[paratrooper82]

"genuinely proffered wish of happiness from another."

I don't see any genuineness or innocents about groups that demand Stores stop using Merry Christmas, and replace it with Happy Holiday. It is their intent to remove Christ from our culture, and this is just one of those ways of doing just that. I guess this is where we disagree. I just saw on Fox News that Wal-Mart said that it has "learned it's lesson." They will no longer respond to requests from small groups of PC minded people.

Anyhow, I have to change my bandages and get some rest. I want to get back to the front where I am needed.

[Stone Mountain]

Again, I have nothing but contempt for any group that would attempt to force speech on others. But you're right, I disagree that their attempt to be inclusive of all customers is an indication that they want to remove Christmas from our culture. That seems somewhat paranoid to me - that in a nation that you say is 85% Christian that it would even be remotely conceivable to remove Christmas from the culture is impossible for me to comprehend. I would guess that the bigger threat to traditional Christmas values would be the rampant commercialization of it, not the saying of generic greetings.