Sunday, November 20, 2005
Ho Ho Huh?
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Jerry Falwell has issued a fatwa, er, boycott, of places like Target that - get this - don't say "Merry Christmas" enough. And has the audacity to claim that failing to do so constitutes an attack on Christianity as a whole.
I say "horse hockey." Give me a couple of truckloads of that, and I'll grow excellent vegetables.
I was raised Jewish, on stories of five thousand years of oppression, the Holocaust, etc. When people were throwing Christians to the lions in Rome, that was an attack on Christianity. Having uniformed officers going around to people's houses and breaking in looking for members of your religion so that they can be imprisoned and/or killed, that is an attack on your religion. Having people deny you the use of public facilities, vandalize your home and place of work, that can be an attack on your religion.
Not saying "Merry Christmas" enough? Oh, please! Find a real issue, willya? Go feed, clothe, and house the poor from the millions you make off your TV cash cows.
I think we should tell Mullah Falwell that if he wants to live in a religious dictatorship, he should move to Iran. I have no problem with Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson having whatever relationship they want with their God(s). I just don't want them to shove *their* faith in *my* face.
Hey...maybe I should just wander around wishing everyone a happy feast of Mithras this year? :)
Whatever you celebrate, I hope it's happy.
I say "horse hockey." Give me a couple of truckloads of that, and I'll grow excellent vegetables.
I was raised Jewish, on stories of five thousand years of oppression, the Holocaust, etc. When people were throwing Christians to the lions in Rome, that was an attack on Christianity. Having uniformed officers going around to people's houses and breaking in looking for members of your religion so that they can be imprisoned and/or killed, that is an attack on your religion. Having people deny you the use of public facilities, vandalize your home and place of work, that can be an attack on your religion.
Not saying "Merry Christmas" enough? Oh, please! Find a real issue, willya? Go feed, clothe, and house the poor from the millions you make off your TV cash cows.
I think we should tell Mullah Falwell that if he wants to live in a religious dictatorship, he should move to Iran. I have no problem with Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson having whatever relationship they want with their God(s). I just don't want them to shove *their* faith in *my* face.
Hey...maybe I should just wander around wishing everyone a happy feast of Mithras this year? :)
Whatever you celebrate, I hope it's happy.
# posted by Loren Davidson @ 8:30 AM 
