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2004-12-09 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by Fred 2004-12-09 10:39:41 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Schools and libraries ban Christmas trees

Yes I can understand the sentiment. At this time of the year, a street corner close to where I live used to be the home of a tall, beautifully decorated Christmas tree. This year they have replaced it with a tall, colorful, sparkling...rocket or something, I have no idea what it is.

Posted by Rafael 2004-12-09 12:50:22 AM|| 2004-12-09 12:50:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I learned a lot about math and science and literature, and literally nothing about the belief systems of billions of the world's people â an educational hole as stunning as if they'd decided not to teach, say, world history.

One of the better classes I took in college was a comparative religions course. Then again, I went to a Catholic college that wasn't run by the weenies who are out banning Christmas carols.

Posted by Steve White 2004-12-09 1:57:40 AM|| 2004-12-09 1:57:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Amen Fred. Your self description fits me to a tee.

I love everything about Christmas and though I don't believe in God or Jesus; the underlying principles are the basis of much that is good in Western civilization. I've yet to hear the Christmas carol that says kill the infidels, not even kill the Democrats.

Posted by AlanC 2004-12-09 11:21:02 AM|| 2004-12-09 11:21:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Christmas trees are Pagan. This seems like discrimination agains Pagans. And wreaths. Don't get me started on them too.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-12-09 11:24:25 AM|| 2004-12-09 11:24:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Count me in. My Jewish by choice elder daughter told me yesterday that decorating the Christmas tree with her father (its his holiday, so I play the support role and get the ornaments out of the box) is her favourite part of Christmas -- better even than getting presents. And while there is a lot of lovely music in the Jewish repertoire, Hanukkah songs are just that, and no match for Handel's Messiah, or even Silent Night. Some people choose to be hypersensitive.

Posted by trailing wife 2004-12-09 3:27:49 PM|| 2004-12-09 3:27:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Administration of Lake Washington High School in Kirkland, WA.

This guy doesn't know the grief that the woman who is principal of the Elementary School in Cupertino, CA is taking for banning THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE from a 5th grade teacher's classroom. I have a feeling "Mr. Robertson" is about to feel some heat.

"God Bless us everyone..."

Posted by BigEd 2004-12-09 5:39:15 PM|| 2004-12-09 5:39:15 PM|| Front Page Top

He may get a visit... Draw the shades, "Mr. Robertson", Lock the doors, "Mr. Robertson", he will still come, "Mr. Robertson!" Just as he did to Scrooge!!!...

Posted by BigEd 2004-12-09 5:56:00 PM|| 2004-12-09 5:56:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 "Tolerance" has become a PC byword for secular-based spiritual ABSOLUTISM and societal-national CANTONIZATION. Organized Religion for the most part gen motivates and teaches youth and individuals to personally strive for self-improvement, whether individualist or group-oriented, which SCIENCE AND INTELLECTUALISM DOES NOT. CANTONIZATION ultim devolutes to national-/political CONFEDERATISM which history has repeatedly shown to again lead to the dissolution of organized nation-states/societies. REMEMBER THIS ALSO, THE LEFT DEMANDS THIS OF AMERICA ADN THE WEST, BUT DOES NOT DEMAND IT OF COMMUNIST/COMMUNISM-CENTRIC RUSSIA-CHINA, ETAL. - you know, alleged National and International [now GLOBAL]"EQUALISM"!?

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