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To: kaystreet
Maybe you are just wed to a term"""

No, it's the censorship of the word, "Christmas," that bothers me, and millions of other Americans. I don't care whether you put "happy" or "merry" or "blessed" in front of it; the problem is that the word itself -- Christmas -- is something that the PC crowd, and the folks who don't like our cultural traditions, are trying to obliterate, and they're having some success. They've already gotten places of commerce (Macy's, etc.) to purge the word.

267 posted on 12/20/2004 6:08:14 PM PST by churchillbuff
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To: churchillbuff

I don't think it's censorship.
Where did the term Christmas originate? and when? But you say it's not the word itself... and also imply that I am part of a PC cabal, or the victim of one, whose intent is to obliterate Christmas.
Words do change and evolve. I think we are witnessing that more than anything else.
Many times it's the secular crowd that determines where the advertisers' wording goes, not the reverse. The culture, and that means all of us, is evolving, taking our words along with us.
I just am very curious why the yowling about this now, not by you, but by some of the media. Why now? Are they seeking to further divide us? Bill O"Reilly is looking out for our souls? I think not.


268 posted on 12/20/2004 6:20:07 PM PST by kaystreet
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To: churchillbuff

Look at this:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/holiday/


270 posted on 12/20/2004 6:51:27 PM PST by kaystreet
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