Merry Holidays; 2 + 2= 5

If only George Orwell were alive to write letters to the editors of the leading newpapers; or to host his own blog, huh? There was a guy who warned us about word play, after working for the British government writing propganda. "Merry Holidays," and all the sugar-free substitutes belong in Whateverland.

There's been a story circulating about the political correctness of "Happy Holidays" over the good old "Merry Christmas" that the 60 million Catholics and the 55 million Baptists who celebrate the birth of Christ, and the rest of the country that may or may not know Jesus as only a punchline and who top off that group that makes up all but 18% of the US population who are non-Christian. It's as if you should bite your tongue off if you say Merry Christmas in public to someone because it does not demonstrate proper respect for diversity.

Is it really more obscene for a restaurant owner to to say Merry Christmas to a group of customers, who may or may not be Christian, than if she were to say "Go fuck yourselves"?

I don't think Free Speech means, "oh, look, here's another excuse to give a FREE SPEECH on the hypocritical nature of our well meaning but tragically flawed human society." The press pushes these ideas to make us all aware how unfair it is that Santa passes over some peoples homes without leaving toys or coal, which would at least show he cares.

Before St. Patrick brought Catholicism to Ireland, they practiced human sacrifice. Is that a religion one should be ashamed to celebrate because not everyone buys in? Does this debate really make Muslims feel better about recent events?

Maybe it's a good debate to have; maybe it's good to bring up the issue of respect for diversity, as we pound the sand to keep the oil locked in the ground so the price will rise elsewhere for other countries with better representation inside the beltway. And buy country, I mean actual country, such as Russia; and also companies, such as Walmart, which earns more than the gross national product of several 1st world countries.