[BC] Merry Christmas!!!!

[Craig Bowman]

I fail to see how wishing someone well is being intolerant.  If you are 
a Christian, wishing someone a Merry (or Happy) Christmas is being 
inclusive.  Even though you may not give a darn about Christmas it is my 
wish that its passing bring you joy.  The real insult would be to not 
which you a Merry Christmas.


Craig Bowman
Bowman Engineering
Durand, MI 48429
989-277-8835




Ernie Belanger wrote:

> Larry,
>
> The strangest thing about what you have written is this.
>
> I have never had someone wish me anything except a Merry Christmas or 
> a generic half felt Happy Holiday.
>
> Maybe I'm unique but it would not bother me at all if someone wished 
> me a Happy Hanukkah,Solemn Ramadan, Joyous Kwanzaa or Peace Filled 
> Diwali ."
>
> I would consider it kind that they sincerely cared enough of me as a 
> person to extent heart felt kind wishes. Verses the watered down 
> "Happy Holidays".
>
> I saw a news story the other night and apparently 85% of Americans 
> Celebrate Christmas. So that said, I don't think it is intolerant to 
> wish everyone a Merry Christmas Vs being politically correct.
>
> Just think how much closer we might be as a country if we each wished 
> each other the Joy or Peace or Solemnness of whatever Holiday we 
> personal believed in Verses trying to make everyone fit into the 
> generic humanists "Happy Holiday".
>
> Wishing someone a greeting which is from the heart and based on 
> whatever you believe should not offend but rather it should make each 
> of us feel honored that the other person would think enough of us to 
> want to wish us kind words and Spirit during the season.
>
> On that note. I did a count this year. Of the 35 Stores My Wife and I 
> shopped in for our family and friends. Clerks at the checkout in only 
> 10 whished us a Happy Anything. the other 25 went with Have a nice day 
> or nothing at all.
>
> Sadly  that is what happens in our attempts  to be politically 
> correct. We so water down  the true Spirit of a Holiday (any Holiday) 
> that it becomes meaningless or at best Generic  and the only joy 
> remaining is that those who are offended by everything gloat at having 
> the rest of us being drawn down the same path.
>
> Think of that Apple Computer commercial for a minute.  All those grey 
> dressed generic people on their PC's then in comes the breathe of 
> fresh air as the giant  screen gets smashed and color enters the 
> commercial. (you know the one)
>
> That's what this country needs. A breath of fresh air where once again 
> each individual can send greetings from their heart without the fear 
> of offending anyone. A country where we are tolerant of our diversity 
> and embrace the right of each of us to be the individuals we are.
>
> And if our heart felt greetings  do offend, then it is the one who is 
> offended who needs to rethink their mind set... since they obviously 
> can not take the greeting in the Spirit in which is was meant Vs being 
> offended because they are respected enough as a person for us to wish 
> them the special Spirit of the season.
>
> Ernie
>
>
>
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