[plug][OT] Xmas

[shayne oneill]

Ah thats right. An old buddy o mine was JW , and if I believe right, you
guys only
do the passover (or something like that). JW's do get a wierd rap sometimes
, but
any group that actively promotes pacifism wins my respect.

Oh, btw. Muslims DO celebrate christmas!

Cheers,
Shayne.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Knight" <anarchist_tomato at hotmail.com>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [plug][OT] Xmas


> As one of Jehovah's Witnesses, I find it rather amusing that it's seen as
> offensive to Muslims, but not a mention of anyoen else. ;) We're not
> offended by Christmas, so it's cool if everyone else celebrates it,
although
> we do get rather offended when people get violent and gnatty about us not
> celebrating it, that can be rather awful.....
>
> Go ahead, "be merry" as it were, although have some understanding about
the
> rest of us, in case there's any biggots out there. ;)
>
> Make lunch, not war.
>
>
>
> >
> >Interesting,
> >
> >On British T.V. there was some coveage that the Red Cross, charity shops
> >were
> >not allowed to have any Xmas decorations, reason: some ethnic minorities;
> >other religions may be offended!
> >
> >Political correctness gone mad?  How many christians; other religions
find
> >other such festivilities such as ramadan offensive?
> >
> >My forefathers fought in two world wars for freedom & freedom of speech!
> >Some politician's / do gooders must be whacked up, smacked up or cracked
> >up,
> >or plain bored to come out with such crap.
> >
> ><\rant>
> >
> >On Saturday 21 December 2002 4:08 am, Shayne O'Neill wrote:
> > > Political Correctness can get way stupid sometimes
> > > Ya know (further and further OT), I had a conversation with someone
the
> > > otherday at uni who suggested that the guild shouldn't 'do' christmas
> > > because
> > > it was 'offensive to muslims'.
>
>
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