Call me a right-wing whacko, but I think the recent television commercials by a certain clothing company celebrating all winter celebrations from Christmas to "Solstice" is just a little bit too much. The Girl says that "you don't want to offend them", the people who celebrate solstice. Who celebrates solstice, anyway?
Oh, they do.
Seriously, though, how many solstice-celebrating people do you see at the malls, buying gifts for their solstice-loving brethren? And did the geniuses at GAP figure out that there are TWO solstices every year, Summer and Winter? No, of course not. They're pushing their brand on Druids (or similar-believing folk) so that they will too buy stuff this Christmas season. I guess Christians are just not buying enough.
I mean, come on, if you're easily offended by someone wishing you a "Merry Christmas" when you don't believe in Jesus Christ, then your beliefs are very flimsy to begin with. I mean, if THAT is what is going to melt you into a puddle of goo or curse your soul into eternal damnation in whatever hell you believe (or don't believe) in, then you really should just stay home and wait for the end. Because, whether you like it or not, most people celebrate and/or observe Christmas in one way or another. It's like going to Saudi Arabia and being offended by Muslims.
Yes, yes, yes, this country is supposed to be all about religious tolerance, separation of church and state, and all that stuff. But, guess what, what people believe in or not has nothing to do with those wonderful conservative principles of leaving the government out of personal lives. It has to do with what each and every one of us in the social contract agreed to. We agreed that December 25 is a Holiday, that we will give each other gifts, and that we will say "Merry Christmas" to one another. Nothing personal. No offense intended.
Oh, they do.
Seriously, though, how many solstice-celebrating people do you see at the malls, buying gifts for their solstice-loving brethren? And did the geniuses at GAP figure out that there are TWO solstices every year, Summer and Winter? No, of course not. They're pushing their brand on Druids (or similar-believing folk) so that they will too buy stuff this Christmas season. I guess Christians are just not buying enough.
I mean, come on, if you're easily offended by someone wishing you a "Merry Christmas" when you don't believe in Jesus Christ, then your beliefs are very flimsy to begin with. I mean, if THAT is what is going to melt you into a puddle of goo or curse your soul into eternal damnation in whatever hell you believe (or don't believe) in, then you really should just stay home and wait for the end. Because, whether you like it or not, most people celebrate and/or observe Christmas in one way or another. It's like going to Saudi Arabia and being offended by Muslims.
Yes, yes, yes, this country is supposed to be all about religious tolerance, separation of church and state, and all that stuff. But, guess what, what people believe in or not has nothing to do with those wonderful conservative principles of leaving the government out of personal lives. It has to do with what each and every one of us in the social contract agreed to. We agreed that December 25 is a Holiday, that we will give each other gifts, and that we will say "Merry Christmas" to one another. Nothing personal. No offense intended.
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