Don't you think that, by the simple fact of not speaking up until 5 years later and **only** getting your knickers in a wad because Bull O'Reilly was trying to drum up his ratings, you'll come across as a bit less than serious?
On a related note, if the "best" O'Reilly can come up with in this lame attempt to copy the "war on" theme is a small city renaming an egg hunt FIVE YEARS AGO, wouldn't this qualify as a tempest in a teapot?
In a word, no. I didn't know about it until now and don't give a crap about O'Reilly. The note I wrote was polite and respectful. I offered the understanding that the city may have been trying to avoid a lawsuit but that they should then just say so if that is the case. Unfortunately, the result is religious discrimination: advancing paganism at the expense of Christianity, seeing as the Ishtar egg and rabbit fertility symbols are both emblematic of pagan spring festivals.
As to knicker snickers, I have no religious interest in this fight sirrah, other than the obvious bias on the part of the bureaucrats taking over my childhood home town. I also know that the bureaucrat will simply dump the email while the politician may actually read a few.
wouldn't this qualify as a tempest in a teapot?
Maybe, but then the Chronicle story is new so they'll have the opportunity to revisit the whole thing perforce anyway. I'm sick of the way leftists are running that area and don't mind a bit the opportunity to politely poke them with a sharp stick. Frankly, I'd prefer no state sponsored festival at all.