December 16, 2002, 16:29
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They can't say merry Christmas
Recently a person where i live got offended when a employee at a grocery store wished him "merry Christmas". The man doesn't celebrate Christmas. Now the store has a rule that emplyees must say "happy Holidays" instead of "merry Christmas".
Do you guys think that is right?
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December 16, 2002, 16:31
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no.
merry christmas and if you dont like it go **** yourself
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December 16, 2002, 16:32
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then again the customer is always right
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December 16, 2002, 16:32
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Just some hardline anti-Christmas person. I like to hear "Merry Christmas" when shopping and that's also what I usually say before Christmas to the janitor while shopping before Christmas. Well, I wouldn't impose any such stupid rule that you cannot say "Merry Christmas."
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December 16, 2002, 16:33
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I don't know if it's 'right' or not,, but it's certainly not wrong…
Happy Holidays certainly has a more inclusive tone than merry christmas, and isn't that what love and religion and all those happy things are supposed to be about, anyway? Inclusion?
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December 16, 2002, 16:34
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it's good to live in a country where 98% of the people share your religion.
that way you can say merry christmas and have a 98% of not offending anyone 
merry christmas you bastard, what wrong with that?
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December 16, 2002, 16:35
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I think the guy who got offended should take a chill pill and shut the hell up. it's all in good faith and if some dude from the other side of the world said to me "have a happy gufxerlakrfopiz, or whatever, I'd say thank you. Was this actually in Canada? jesus, some people. That the shop starts taking that a$$hole's offence serioulsy shows how scared people are of not being pc enough.
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December 16, 2002, 16:37
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hey, and what happens if I don't have any holidays because I work in the hospital or something? Does every shop have to know that about me? I think I'll just dump on everyone who does have holidays and expresses it, yeah that would be fun... 
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December 16, 2002, 16:38
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I heard there is no Christmas
In the silly Middle East
No trees, no snow, no Santa Claus
They have different religious beliefs
They believe in Muhammad
And not in our holiday
And so every December
I go to the Middle East and say...
"Hey there Mr. Muslim
Merry ****ing Christmas
Put down that book the Koran
And hear some holiday wishes.
In case you haven't noticed
It's Jesus's birthday.
So get off your heathen Muslim ass
and ****ing celebrate.
There is no holiday season in India I've heard
They don't hang up their stockings
And that is just absurd!
They've never read a Christmas story.
They don't know what Rudolph is about
And that is why in December
I'll go to India and shout...
Hey there Mr. Hinduist
Merry ****ing Christmas
Drink eggnog and eat some beef
And pass it to the missus.
In case you haven't noticed
It's Jesus's birthday
So get off your heathen Hindu ass
and ****ing celebrate!
Now I heard that in Japan
Everyone just lives in sin
They pray to several gods
And put needles in their skin.
On December 25th
All they do is eat a cake
And that is why I go to Japan
And walk around and say...
Hey there Mr. Shintoist
Merry ****ing Christmas
God is going to kick your ass
You infidelic pagan scum.
In case you haven't noticed
There's festive things to do
So lets all rejoice for Jesus
And Merry ****ing Christmas to you.
On Christmas day I travel `round the world and say,
Taoists, Krishnas, Buddhists, and all you atheists too,
Merry ****ing Christmas, To You!
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December 16, 2002, 16:42
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Well I've said merry christmas to plenty of non christians ad non stuck up asses atheist christians (yes) and that was ok and pleasant because it is a good wish not a holy inquisition procedure.
it's like that in the real world.
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December 16, 2002, 16:48
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I didn't know they were not "christians" BTW or I had temporarily forgot.
For example: there was a group of people mainly from Europe and America. I asked an aquintance if he was going home for Chstimas completely forgeting at that time that he was from Turkey.
He smiled, I understood my mistake and his reply was: that's ok we have something equivalant and it is also holidays season in Turkey.
So saying merry Christmas enriches your encyclopedic knowledge so there.
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December 16, 2002, 16:48
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Odd how "Merry Christmas" offends enough to complain, yet my own "Enjoy the Birthing of Your Messiah" just gets odd looks.
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December 16, 2002, 16:49
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GAP stores here are only allowed to say "Seasons Greetings" or "Happy Holidays" instead.
Doesn't bother me...
Very diverse city we live in, no need to assume everyone's Christian.
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December 16, 2002, 16:49
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er... athiest christians? can you run that by me again?
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December 16, 2002, 16:50
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If someone says "Happy Hannukah" or something, I would not be offended, I would wish them a happy hannukah back. So why do PC *******s get offended with "Merry Christmas"? I guess they must hate anything to do with christianity.
