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Re: Midrange-NonTech Digest, Vol 2, Issue 106

Peter you said:
> > Hey!  That is our tradition as a nation! Now, we can't say "Merry
> > Christmas!"  now is "Happy Holidays".  We can't say "Christmas  Tree" 
now
> > it is "Holiday Tree".  We can talk about Santa Claus but we can't talk
> > about the real origin of CHIRSTmas, who is CHRIST himself.
> >
> > That was my point... :o)

A few years ago I got tired of people telling me what was politically 
correct/incorrect.  It is Merry Christmas to me!!  I'm trying to be 
offensive to anyone, but it is offensive to me to say "Happy Holidays".

So much for Anne being "political"..... not!!

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Santa YES, Jesus NO (rick baird)
   2. RE: Santa YES, Jesus NO (michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)


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message: 1
date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 13:11:05 -0500
from: rick baird <rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Santa YES, Jesus NO

Oh, I can see that you're a devotee to the art as well, John!


On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 10:13:35 -0600, John Brandt Sr. <pgmr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:
> No? Your kidding? Sarcasm? Say it isn't so.
> 
> John Brandt
> iStudio400.com
> (903) 523-0708
> Home of iS/ODBC - MSSQL access from iSeries and RPG.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rick baird [mailto:rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 10:02 AM
> To: Non-Technical Discussion about the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: Re: Santa YES, Jesus NO
> 
> Peter,
> 
> I know - I would never seriously accuse you of being hateful.  Your
> points were exactly my points - I just tend towards sarcasm to make
> mine.
> 
> Rick
> 
> On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 10:17:17 -0500, Peter Vidal <peter_vidal@xxxxxxxx> 
wrote:
> > "What, you have a problem with gay and lesbian Indian Shamans?    You
> > fascist, bigoted hate monger!   ;)"
> >
> > I know you draw a little smiley face Rick, but just to clarify, I do 
not
> > have a problem with this.  I have no hate nor anything else.  My point
> > with the news was that we are getting to the level of being ridiculous
> > when we want to remove the real Christmas' foundation from our culture 
and
> > strive to please all thoughts.
> >
> > Hey!  That is our tradition as a nation! Now, we can't say "Merry
> > Christmas!"  now is "Happy Holidays".  We can't say "Christmas  Tree" 
now
> > it is "Holiday Tree".  We can talk about Santa Claus but we can't talk
> > about the real origin of CHIRSTmas, who is CHRIST himself.
> >
> > That was my point... :o)
> >
> >
> >
> > Peter Vidal
> > PALL Corporation
> > SR Programmer Analyst
> > 5775 Rio Vista Drive, Clearwater, FL 33760-3137
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> >
> >
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message: 2
date: Tue,  7 Dec 2004 11:22:54 -0700
from: michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
subject: RE: Santa YES, Jesus NO

Tact is for people that aren't witty enough to be sarcastic.

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Santa YES, Jesus NO
> From: "rick baird" <rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, December 07, 2004 1:11 pm
> To: "Non-Technical Discussion about the AS400 / iSeries"
> <midrange-nontech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Oh, I can see that you're a devotee to the art as well, John!
> 
> 
> On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 10:13:35 -0600, John Brandt Sr. 
<pgmr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > No? Your kidding? Sarcasm? Say it isn't so.
> > 
> > John Brandt
> > iStudio400.com
> > (903) 523-0708
> > Home of iS/ODBC - MSSQL access from iSeries and RPG.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rick baird [mailto:rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 10:02 AM
> > To: Non-Technical Discussion about the AS400 / iSeries
> > Subject: Re: Santa YES, Jesus NO
> > 
> > Peter,
> > 
> > I know - I would never seriously accuse you of being hateful.  Your
> > points were exactly my points - I just tend towards sarcasm to make
> > mine.
> > 
> > Rick
> > 
> > On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 10:17:17 -0500, Peter Vidal <peter_vidal@xxxxxxxx> 
wrote:
> > > "What, you have a problem with gay and lesbian Indian Shamans? You
> > > fascist, bigoted hate monger!   ;)"
> > >
> > > I know you draw a little smiley face Rick, but just to clarify, I do 
not
> > > have a problem with this.  I have no hate nor anything else.  My 
point
> > > with the news was that we are getting to the level of being 
ridiculous
> > > when we want to remove the real Christmas' foundation from our 
culture and
> > > strive to please all thoughts.
> > >
> > > Hey!  That is our tradition as a nation! Now, we can't say "Merry
> > > Christmas!"  now is "Happy Holidays".  We can't say "Christmas Tree" 
now
> > > it is "Holiday Tree".  We can talk about Santa Claus but we can't 
talk
> > > about the real origin of CHIRSTmas, who is CHRIST himself.
> > >
> > > That was my point... :o)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Peter Vidal
> > > PALL Corporation
> > > SR Programmer Analyst
> > > 5775 Rio Vista Drive, Clearwater, FL 33760-3137
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > This is the Non-Technical Discussion about the AS400 / iSeries
> > (Midrange-NonTech) mailing list
> > > To post a message email: Midrange-NonTech@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
> > > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-nontech
> > > or email: Midrange-NonTech-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
> > > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-nontech.
> > >
> > >
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