War on Christmas ...? - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

LaRondo · #1 12-12-2006, 08:54 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/10/airport.christmas.trees.ap/index.html

....leaves Seattle airport treeless....

Carleton Hughes · #2 12-12-2006, 09:19 PM

I've had just about enough of this P.C.kosher nostra crap,give,em a Menora,for chrissake!then we can have our "holiday tree" or whatever back.

Oh,let's throw in the kwanzaa kandlestick or whatever just for good measure.

Botnst · #3 12-12-2006, 09:37 PM

Christianity thrives in controversy and oppression and dies in comfort and power.

Eskimo · #4 12-12-2006, 09:42 PM

They announced yesterday that the trees would be going back up.

See this and this from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

See this from CNN.

LaRondo · #5 12-12-2006, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Carleton Hughes

I've had just about enough of this P.C.kosher nostra crap,give,em a Menora,for chrissake!then we can have our "holiday tree" or whatever back.

Oh,let's throw in the kwanzaa kandlestick or whatever just for good measure.

I'd say, let's save a tree and set up a menorah ...

I'm just amazed how it really spirals out of proportion so quickly ...

aklim · #6 12-13-2006, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by LaRondo

I'd say, let's save a tree and set up a menorah ...

I'm just amazed how it really spirals out of proportion so quickly ...

But will it end at a tree and menorah or will it go further?

After consulting with lawyers, port staff believed that adding the menorah would have required adding symbols for other religions and cultures in the Northwest. The holidays are the busiest season at the airport, Betancourt said, and staff didn't have time to play cultural anthropologists.

You watch. Sooner or later it will escalate to other religions and problems will arise.

BTW, nice title. Sensationalism at it's best. It is not a war on X'mas. It is just to take the religion out of a place where it should not be. Best be neutral and forget the whole tree, menorah, etc, etc.

LaRondo · #7 12-13-2006, 01:45 AM

...the title wasn't my invention, taken out of context from several news wires ...

It just seems to become a cynical topping on many subjects, including Lou Dobbs' broadcast "War on Middle Class" ....

...will it ever end ... really...who knows ...

Matt SD300 · #8 12-13-2006, 01:59 AM

CHRIST-MAS will never loose the battle..KING OF Kings & LORD OF LORDS!!

"THE WORLDS LARGEST CELEBRATION " is of the birth of our SAVIOR...every year, for over 2000 thousand years!!!..even the non believers celebrate it..LOL

Gotta love it ...My favorite time of the year since I was a kid!!!

The fact is that "GOD" is in control

...the bots.. the carletons...the movers & the rest of the SPIN DOCTERS.....Cannot stop or kill the CELEBRATION, of the CREATOR OF ALL THINGS....That's the TRUTH..AMEN ...but ya can keep trying...in VEIN....

Ara T. · #9 12-13-2006, 02:07 AM

Wow. The way you type that with the capitalization on all the important words really makes it sound like one of those fundamentalist sermons from the southern traveling circus-tent churches.

Matt SD300 · #10 12-13-2006, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Ara T.

Wow. The way you type that with the capitalization on all the important words really makes it sound like one of those fundamentalist sermons from the southern traveling circus-tent churches.

LOve it!!!

LaRondo · #11 12-13-2006, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Matt SD300

CHRIST-MAS will never loose the battle..KING OF Kings & LORD OF LORDS!!

"THE WORLDS LARGEST CELIBRATION " is of the birth of our SAVIOR...every year, for over 2000 thousand years!!!..even the non believers celebrate it..LOL

Gotta love it ...My favorite time of the year since I was a kid!!!

The fact is that "GOD" is in control

...the bots.. the carletons...the movers & the rest of the SPIN DOCTERS.....Cannot stop or kill the CELIBRATION, of the CREATOR OF ALL THINGS....That's the TRUTH..AMEN ...but ya can keep trying...in VEIN....

... Now that being said ... we ain't got nothin' to worry about ...

Botnst · #12 12-13-2006, 07:20 AM

Ever been to a tent revival? I went to one. It was very interesting. The first few minutes were pretty challenging but after a while one recognizes the rhythms and themes. The people who attend are not all fake cripples learning to walk. Most of the people are good, hard-working people looking for a connection to that which gives life meaning.

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Ara T. · #13 12-13-2006, 08:12 AM

No, actually I was just going by the stereotypes depicted in movies and such. If I were a church going man I'd rather go to one of these masses than the boring waste of time I used to attend.

Botnst · #14 12-13-2006, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Ara T.

No, actually I was just going by the stereotypes depicted in movies and such. If I were a church going man I'd rather go to one of these masses than the boring waste of time I used to attend.

I reread what I wrote. I apologize if it sounded pedantic. It's a common flaw of mine.

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TheDon · #15 12-13-2006, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Ara T.

Wow. The way you type that with the capitalization on all the important words really makes it sound like one of those fundamentalist sermons from the southern traveling circus-tent churches.

.. no wonder why religion scares me... all these nuts running around and such..