Re: Happy Thanksgiving!

RestInParadise wrote:
> 
> Now when Christmas rolls up on all of us, are you going to tell
> whatever bright eyed people you love in your life all about the
> multiple evils of the crusades, malign the intentions of people who
> mourn the horrific crucification of a man who spoke out in defense of
> an enslved people, and call Chistmas a purely capitalist holiday that
> has nothing to do with peace and love??

Likely.  Very likely.  It's pretty common for people to try to take a
swipe at Christians during Christmas.  It's usually things like "Happy
Pagan Sun Holiday that you Xians *Stole*" or some such tripe.

If they're particularly dense, they'll try to draw a parallel between
"Sun" and "Son."

Peace favor your sword (IH)
--
"In these modern times, many men are wounded for not having weapons or
knowledge of their use."
-Achille Marozzo, 1536
--
"...it's the nature of the media and the participants. A herd of martial
artists gets together and a fight breaks out; quelle surprise."
-Chas Speaking of rec.martial-arts