 
Ima Schit Hed said:
I celebrate the feeling more than the religious aspect. All holidays today except government ones were melded together from a variety of different beliefs. It's just that Christianity seems to overshadow the lesser aspect of the holiday because religion plays such a huge role in many lives for some unknown reason.
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Agree with you dude! It's nice that people can get together as families and have something nice to do. I just hate seeing all this Jesus in a manger and religious shit at this time of year. Christians nicked Christmas and adapted it from Sun worshipers. There's nothing Christian whatsoever about Christmas. Find your own stuff to celebrate rather than nicking other religions, is my opinion.
 
RecklessTim said:
I really don't think it ruins anyones Christmas....
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Having to argue about/fight to keep/defend something that you've celebrated for umpteen years .. for no other reason except .. "all of a sudden it offends me" .. it takes a little of the "jazz" out of the whole thing imo.

It's kinda like a relationship that you're constantly having to fight for .. after a while it ruins it and makes it too much trouble .. then you just want out.
 
Peter Parka said:
Agree with you dude! It's nice that people can get together as families and have something nice to do. I just hate seeing all this Jesus in a manger and religious shit at this time of year. Christians nicked Christmas and adapted it from Sun worshipers. There's nothing Christian whatsoever about Christmas. Find your own stuff to celebrate rather than nicking other religions, is my opinion.
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How exactly is celebrating the birth of christ not part of christmas? How is that nicked from sun worshipers? I don't think jesus was a sun worshiper.
 
HisHoliness said:
That would be fine with me if it's a Wal-Mart in Israel.

This is the US. We are a Christian nation with Christian values. I see no reason to change the way we do things to hide that. In no way does that make us less tolerant of other religious beliefs. They are saying Merry Christmas, not "Get the fuck out, you Kike." :smiley24:
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Well let me ask you how the stores handle it there in Hawaii... since over 61% of the population are not Christian. Do you have stores that have alternative displays than Jesus in a manger?
 
RecklessTim said:
Well let me ask you how the stores handle it there in Hawaii... since over 61% of the population are not Christian. Do you have stores that have alternative displays than Jesus in a manger?
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To my knowledge, we still have fat Santas in shopping malls saying Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas. Not sure about a whole nativity scene, but it wouldn't surprise me.
 
Basically all of this P/C, not p/c, anybody wanna peice of my p/c crap just kills what's left of the spirit.

If Christians beleieve so boldy that Christmas is in fact a day for them, then why do they care if I believe it, or oyu or anybody else for that matter.

I say we are about two steps away from the middle east in regards to a riot between the Christians and practically everyone else.

I don't think Santa steals Jesus's spotlight, not if you put your emphasis on the true meaning of the day.

It all makes my head hurt with the "don't step on these toes, don't step on those toes"

We all need to just get drunk on egg-nog and laugh a little....can't we?
 
SRC said:
I refuse to say Happy Holidays .. unless I mean christmas and new years combined .. but I usually say Merry Christmas or Happy New Years.

And imo, maybe people should say "ho" so much .. as to confuse what SANTA CLAUS has been saying for how many years.

It's complete BS.

Yes it's Jesus's birthday .. but you can't expect people from other religions to respect that. For them it is holiday time, time for gifts, appreciation of family, and good food and good times.

I can't fathom why that bothers so many people.
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:homo:
 
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas.

Ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho.

So there.
 
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