I was actually yelled at after being told to have a \"Merry Christmas\" once. Let\'s look at that, shall we?

Random person: Merry Christmas!

Me: Huh? Oh, I\'m not Christian and I don\'t celebrate Christmas.

Random Person: WELL YOU SHOULD! JESUS DIED FOR YOUR SINS! YOU SHOULD LOVE HIM FOR THAT!

Me: Sorry......necrophellia isn\'t my thing.

Then they left all angry-like. I wonder why...

I also got in troble with the Pledge to the flag. I said \"constitution\" instead of \"god\" and was dragged outside and questioned.

Teacher: Why didn\'t you say God?!

Me: Doesn\'t agree with my beliefs.

Teacher: But everyone has a God. That\'s one of the things that makes us equal in this country.

Me: No, some people have more than others. Some have none. I, personally, follow an atheistical dogma where I\'m my god. I don\'t run the country I\'m not going to say I do.

Teacher: Think about the other students, you might offend them!

Me: Why? They don\'t care if they offend me.

After that I was sent to an admin. Crazy huh? People are just stuck up.

Thing is: You can\'t not offend people as long as they have their heads up their asses. People who get offended by \"Happy Holidays\" are just as bad as people who get offended by \"Cracka.\"

And you guys know what? I don\'t have a holiday this month! So suck it up! Well I do but I\'ll bet you that you won\'t hear too many people wishing a happy winter solstice.

That\'s not just political incorrectness. That is forcing their beliefs upon you.

I also agree with you about the constitution being more appropriate than God. Whether or not God exists isn\'t the point. The point is, that God shouldn\'t have anything to do with the constitution.

To think about it, telling you off for not believing in God was a very good example of religious persecution o.0

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May I also point out that most of the time, when people sayy \"merry Christmas\" (not in the above case) they don\'t actually mean to make any connection with the nativity, or even anything to do with Christianity. To many people, Christmas has become an excuse to get off work/school, to give and receive presents and just to generally have fun! Obviously, if the person is Christian, like the person Mr. Match talked about, they probably celebrate Christmas for the religious reasons.

If a Hindu told me to enjoy Diwarli, I would thank them, smile and continue wlaking. I wouldn\'t spit back at them that I am not Hindu and that they should Be Christian, too. And that\'s not Political Correctness, it\'s common courtesy.

Maybe I\'m the only one that doesn\'t wish people happy holidays unless I\'m sure I know what it is they celebrate.

I tell people that I know celebrate Christmas \"Merry Christmas.\" And the same with my Jewish friends. I tell them to enjoy they difficult to spell holiday.

I only tell other pagans to have a joyous Winter Solstice.

What I\'m saying is know what offends people before you say anything. I personaly know a few individuals of African desent that aren\'t offended by the \"n-bomb.\" Do I say it to them? No. It may not be offencive to those few but might be to some around them.

I do it to avoid conflict. I\'m just looking out for myself.

You never know who\'s quick to throw a punch.

Stupid, but can be turned into something VERY funny if the words are pieced together right.

Example: Politically Correct Holiday Stories

F\'ing HILARIOUS.

Lol, I really hope people stop that debate, just let people sa what they want and be done with it. I find it annoying to hear people swear, but that\'s their choice.

Back when I still thought that \"Happy Holidays\" was a bit anti-Christian, I remember that I got really pissed off when the deli at my christian school had a huge sign that said \"Happy Holidays\".

Now, at first I was pissed and was going to go complain, but decided not to after being hit by the figurative truck of reason.

Of course, if they ended up outright refusing to write Merry Christmas, that would have been one thing, considering that it was a private christian school, and that anyone who would be offended by it, and didn\'t celebrate Christmas would probably not have been there in the first place, but things being as they were, I let it go.

I\'ve got a simple solution to all of this Happy Christmas VS Happy Something or another Jazz...

From now on, whenever I see anybody, I\'m simply going to tell them to \"Enjoy the damn snow\" and leave it at that.

Seriously, the first person to get offended by that gets bricked.:mad:

Tact is necessary if you respect others and want to be courteous.

I think you should ignore her, Zera. Don\'t feed the trolls.

And yes, I noticed today just how much Christmas is mentioned in this country. Again that\'s not a bad thing, I just find it interesting.

I was looking at the snow globe my sister got for christmas it has a CHRISTMAS TREE in it and it says Happy Holidays I suppose that was the politically correct thing to do even though I don\'t think people who celebrate Hanukah are going to buy a snow globe with a Christmas tree in it. Honestly Political correctness has gotten out of hand.

...what\'s wrong with a christmas tree snowglobe saying Happy Holidays? Happy Holidays still means Merry Christmas you know. It\'s not like Happy Holidays means \"every holiday BUT Christmas\".

Dude, there was no reason to get snippy.... Dranzer thought you watched Blue Collar TV because it sounded like something they\'d talk about, I\'m sure.

Maybe, but he\'s done that same damn thing to me about 2 other times already. I\'m TIRED of it.

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Black Dranzer seems to get on people\'s nerves kind of easy..reminds me of a miniature version of myself!

Well, at least we\'re over the holidays..but what happens when Easter comes along?

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