"no one is asking you to change anything. if you dont want to see a menorah in city hall then look away. they arent asking you to celebrate anything. no one is require to celebrate anything in this country. not even the fourth of july. why should you get to be 'happy' by maintaining tradition?"
In following that same idea, though - they shouldn't be crying and moaning about people celebrating Christmas.
I'm not tired or testy, as far as I know. I find it ironic that Karen's whole point of this thread was that if you are offended by the Christmas decorations, nativity scenes, and saying "Merry Christmas," you should "look away" or "ignore it" instead of "whine" about it. Yet, she then goes on to complain about cultural habits of today's teenagers and says that they are being offensive and need to change the way they dress. How is it that someone can be ok with making other people ignore and look away from what offends them, or else they are labeled whiners, yet she can object to what she finds offensive without being labeled the same way?
I can't think of a better definition for the word "hypocrisy." I honestly wasn't trying to be rude at all. I'm simply pointing out the double standard that it seems to me Karen holds re: offensive things in public.
<maybe in my 22 years of christian education i managed to miss that fact? So the time to display something of a Christian religious nature would be at "Christmas Time". i never disputed the time, but rather the location
The objection wasn't that only Christians should be permitted to display a religious display but to the demeaning display allowed by the anti-religious side. "demeaning" is open to interpretation. non/other-religious people
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Just as an aside, and not to argue :)
I'm just tired of going to the store and seeing boys underwear
Time for me to change my name to something more festive :)
Maybe you should change it to "hot toddy".
Excellent fun fact!
I like the idea of many Jewish traditions.
A little testy and tired are we?
You don't need to be so negative as well!
"no one is asking you to change anything. if you dont want to see a menorah in city hall then look away. they arent asking you to celebrate anything. no one is require to celebrate anything in this country. not even the fourth of july. why should you get to be 'happy' by maintaining tradition?"
In following that same idea, though - they shouldn't be crying and moaning about people celebrating Christmas.
I'm not tired or testy, as far as I know. I find it ironic that Karen's whole point of this thread was that if you are offended by the Christmas decorations, nativity scenes, and saying "Merry Christmas," you should "look away" or "ignore it" instead of "whine" about it. Yet, she then goes on to complain about cultural habits of today's teenagers and says that they are being offensive and need to change the way they dress. How is it that someone can be ok with making other people ignore and look away from what offends them, or else they are labeled whiners, yet she can object to what she finds offensive without being labeled the same way?
I can't think of a better definition for the word "hypocrisy." I honestly wasn't trying to be rude at all. I'm simply pointing out the double standard that it seems to me Karen holds re: offensive things in public.
The objection wasn't that only Christians should be permitted to display a religious display but to the demeaning display allowed by the anti-religious side. "demeaning" is open to interpretation. non/other-religious people
Who's telling you that you can't celebrate?
Chrissy
mom to Aidan 8/21/03
Grayson Blaine 12/30/07
"and yet you consider it "whining" for someone of another faith to wish part of the public square to use to display his holidays alongside yours.
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