Hey Everyone!

[Snee]

Happy Hanukkah, or Chanuckah, or however else you'd spell it.

Have a good Ramadan, even though it's the wrong time o' year, and also Merry Quanza to you.

[oldmancan]

J'Pol's sentiment has merit.

I don't think this thread is offensive. At the point of J'Pols post there were six (6) happy holidays compared to one (1) Merry Christmas. While the root words of holiday denote a religious event, for most of us I suggest the word is synonomous with vacation.

So Danb quite being so mean. lol

peace omc

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by j2k4@17 December 2003 - 20:38

If you feel you might be offended, don't read or post in this thread.

I am not in the least offended. I merely recognise that others may be.

Namzuf9 for example is a Satanist.

Celebrations of the birth of Our Lord may be offensive to him. I certainly wouldn't be best pleased if he were discussing a celebration of Satan's firstborn.

I merely use him as an example, there may be others.

[lynx]

Of course it says "Hey Everyone!"

Did you expect it to say "Hey Everyone! Except all you non-christians because I don't care if you have a good Christmas" ? That would have been offfensive.

And I wasn't making generalisations. Plenty of my friends are non-christians, and they all wish me Merry Christmas at this time of year. They get VERY angry about the sort of message you were posting J'Pol.

[Gemby!]

Originally posted by J&#39;Pol+17 December 2003 - 19:43--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (J&#39;Pol @ 17 December 2003 - 19:43)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by gemby&#33;@17 December 2003 - 20:40

Originally posted by J&#39;Pol@17 December 2003 - 19:34
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@17 December 2003 - 20:31


if people are not christian then they do not have to read the thread &#33;&#33;

It&#39;s entitled, Hey Everyone.

well they can read the first line then not read anymore then if they find it SO offensive

whats your religion anyway ?

How on earth would that help ?

Just giving a warm happy holidays to my friends on the forum. I believe this time of year is to recognize those luxuries we take

[/b][/quote]
well it would tell me that if you are christain then how could you judge if someone of a different religion would find this offensive or not

and dont get moody on me &#33;

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by lynx@17 December 2003 - 20:46
Of course it says "Hey Everyone&#33;"

Did you expect it to say "Hey Everyone&#33; Except all you non-christians because I don&#39;t care if you have a good Christmas" ? That would have been offfensive.

And I wasn&#39;t making generalisations. Plenty of my friends are non-christians, and they all wish me Merry Christmas at this time of year. They get VERY angry about the sort of message you were posting J&#39;Pol.

So your statistically significant cross section is how many - 10,000, 100,000 .... just a ball park figure will do.

Oh and I think not Christian, would possibly be a better way of putting it. Your method suggests there are two types of people.

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by gemby&#33;+17 December 2003 - 20:47--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (gemby&#33; @ 17 December 2003 - 20:47)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by J&#39;Pol@17 December 2003 - 19:43

Originally posted by gemby&#33;@17 December 2003 - 20:40

Originally posted by J&#39;Pol@17 December 2003 - 19:34
<!--QuoteBegin-gemby&#33;

@17 December 2003 - 20:31


if people are not christian then they do not have to read the thread &#33;&#33;

It&#39;s entitled, Hey Everyone.

well they can read the first line then not read anymore then if they find it SO offensive

whats your religion anyway ?

How on earth would that help ?

Just giving a warm happy holidays to my friends on the forum. I believe this time of year is to recognize those luxuries we take

well it would tell me that if you are christain then how could you judge if someone of a different religion would find this offensive or not

and dont get moody on me &#33; [/b][/quote]
No - how would reading the first line help them to identify anything about the thread.

[DanB]

WTF?

How can a simple Merry C******as have caused so much outrage???

I think you&#39;ll find that the celebration of Christmas is no longer purely practiced by Christians.

J&#39;Pol your post is a perfect example of political correctness gone mad

[Gemby!]

FIEN THEN

they could just not reply then &#33;

[J'Pol]

Originally posted by danb@17 December 2003 - 20:51
WTF?

How can a simple Merry C******as have caused so much outrage???

I think you&#39;ll find that the celebration of Christmas is no longer purely practiced by Christians.

J&#39;Pol your post is a perfect example of political correctness gone mad

Don&#39;t be ridiculous.

People may have a holiday at a certain time of the year. Eat turkey and exchange cards and gifts.

That is not celebrating the birth of Christ. Happy holidays to them, but is not the same thing.