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WAL-MART BANS CHRISTMAS: BOYCOTT LAUNCHED
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| 9 November 2005
| William Donohue
Posted on 11/09/2005 11:50:22 AM PST by big'ol_freeper
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To: Aquinasfan
I pinged the list without reading the thread; now I really don't know. If you find out anything one way or another, let me know?
To: SaltyJoe
To: antisocial
"I am one of those Christian fundamentalists, maybe you can tell me where in the Bible it tells about celebrating Christmas."
The Bible does not mention celebrating Christmas, but it does not prohibit anyone from commemorating the birth of Jesus, nor does it prohibit people giving gifts to one another. And the U.S Constitution does not mention Thanksgiving or turkeys, but we have the holiday and celebrate it, and no one thinks there's something sinister about that. And the fact that Jesus and his followers drank wine does not prevent some fundamentalists from prohibiting wine. Moreover, the Christian version of the Bible did not even exist during the time of Jesus or for 200-300 years later; in other words, the rules and criteria for compiling the Bible are not themselves found in the Bible, but were decided by - oh my - tradition, as determined by the Catholic bishops long after the deaths of Jesus and the early apostles.
To: dandelion; little jeremiah
But IF it doesn't matter either way, then it certainly won't hurt for Wal-Mart to simply call the "Holiday" "Christmas" either... That's the point. They do. Freely and without a hint of modesty about it, they stock, advertise, sell, and promote "Christmas" stuff. It's all over their website, it blinks at you when you walk in their store. And it's not even Thanksgiving yet :~D.
I just think it's funny that so many replies on this thread express outrage, and even ping their outrage lists, without checking it out! :~D
And I hate WalMart, it's too big. :~D
Happy Holidays!*
*Happy Holidays in no way wishes to insult anyone's holiday. I't merely an expression I use to give greetings to those who I may not talk to again during the holiday season, that I hope they have a happy Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hannukah, New Years, and whatever other holiday they celebrate this winter.
324
posted on
11/09/2005 2:31:32 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: sandbar
Walmart is NOT discriminating against Christmas. They are not excluding Christmas.So why does a search of Christmas on their site give almost nothing compared to Kwanzaa (77) and Hanukkah (200) and Ramadan (20). A tree and a few ornaments. No books or CDs listed under Christmas. You have to search for 'holiday' to find Christmas but you can search the other religions directly by name. Sounds like exclusion to me. A few years ago, there probably would have been hundreds of Christmas hits.
325
posted on
11/09/2005 2:32:46 PM PST
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: Right Wing Assault
326
posted on
11/09/2005 2:35:22 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
*Happy Holidays in no way wishes to insult anyone's holiday. It's merely an expression I use to give greetings to those who I may not talk to again during the holiday season, that I hope they have a happy Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hannukah, New Years, Ramadan, Festivus, Winter Solstice, Kwanzaa, Candlemas and whatever other holiday they celebrate this winter.Too bad that's too long to fit in a tagline. (I made a few additions.)
327
posted on
11/09/2005 2:38:17 PM PST
by
ecurbh
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To: armymarinedad
On the holiday page is a link saying "not what you are looking for click on the link to match your word Christmas.Sure, Wal-Marts have a lot of Christmas stuff. The point is, why doesn't their website take you where you asked to go in the first place?? Why DON'T Kwanzaa and Ramadan and Hanukkah take you to 'holiday'? The are trying to equate Christmas with Holiday rather than just leaving it Christmas. If that's OK with you, great, but I think it is stupid.
328
posted on
11/09/2005 2:39:09 PM PST
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: big'ol_freeper
329
posted on
11/09/2005 2:40:27 PM PST
by
muir_redwoods
(Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
To: Clay+Iron_Times
Plus, for the real story of Santa, go to:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0393685/
Santa's Slay
Where you will see that Santa is really the devil's son who has had to be nice for 1000 years because he lost a curling bet to an angel.
The best part about this campy movie is that Santa is played by Goldberg, the wrestler, who happens to be Jewish.
330
posted on
11/09/2005 2:40:55 PM PST
by
Sensei Ern
(Now, IB4Z! http://trss.blogspot.com/)
To: HairOfTheDog
See my post 328. It's not that they don't have Christmas stuff. Everyone knows they do. The point is why do they try to push it off as 'holiday'? What is it, something like 87% of Americans celbrate Christmas in some way?
331
posted on
11/09/2005 2:42:00 PM PST
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: ecurbh
I'm so glad you included those honey... I was inconsiderate to have not included them :~D
332
posted on
11/09/2005 2:42:28 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
You... you... hater!! ;~D
333
posted on
11/09/2005 2:43:42 PM PST
by
ecurbh
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To: Right Wing Assault
You posted that they had "almost nothing" when you searched for Christmas, and the fact is, they had 7,900 or so items in that category (did ya *click* it?) and, I might add, the store itself is overflowing and bursting at the seams with Christmas stuff.
This is so much tilting at windmills. It's comic. Really!
334
posted on
11/09/2005 2:47:00 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: BurbankKarl
"Maybe Jesus was Chinese?"
LOL, Jesus is certainly "Asian", from the ghetto "West" side.
335
posted on
11/09/2005 2:48:19 PM PST
by
SaltyJoe
(A mother's sorrowful heart and personal sacrifice redeems her lost child's soul.)
To: GOPPachyderm
Walmart allows Salvation Army red kettles bell ringing and Target does not, so I prefer shopping at Walmart now. Yep - from the day the bellringers start to the day they stop, I don't go to Target.
To: ssaftler
When I have designed web pages with multiple results searches I have done the same thing Walmart did. However, I do agree that it can give the appearance of favoring one celebration over another.
337
posted on
11/09/2005 2:51:36 PM PST
by
Talking_Mouse
(Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just... Thomas Jefferson)
To: Jim Verdolini
gee, I avoid Walmart simply because everything they sell is made in China and I won't fund their future war against Taiwan or the USA. You have to be careful criticizing Wally-world around here. Mention that only 17% of their merchandise is made here in the U.S. and that 11% of China's exports are shipped to Wally-world stores and you'll need your freeper asbestos suit.
As a good capitalist I don't like supporting communists. I don't know why so many others around here do. I don't have anything against Wally-world being successful, I just don't enjoy the shopping experience there. I think in the end, that's going to be their downfall.
338
posted on
11/09/2005 2:53:12 PM PST
by
Smittie
To: Right Wing Assault
Maybe because it's a holiday.
339
posted on
11/09/2005 2:53:46 PM PST
by
A.P.M.
To: Right Wing Assault
I don't mind shopping at a department store which caters to all religious holidays- it is capitalism but if a department store starts referring to Christmas merchandise as Holiday merchandise then i am done with it.
Here is something I found interesting.. if you go to Kwanzaa you find the children's book- Arthur's Christmas. If you enter Christmas there is no such direct link... strange. I know they mention Kwanzaa in the book- but the book and the message is about CHRISTMAS- not Kwanzaa. I will wait and see- Walmart is a great place to stop for tape and wrapping paper and other small items- but there are plenty of other places to get that stuff. Walmart has a positive history, IMO- It appears to me that someone is playing games with the Walmart website.
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