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December 16, 2002, 16:51
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atheist who live in a "christian" environment
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December 16, 2002, 16:55
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Also, Christmas isn't solely a Christian holiday anymore. Some people still celebrate it as such, but it has been so secularized over the years that it's quite simple to treat it as a generic holiday celebration. As such, all the "we need to respect diversity" arguments are bullshit. Christmas is the biggest holiday of the year, religious or secular, and to deny its importance is idiotic.
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December 16, 2002, 17:01
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Originally posted by monolith94
I don't know if it's 'right' or not,, but it's certainly not wrong…
Happy Holidays certainly has a more inclusive tone than merry christmas, and isn't that what love and religion and all those happy things are supposed to be about, anyway? Inclusion?
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EXCEPT that Chanuka has nothing to do with love and inclusion, it commemorates a military victory ~ 2,000 years ago and the reclaiming of the temple.....
Im Jewish, and no I think this is ABSURD the guy got fired.....truth be told I DONT like it when people wish me a merry Christmas, HOWEVER I dont like it when they wish me happy holidays either, as then people think Chanuka is about loving people when its not....ANYWAY when people wish me a happy christmas, I say something polite "you too, happy holiday etc..."-not showing my annoyance.
It is NOT rude to wish someone a Merry Christmas(im annoyed, but I dont think the person is doing anything wrong), however if someone is offended by that their just being a PC ()&!#&)#(!.
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December 16, 2002, 17:16
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I think it's not "ok" to say merry christmas to someone you know he's not of that religion.
but if they are agnostics (like myself) or atheists and they piss all over my jubilant christmas spirit because whatever according to them the "birth of christ" signified the commancement of the systematic purge of the dodecatheon followers and the destruction of old temples and their replacement by proto christian onces followed by the oppresive character of the monotheistic religion the yoke of the clergy on the hellenic light the obstructive essence of orthodoxy in the progress and establishment of libertarian traditions and other crap like that, well it gets a bit old.
I mean, Merry Christmas you dope. (unless circumstances dictate otherwise)
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December 16, 2002, 17:21
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Mmm. . .seasoned greetings.
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December 16, 2002, 17:25
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hmm, isn't christmass a pagan thing
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it's all in good faith and if some dude from the other side of the world said to me "have a happy gufxerlakrfopiz, or whatever, I'd say thank you.
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December 16, 2002, 17:38
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It's those pagan catholics!
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December 16, 2002, 17:43
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This is stupid and anyone who would actually take the time to complain about a message made in goodwill is an idiot. If someone says "Merry " then just say "Merry " back and leave the store.
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December 16, 2002, 17:50
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The phrase "merry christmas" is just as hollow and annoying as the holliday, if you ask me.
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December 16, 2002, 17:53
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Do you always have to be so outwardly jaded and cynical, or have you ever thought it would be nice to let other people enjoy something for once rather than whining about it?
I swear, half the time I see you post in a thread it's some angsty cynical comment...
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December 16, 2002, 17:58
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Originally posted by Asher
Do you always have to be so outwardly jaded and cynical, or have you ever thought it would be nice to let other people enjoy something for once rather than whining about it?
I swear, half the time I see you post in a thread it's some angsty cynical comment...
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I don't have to, but I like to. 
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December 16, 2002, 18:01
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Originally posted by Vesayen
EXCEPT that Chanuka has nothing to do with love and inclusion, it commemorates a military victory ~ 2,000 years ago and the reclaiming of the temple.....
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A quote I heard once, don't know who said it. "A short summary of all Jewish holidays: They tried to kill us, we won, let's eat!"
The only reason Chanuka gets any press in because it happens to coincide with Christmas and the New Year and all those other winter holidays. It's actually not a very important holiday in the Jewish faith.
As far as this goes, I think some people want to be offended by what they hear. I'm an atheist, mostly, but I'm not offended by Merry Christmas. I try to remember the spirit of the holiday, and the fact that two thousand years ago, a great person was born (though it wasn't December 25th). That, we should all be able to appreciate.
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December 16, 2002, 18:04
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Christmas isn't religious at all to me, it's simply a family holiday.
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December 16, 2002, 18:08
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Another symptom of the secularization of Christmas. It all started with using X-mas. The subliminal/subconscious inferral that the Christ part of Christmas can be substituted as in an algebraic equation.
Ahhh.... for the olden days when you couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting a nice Nativity scene. 
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December 16, 2002, 18:13
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Only 9 more days to do you evil pagan ritualistic shopping! AAAARGH!
Pah! It's not like I have the money to buy everyone presents, not after shelling out 30 euros for Ptw
I'd just like to piss off some special people before I go:
"Have a very happy [ insert exclusive pagan/monotheistic/athiest celebration here ] !!!"
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