To: Stone Mountain
I do not care how people greet others. It is when they call up a Store and demand they use "happy Holidays."
I only said that if a Store decides to do that, then I have the right not to shop there.
The people calling up these Stores and demanding that they use Happy Holidays have an agenda, and that agenda is "anti-christian."
Now Walmart understands that it cannot stay in business placating 4% of the anti's in order to keep them happy, because most Christians will not shop in a Store that thinks it is more important to keep 4% of the population happy, while ticking off 85% of the Christian population.
82 posted on
11/09/2006 11:01:10 AM PST by
paratrooper82
(82 Airborne 1/508th BN wounded and home recouping with my family!)
To: paratrooper82
I do not care how people greet others. It is when they call up a Store and demand they use "happy Holidays."
I totally agree with you here.
I only said that if a Store decides to do that, then I have the right not to shop there.
Of course. You have the right to shop wherever you please for whatever reason you please.
Now Walmart understands that it cannot stay in business placating 4% of the anti's in order to keep them happy, because most Christians will not shop in a Store that thinks it is more important to keep 4% of the population happy, while ticking off 85% of the Christian population.
This is where you lose me. Why should Christians be offended to hear "Happy Holidays?" Isn't it a genuine expression of good tidings? You don't have to shop at delis that wish you Happy Channukah, but I do, and am grateful for the good wishes. Even though I'm not a member of the Jewish faith. I like it when people say Merry Christmas or Bless You to me even though I'm not Christian - I accept it in the spirit in which it was offered. If someone is forced to say Happy Holidays, then of course I have a problem with it. But if someone is saying it to be nice, I think it's ridiculous to take offense or try to correct them.
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