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Do you agree with Ben Stein's unique Christmas perspective?

Do you agree with Ben Stein's unique Christmas perspective?

  • Im a right leaning American, yes.

    Votes: 8 33.3%

  • Im a left leaning American, yes.

    Votes: 5 20.8%

  • Im not American, yes.

    Votes: 1 4.2%

  • Im a right leaning American, no.

    Votes: 3 12.5%

  • Im a left leaning American, no.

    Votes: 6 25.0%

  • Im not American, no.

    Votes: 1 4.2%
  • Total voters
    24
SouthernDemocrat said:
Are you kidding? It's the right wingers that are the ones complaining about greeters and cashiers and so on using Happy Holidays instead of Merry Christmas. They say its part of the "the war against Christmas" and the "secularizing of Christmas". Personally I always say Merry Christmas - more out of habit than anything else, but it doesn't bother me when someone uses one of the more secular greetings either.
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Once it became non-PC to wish someone a Merry Christmas (despite its prevalence in a nation thats overwhelmingly Christian) Happy Holidays became more widely used. Its even worse now, retailers will show presents and snow but some dont even say happy holidays. Its amusing, to watch all the dancing around what is plainly Christmas.
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
It's a private company, they have the right to enforce whatever customer communications policy they want. What difference does it make? Mind you, I don't understand why some non-Christians care so much about whether some small town courthouse lawn has a manger scene in it either. In both cases it just seems like people looking for something to whine about.
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You are absolutely right, a company has every right to their company policy, and I have every right to shop elsewhere. No hard feelings.

It does seem like some people are just waiting around for the next thing to be insulted by.
 
Gringo allstar said:
Nor would I. I actually tell my black coworkers and friends Happy Kawnza and they either laugh or look at me in amazement.. Oh and not one of them actually celebrates it! What's really fun is asking them how are they celebrating White History Month with a straight face..:shock:
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That brings up a good point, I wish my black friends and coworkers Merry Christmas all the time, and then with a quizzical look I say kinda say/ask "and Kwanza?". Nobody was butthurt over it, but I always wonder if Kwanza is widely celebrated or not.
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
It's a private company, they have the right to enforce whatever customer communications policy they want. What difference does it make? Mind you, I don't understand why some non-Christians care so much about whether some small town courthouse lawn has a manger scene in it either. In both cases it just seems like people looking for something to whine about.
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What you see as whining they see as a joyous part of their lives being removed from public view. And we know those businesses are responding to liberals who complain.
 
Amadeus said:
Companies can do whatever they want. They're people. And if they're in the business of selling goods, maybe it's actually good policy to use 'Happy Holidays' since many of their customers are not Christian. Happy Holidays is a safe, customer-friendly greetng.

Is that point good enough for you?
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Yes, companies can do whatever they want. Including Walmart enforcing a dress code. See how that works? No? Didn't think so.
 
countryboy said:
You are absolutely right, a company has every right to their company policy, and I have every right to shop elsewhere. No hard feelings.

It does seem like some people are just waiting around for the next thing to be insulted by.
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This post is dripping with irony.
 
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Merry ****ing Christmas
you ****ing Jew
 
US Conservative said:
You did not-right around the time you stated that despite being a marxist-atheist you celebrated Christmas.
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Right here you are lying twice.
1.)Im not a Marxist. I have told you this about 20 times now.
2.)I never said Christmas was bad, I simply pointed out Ben Steins hypocrisy.
You are welcome.
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For what?
 
My family celebrates Christmas by getting together for a nice meal.

That's also how we celebrate every other week of the year.
 
US Conservative said:
What you see as whining they see as a joyous part of their lives being removed from public view. And we know those businesses are responding to liberals who complain.
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Yes, well we must remember the scripture:

Luke 2:11-12

10 And the angel said unto them, Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people: 11 for there is born to you this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this [is] the sign unto you: Ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger - and retailers for ever more should always include Merry Christmas in their commericial displays, and if not you should whine about it, lest you all be damned and cast down where there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth..
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
Perhaps because when someone says Happy Holidays they are including New Years in with it. That is how everyone took those phrases until the religious right bunch wanted to gin up yet another opportunity to somehow play the victim.
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Please,, kind sir... let it rest.

Merry Christmas SD

Thom Paine
 
Amadeus said:
Christmas was derived from Saturnalia, a pagan celebration during the Winter Solstice in which gifts were exchanged. When Rome converted to Christianity, Jesus' birthday was moved to December 25 and the celebration became Christmas.
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C'mon A .. let it lay... please

Enjoy life

Thom Paine
 
X Factor said:
Zombies are still dead, only reanimated. That's why all the "ugggghhhh" and "brainzzz" nonsense. Apparently being dead is murder on your cognitive abilities.

You suffer any death recently you're aware of there, Redress? :2razz:
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Yeah I also smacked him with that obvious error and all I got was......... Crickets..:lamo
 
The OP was nothing more than a huge troll to drag people into a religious shoving match. It worked too.

Unless you know him personally, who gives a fat rat's ass about what Ben Stein says? It really matters not at all.

I like the peace and love part and if Ben Stein wants to like that too, good on him. What he believes or practices won't alter a thing about what I like about Christmas. I'm certainly not going to argue and fight on a troll thread about peace and love. :roll:
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
I don't care, that is the point. I don't care whether someone chooses to say Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Season's Greetings, or Have a Wonderful Holiday Season. None of it offends me, I don't care. The only reason why any of that ever became controversial was a bunch of social conservatives wanted to gin up another opportunity to play the victim.
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Its becoming very clear that you do "care" is it not?
 
Risky Thicket said:
The OP was nothing more than a huge troll to drag people into a religious shoving match. It worked too.

Unless you know him personally, who gives a fat rat's ass about what Ben Stein says? It really matters not at all.

I like the peace and love part and if Ben Stein wants to like that too, good on him. What he believes or practices won't alter a thing about what I like about Christmas. I'm certainly not going to argue and fight on a troll thread about peace and love. :roll:
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And yet you came here to fling poo? Makes sense. Look, have a Merry Christmas.
 
Amadeus said:
We don't know what day Jesus was born, but we know he definitely wasn't born on December 25. He was likely born in either late spring or early fall.
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Likely. But there was no reason to turn the whole Roman calendar on it's head when they didn't know.
 
Risky Thicket said:
The OP was nothing more than a huge troll to drag people into a religious shoving match. It worked too.

Unless you know him personally, who gives a fat rat's ass about what Ben Stein says? It really matters not at all.

I like the peace and love part and if Ben Stein wants to like that too, good on him. What he believes or practices won't alter a thing about what I like about Christmas. I'm certainly not going to argue and fight on a troll thread about peace and love. :roll:
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I demand peace and love from you, right now, *asshole. Happy ****ing holidays.




*You know I'm joking, Risky.
 
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