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To: ConsistentLibertarian
Thank you for your very kind reply! But, lets go even more slowly, please.

Jews ( in my limited experience of business relations with perhaps a few hundred good customers and fellow salesman in the furniture industry, over perhaps 15 years ) are, in my estimation, remarkable for 1, their discipline and integrity 2, their frequent and very regular kindness to children-with or without Santa Claus. They have been somewhat critized in some remarks from interviews I have heard from Israel, for this generous practice, regarded as far too materialistic. You see, your #16 I find to be badly constructed-false-and to be a gratuitous, backhanded slap at Christianity, whether intentional or not! I appreciate you are only attempting some light humor, but its likely I suspect, that even very young children have no serious difficulty discerning the religous significance of Santa Claus & his connection to Christian Christmas. That anyone might invent contrived humor about Americans who happen to be Jewish is not at all offensive. IMHO, they thrive on such attention & they have been so successful as to find it almost impossible to avoid'spoiling' their children. It has become cliched.

Your #16 I still find contrived and hollow.

24 posted on 03/17/2002 6:30:27 AM PST by TEXICAN II
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To: TEXICAN II
Maybe you can clarify for me which of the following points you want to deny: (1) According to the story, Santa claus brings presents to virtuous children; (2) Santa Claus doesn't even appear to bring presents to Jewish and Muslim children. (3) A halfway intelligent child who believed the story and was in a position to look around and see that no Jewish or Muslim kids were even appearing to get gifts from Santa Claus would be in a position to draw the obvious conclusion.
35 posted on 03/17/2002 10:23:40 AM PST by ConsistentLibertarian
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