Posted on 12/07/2008 10:16:53 AM PST by andrew roman
Okay, enough is enough already.
Of course, enough was enough the last time I had enough.
Let's pretend for a moment ...
Imagine if, at a company picnic, I introduced my better half to a co-worker this way:
"Bill, this is 'wife.' "
"Nice to meet you, wife. Did you bring your kids?"
"Over there, tossing the baseball ... that's child and child."
"They look like you, homosapien, my friend."
Clearly, the United States of America has reached the point of dippy secular correctness, where to even acknowledge the very name of a holiday - a federal holiday at that - is so potentially offensive that its name shall is to be stricken from view.
Thus, the normally outstanding Amazon.com website is promoting what they call the "Twelve Days of Holiday." (Oh, to be a fly on the wall in the board room when this promotion was being hatched).
How beautifully inoffensive - except maybe to the vast majority of Americans who recognize the December 25th holiday as Christmas (but who gives a turtle's tooth what they think?).
Now, no one feels excluded. Everyone feels good! Everyone gets a trophy!
At National Review Online's Corner, the great Mark Steyn writes:
I see Amazon (to whom I am generally well disposed, even though they grossly underestimated demand and have thus managed to sell out of my own Christmas single) are having a special sale called "The Twelve Days Of Holiday".
That's an even lamer PC rewrite than the one offered up by the Royal Canadian Mint a couple of holiday seasons back to promote their range of grisly commemorative coin sets - "The Twelve Days Of Giving":
On the first day of giving, my true love gave to me...
Etc. Even by the standards of the age, the ability of the marketing department to combine the reflex urge to eliminate all references to the offensive word "Christmas" with the savvy to exploit beloved old songs about, er, Christmas is impressive.
It gets better.
Further to my post ... about Amazon's "Twelve Days Of Holiday" promotion, a reader complained to them about their decision not to use the word "Christmas" and received by way of response a canned e-mail apologizing instead for their use of the word "Christmas":
"Please accept our sincere apologies if you were offended by the use of the word "Christmas" on our website. Our intention in referring to Christmas is to give specific ordering guidance for a specific holiday, not to exclude other faiths."
They sent the wrong canned apology.
Too much.
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"I'll Be Home for Holiday, if only in my dreams."
"Silver bells, silver bells, it's Holiday in the city. Ring-a-ling. Hear them sing. Soon it will be Holiday."
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The power and reality of Christ is never more apparent than when Christianity is being attacked.
If you want to know THE truth then follow the lies.
Personally, I don’t mind “Happy Holidays” but this is getting a bit ridiculous.
Whoever whines the loudest gets priority in the list of politically correct religions. Pretty soon we will only see “praise be to Allah the most high and the prophet Mohammed (pbuh) during this Ramadan”. We all know who whines the loudest.
Let them say Ramadan during Ramadan, or correctly, “Happy Eid” which ends Ramadan. Happy Ramadan would be like “Happy Lent” instead of “Happy Easter”. It’s okay with me, the Holiday is well before Christmas.
Same with Haunakaa or Kwanzaa. How hard is it to change a banner?
But if someone wants me to buy my Christmas gifts at their store, that store needs to wish me a Merry Christmas. Not happy holidays (I don’t celebrate Eid or the others) nor Season’s Greetings. Otherwise, it’s a big Merry Tossmas to you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JbYA-bS0u4
This is a pity because I needed to send gift certificates to the CA relatives. They’ll be getting Wal Mart certificates instead of Amazon.
...Seems like every day is a holiday in Ermerica, my thoughts are, have at it. As for me, I celebrate Thanksgiving. That’s all folks...
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