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| Local Power-freaks get "Holiday Trees" Removed From Seattle Airport |
| 2006-12-09 |
| All Holiday trees at Sea-Tac Airport were removed this morning after several community member complaints. You will defer to my beliefs in public, or else. They say the trees don't represent all cultures and religions... Hmmm.... Just call them Christmas trees, Hanukkah bushes, Solstice shrubs, 5-6 foot natural air fresheners... That has Christians, Jews, atheists, and yuppies covered. Who could possibly feel excluded? The trees will not go up again...the airport policy on decorations will be reviewed after the holidays. High-level stuff. It usually takes the threat of a fatwa to get the muckymucks to roll over that fast, but we'll see. |
| Posted by:Atomic Conspiracy |
| #3 Could not happen without reporters willing to file stories using unnamed sources. I do not doubt that people have called to complain as part of a campaign but I cannot imagine any Jewish religious group wanting to kill Christian symbols. |
| Posted by: badanov 2006-12-09 23:16 |
| #2 Could the usual suspects be innocent this time? The Port of Seattle says it had little choice. It says a Seattle rabbi with the Central Organization for Jewish Learning hired an attorney and threatened to sue if the airport did not erect an eight foot menorah to balance the message of the Christmas trees. According to airport spokeswoman the two sides could not reach an agreement before the lawsuit was to be filed, so the trees were removed instead. Problem is, a google search failed to turn up a single hit on "Central Organization for Jewish Learning" and the likely permutations. Seattle has no shortage of Jew-haters. Could this be a false-flag operation to discredit local Jews? It could also be a lone self-declared "rabbi" telling the PC port officials what they desperately want to hear anyway. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2006-12-09 22:14 |
| #1 My religious beliefs insists that holiday decorations be present and that they are referred to as they should be. I'm offended that my religion is being violated. :-) |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-12-09 22:13 |