News What He Said
posted by on December 11 at 16:23 PM
From Atrios:
Look, it’s very simple. There are two Christmas holidays. One is the secular holiday, decreed by the federal government to be a national holiday, which is celebrated and marked with festive displays of trees, lights, fat guys with beards, and elves, along with lots of shopping and the giving of gifts. The other holiday involves a celebration of the birth of the Messiah, and is celebrated with religious rituals and displays of nativity scenes and other religious imagery.Public displays of secular Christmas imagery? Fine.
Public displays of religious Christmas imagery? Less fine.
Christmas trees in airports? Fine.
Baby Jesus scenes in airports? Less fine.
Oh, and for the record…
I dashed off a quick post about this dumbfuck controversy this morning at Sea-Tac—half asleep, on my way to a plane—just to reemphasize the point I made yesterday: It wasn’t the dreaded secular humanists that got the freaking “holiday trees” yanked from Sea-Tac Airport. It was a religious person—what religion? who cares?—that complained about them, which prompted the Port of Seattle to yank ‘em. Does it matter that this religious person—a rabbi—just wanted to get a Menorah added to the festive clutter? And that he didn’t necessarily want the Christmas trees removed? Even if he threatened to sue if he didn’t get his way?
Sure, yeah, whatever. But so what?
Why do you hate America, Dan?!!!
Well, not to speak for Dan but if I had to guess I'd say he loves America very much which is why he gets so frustrated with the self-centered religious asshats that think theirs is the only view that matters and pushes that view on every other person within spitting distance.
This post seemed more like a rant against religion than against America and the whole argument is that the two aren't (and should never be) mutually exclusive.
BUT like I said, I'm just guessing.
I was just being sarcastic.
airports without christmas trees? also fine.
This allows me to draw my own conculsion. Maybee that is why Sea-tac aiport did not want to display the Manorah. Which is a scene of religious imagery. I'm just drawing an idea. Something to think about.
I object to all the red and green Christmas lights strung over traffic intersections. Turn them off right now!
christmas trees without airports... also fine
christmas without air? also fine.
Tiffany, I forgot what site I was on for a second.
Dammit Dan, why do you hate America so much?
I don't hate America. America hates me.
American oughta blame you: http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=12237
Nice. But as you say--sure, yeah, whatever.
Just put up a Hanukkah tree. Add a Kwanzaa tree, a Buddah tree, a Wiccan tree, and any others requested. Trees are generic symbols of life, the more the merrier. Just require that they bear no religious symbols, as Christmas trees generally do not. Usually they're decorated with candy canes, ribbons, miniature toys, etc.
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