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The Name Change: Why We Did It (Paper Drops "Christmas")
Bucks County Courier Times ^
| December 10, 2003
| Editorial Board
Posted on 12/10/2003 8:19:47 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard
We understand your wanting to broaden your scope, really we do, but we're going to give to another charity that isn't ashamed of it's reason for being. We wish you luck with your new broadened base, really we do.
To: OldFriend
People should make an effort to give directly to those in need.That's the best way to go. I cut out the phoney overhead laden charities years ago. It's a great satisfaction to give to someone and know they're actually getting it.
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posted on
12/10/2003 9:01:36 PM PST
by
Lijahsbubbe
(One person CAN change the world, but most of the time, you probably shouldn't)
To: Lancey Howard
This is really sad. My ancestors settled in Bucks County in the 1720s and established the first Lutheran Church there.
To: Lancey Howard
Boycott the charity -- and boycott the firms that advertisein this rag. And let the stores know why you're not buying there.
Ads are why newspapers exist. If they drive customers away instead of bringing them in, management hears about it pretty darn soon.
To: Lancey Howard
Our goal, after all, is to raise as much money as we can, so we can help as many people as possible. Osama bin Laden says put him down for $20 mil. After all, nobody cares where the charity money comes from or what other aims the givers may have. < /sarcasm>
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posted on
12/10/2003 9:07:03 PM PST
by
Tall_Texan
("Is Rush a Hypocrite?" http://righteverytime2.blogspot.com)
To: John Robertson
Yeah, but did you notice how, no matter how hard the writer tried, he still couldn't hide his snide, we're-better-than-you-clods attitude?Oh man, this is nothing compared to the way they normally behave on their editorial page. You should see the editorials they have been publishing where they berate Pennsylvania's Republican legislature for not going along with Fast Eddie Rendell's tax hikes and teachers union payoff schemes ("education funding"). The venom drips from the page. See, Fast Eddie was elected, and so he has a "mandate".
The paper does not even bother to hide it's function as a mouthpiece for the DNC. Truly pathetic.
To: Lancey Howard
But replacing Give-A-Christmas with Holiday Fund - a change we implemented last year - wasn't done to minimize the importance of Christianity's most celebrated and joyous holiday. Sure it wasn't. I mean, what does Christ have to do with Christmas anyway? It's just a "holiday" to people like you.
I wish I took that rag of a paper just so I could have the satisfaction of cancelling it tomorrow.
To: John Robertson
By the way, did you catch this line?:
We recognize and accept the profound role Christians played in the founding and development of this nation.
Christians "played a role"? I thought it was Christians who pulled the whole thing off?
To: Lancey Howard
It was a practical decision, not one driven by political correctness or any other ideology, as many of our letter-writing critics have charged. Nor was our intention to water down or in any way neutralize Christmas.
B.S.
Forget this "fund."
Give to the Salvation Army instead.
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posted on
12/10/2003 9:16:00 PM PST
by
ppaul
To: GeronL
"We didn't drop Give-A-Christmas in favor of Holiday Fund in a politically correct effort to minimize religion."They are lying.
This has the stench of political correctness all over it.
To: Lancey Howard
We recognize and accept the monumental impact Jesus Christ had and continues to have on the world. But let's not revere him as anything special.
After all, Muhammad is just as important to our modern world, isn't he?
Calling it Christmas is so old-fashioned, so Twentieth Century.
We need to be more inclusive.
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posted on
12/10/2003 9:19:29 PM PST
by
ppaul
To: weeder
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posted on
12/10/2003 9:22:22 PM PST
by
ppaul
To: Lancey Howard
Our intention was to maximize inclusion There's that word again.
To: Lancey Howard
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posted on
12/10/2003 9:23:43 PM PST
by
Timesink
(I'm not a big fan of electronic stuff, you know? Beeps ... beeps freak me out. They're bad.)
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To: Lancey Howard
Because we meant no harm or disrespect. We really didn't. What hollow, miserable, wretched human beings.
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posted on
12/10/2003 9:27:14 PM PST
by
ppaul
To: Lijahsbubbe
You make an excellent point!
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posted on
12/10/2003 9:27:49 PM PST
by
weeder
To: weeder
I know you are not supposed to brag about charity to others, but here's an example. Years ago I was able to give a turkey dinner and some cash to a mom. I think it meant even more to her than going in a line and receiving from an organization. (not that people aren't grateful for that)
It was easy. No forms, no qualifications, and I got to decide who I wanted to help.
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posted on
12/10/2003 9:34:53 PM PST
by
Lijahsbubbe
(One person CAN change the world, but most of the time, you probably shouldn't)
To: ppaul
Check this out. From the editorial:
We get it. We really do. We understand
we sympathize.
We recognize and accept the monumental
We recognize and accept the profound
And we are proud of that heritage. We really are.
We also recognize the good and charitable
We recognize all of that.
We also recognize that these are trying times for Christians.
We recognize that people are understandably angry
Because we meant no harm or disrespect. We really didn't.
I have a feeling that this paper's "charity" is going down the toilet like a jet turd.
To: ppaul
Bulls-eye!
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posted on
12/10/2003 9:40:50 PM PST
by
weeder
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