12/24   Merry Christmas, motd'ers!
        \_ Yeah, screw the Jews, the Muslims, and everyone else.
           \_ If I were christian, I'd be a lot more irritated by christmas
              than I am.  It's not my holy day that's been twisted into a
              demented buying spree/ traffic jam.  The idea of celebrating
              some messiah's  birthday and getting together to eat with the
              family seems fine to me, even though I'm not christian.  too
              bad modern American christmas is 1% about religion and 99% about
              buying shit.
           \_ Screw yourself, dude -- OP didn't say anything about screwing
                 \_ Jesus H Christ, what a whiny little bitch you are!  Post
              anybody.  Happy Holidays, MOTD!
              \_ Sin by omission, jerk.  You'd be mighty pissed off if every
                 fucking year you had to hear all this merry this and that
                 crap and everyone asked you what you're doing for the
                 not-christmas holiday and never mentioned christmas.
                 \_ I'm an atheist and not at all offended.
                    \_ Dude, he's a militant asshole looking for an excuse to
                       get pissed and rant about his religion -- even if it
                       means he has to attack well-meaning harmless posters.
                    It's not like anybody's stopping you, Mr Oversensitive.
                       interest in understanding.
                       \_ You'd think he'd know how to spell goyim...  Troll.
                       If he could have his way, we'd all be saying 'Happy
                       Hanukkah (and Fuck Christmas)!'.
                       \_ No, I wouldn't because as I said I don't push my
                          beliefs down other's throats and it's not harmless
                          when others do it with theirs.  It's easy to kick
                          back and say, "hey shut up and just go with the flow!
                          it's harmless!" when you're in the majority and share
                          the same belief.  Stuff the ad hominen.  It is
                          unbecoming and inappropriate for a serious topic.
                          \_ for the record, i'm a jewish atheist and i think
                             you sound like a fucking tool.  This is my
                             first(and last) contribution to this thread.
                             \_ Maybe my age is catching up with me, but who/
           \_ In Soviet Russia, the Muslim screws YOU!
                                what is the whiny militant guy a tool for?  Or
                                is this a new colloquial usage of the term?
                 \_ Jesus H Christ, what a whiny little bitch you are!  Post a
                    'Happy Hanukkah' or 'Happy Holidays' message or something.
                    It's not like anybody's stopping you, Mr Oversensitive.
                    \_ They're not public holiday.  They're Holy Days and it
                       isn't my place to wish a bunch of goyum like you a
                       happy holy day you wouldn't understand and have no
                       interest in understanding.
                       \_ You'd think he'd know how to spell goyim...  Troll.
                          \_ It's yiddish, there's no official translation.
                             You'd think you might know that before doing an
                             incorrect spelling flame.
                             \_ well, in the spirit of petty language flames,
                                you mean transliteration, not translation.
           \_ In Soviet Russia, the Muslim screws YOU!
               \_ Being Jewish or Buddhist or anyone who doesn't celebrate
                  Xmas is like being gay, but not as bad.  Everyone,
                  particularly strangers, assumes you celebrate Xmas.  The
                  cashier at the grocery store asks you if you finished
                  your Xmas shopping.  And people look at you in disbelief
                  if you bluntly say that you don't celebrate Xmas.  And
                  you don't feel like explaining that to a stranger anyway.
                  Of course, op didn't mean any harm or do anything wrong.
                  But I personally don't like it when someone directs a
                  comment at me assuming that I celebrate Xmas when I don't.
                  Stuff like saying Merry Xmas on the motd doesn't bother
                  me though.  -!whiny little bitch above, but I can relate.
                  \_ No, no, no, you must either be an active participant in
                     the _dominant_ culture or tell them you're a sub culture
                     alien and get strange looks and ugly comments for that.
                     Otherwise you're just a whiny little bitch.
                \_ All you militant oversensitive complainers ARE bitches.
                   Upset your non-christmas religions aren't recognized
                   here in america (rather, they aren't recognized
                   strong enough)? Then leave the country! This is a
                   Christian country whether you like it or not. If in
                   doubt, check out history, all of our currency, the
                   beginning 5 minutes of every session of congress, and
                   countless other places. Goodnight, tools. Merry
                   christmas to the rest of you.