Thread: The Season of Being Offended For A Terrible Reason

Originally Posted by tessaesque

I challenge you to go ONE SINGLE DAY...just 24 hours...without making a single post with the words "Fox News" in it anywhere. Bonus points if you don't respond to a post regarding Fox News.

Will you self-ban yourself from DP if I win?

Originally Posted by hazlnut

Will you self-ban yourself from DP if I win?

So in order to reward DP I must then punish DP? That hardly seems fair. It's like giving a kid a toy and snatching it away 5 minutes later.

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Tess and Hazlnut, take it downstairs if you would like to carry on your feud. If not please get back on topic.

Originally Posted by flaxenmoon

The Holiday is Called: Hannakkah, Yule, Christmas, Kwanzza, etc.

Just call it a freaking Holiday Tree. How easy is that? Call it a Christmas Tree if you want. Call it whatever.......
But it's REALLY a Yule Tree.

Its really a Christmas tree as that is what it is being intended to be by the people putting it up. It is there to celebrate Christmas and what it represents. It is not there to celebrate any of the other holidays and was not intended for such reasons. It is NOT a holiday tree.

That means that if the state puts up a tree and its intended for a certain holiday it is what it is called under its intended holiday and that is a Christmas tree. Anything else is illogical.

Originally Posted by Henrin

Its really a Christmas tree as that is what it is being intended to be by the people putting it up. It is there to celebrate Christmas and what it represents. It is not there to celebrate any of the other holidays and was not intended for such reasons. It is NOT a holiday tree.

That means that if the state puts up a tree and its intended for a certain holiday it is what it is called under its intended holiday and that is a Christmas tree. Anything else is illogical.

No. It's whatever whoever puts it up says it is.

If whoever puts it up says it's a Christmas tree then it's a Christmas tree.

If whoever puts it up says it's a Holiday tree then it's a Holiday tree.

If whoever puts it up says it's a Hanukkah bush then it's a Hanukkah bush.

If whoever puts it up says it's a Yule tree then it's a Yule tree.

Originally Posted by samsmart

No. It's whatever whoever puts it up says it is.

If whoever puts it up says it's a Christmas tree then it's a Christmas tree.

If whoever puts it up says it's a Holiday tree then it's a Holiday tree.

If whoever puts it up says it's a Hanukkah bush then it's a Hanukkah bush.

If whoever puts it up says it's a Yule tree then it's a Yule tree.

Whenever I put up a Christmas Tree I think of it as a Christmas Tree, but that doesn't stop me from knowing the tradition came from a pagan religion. I think it's a great tradition and I see no issue with a mixing of religions. It's roughly akin to the Celtic knotwork on a cross. I have a Lord Ganesh on my desktop, a Buddha on the dresser, a dreamcatcher over the bed, and a cross on my keychain. It all makes perfect sense to me.

Originally Posted by tessaesque

I think both sides are kind of silly. "Christmas", and more importantly the date, were stolen from a Pagan celebration of fertility and worship and used to encourage Pagan conversion to Christianity. Way back at the beginning of Christianity we stole and distored somebody else's religious event while simultaneously distorting one of our own religious events in order to create a larger number of followers. I hardly see why we should act all offended when somebody who isn't religious or isn't of the Christian persuasion says they don't want to be told "Merry Christmas".

On the other hand, the nature of the statement is supposed to be one of good will and friendly gesture. While it's obtuse to assume that everybody you meet celebrates Christmas, I think it's a bit overdramatic to pitch a fit because somebody says it to you. They're merely trying to express that they're hoping you are doing well, albeit with the possibility of some ignorance.

Either way, I really, really don't care. I'm not Christian but I celebrate Christmas. It gives me the warm fuzzies to spend the holiday season doing for others, donating to children/veterans/active duty military/animals, and seeing the magic that only presents itself in children during Christmas. Why do we have to fight over the issue? Why can't we just enjoy the beauty of generosity and the innocence of children?

Merry Christmas.

Originally Posted by American

Merry Christmas.

Happy X-Mas

Originally Posted by samsmart

No. It's whatever whoever puts it up says it is.

If whoever puts it up says it's a Christmas tree then it's a Christmas tree.

If whoever puts it up says it's a Holiday tree then it's a Holiday tree.

If whoever puts it up says it's a Hanukkah bush then it's a Hanukkah bush.

If whoever puts it up says it's a Yule tree then it's a Yule tree.

A Hanukkah bush, now does that come with a Jewish girl?

Originally Posted by Your Star

A Hanukkah bush, now does that come with a Jewish girl?

To make a Gefilte fish joke, or not to. That is the question.