Happy Holidays!

I just wanted to take a moment and wish everyone a Merry Christmas and/or a Happy Holiday Season! Travel safe and best wishes! -- Scott B. Husted "Profit" The Pits: PowerSims Magazine (http://www.theuspits.com)

Scott B. Husted wrote on 23 Dec 2000: >I just wanted to take a moment and wish everyone a Merry Christmas >and/or a Happy Holiday Season!<snip> And the same to you! (Why do Americans say "Happy Holidays", anyway? Why not just say "Merry Christmas" and have done with it, like in the UK? I can't imagine anyone, of whatever religion, being *offended* by it...!) -- David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.92) The GPL Scrapyard - http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

Because it encompesses New Years Day, not just Christmas.

Happy Christmas and Merry New Year! Hope everyone gets that vid card or processor they wanted in their stocking!! Joe J. Rogers <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:iZ316.422$[email hidden]... > Because it encompesses New Years Day, not just Christmas. > >

On 23 Dec 2000 15:30:08 GMT, [email hidden] (David Buttery) wrote:

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>Scott B. Husted wrote on 23 Dec 2000: > >>I just wanted to take a moment and wish everyone a Merry Christmas >>and/or a Happy Holiday Season! ><snip> > >And the same to you! >

And same from me, too! Hope you all enjoy this time - I have so far, and it was quite enjoyable reflecting on my recently departed Grandmother's life in a happy, light hearted way so soon after her passing. I'm pretty cynical about Christmas, but that is what it should all be about. >(Why do Americans say "Happy Holidays", anyway? Why not just say "Merry >Christmas" and have done with it, like in the UK? I can't imagine anyone, >of whatever religion, being *offended* by it...!) > A (Native) American friend told me that it's because of PC gone mad. Say "Merry Christmas" and you'll piss off the all the other religious groups celebrating at the same time, Kwanzaa, Hannukah <sp?> etc. etc.. PC Gone mad, yet again. I mean, I can understand the point, but really - it's someone wishing you well, take it as that and don't be so freakin' uptight. Incidently, this native american girl only calls herself "Native American" so people on the net can tell she's not from the subcontinent - she doesn't care, only calling her squaw (it actually means vagina) will get any reaction out of her, vis-a-viz racial stuff. DG >-- >David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.92) >The GPL Scrapyard - http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com >"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really" - >Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Disgruntled Goat) writes: >Incidently, this native american girl only calls herself "Native >American" so people on the net can tell she's not from the >subcontinent - she doesn't care, only calling her squaw (it actually >means vagina) will get any reaction out of her, vis-a-viz racial >stuff. I'm a "Native American" too, I was born in Baltimore. Don McCorkle

Woodie 83 wrote:

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> > In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] > (Disgruntled Goat) writes: > > >Incidently, this native american girl only calls herself "Native > >American" so people on the net can tell she's not from the > >subcontinent - she doesn't care, only calling her squaw (it actually > >means vagina) will get any reaction out of her, vis-a-viz racial > >stuff. > > I'm a "Native American" too, I was born in Baltimore.

So is my wife. About 85%. -- Chuck Kandler Linux, because life's too short for a buggy OS. Registered Linux User #180746 http://counter.li.org

> > I'm a "Native American" too, I was born in Baltimore. Native ---- yes Indigenous though? <G> MS > > Don McCorkle >

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> > > > > I'm a "Native American" too, I was born in Baltimore. > > Native ---- yes > Indigenous though? <G> > > MS > > > > Don McCorkle > >

Nah. He's a wannabe. LOL -- Chuck Kandler Linux, because life's too short for a buggy OS. Registered Linux User #180746 http://counter.li.org

To get right down to it...there are NO indeginious peoples of North America. They came from Asia Via the Bering Straits Ice Bridge. At least this is one theory. So to claim indegiony(new word) may not be correct, but they did get there first so the claim of first come first serve seems to apply. dave henrie "Mark Seery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:z9b26.15714$[email hidden]...

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> > > > I'm a "Native American" too, I was born in Baltimore. > > > Native ---- yes > Indigenous though? <G> > > > MS > > > > Don McCorkle > > > >

Dave Henrie wrote on 27 Dec 2000: <snip> >they did get there first so the claim of first come first serve seems to >apply.<snip> Possibly. Or possibly not. Have a look on the search engines for "Kennewick man"... human remains discovered with marked European caucasoid characteristics, dated to the 8th millennium BC; unfortunately, a court ruled that the tribes who claimed him as their own[1] had priority over a scintific investigation, and could take him away for burial. Some of the sillier people had an argument along the lines of: "he was found in our burial grounds, and our traditions say we were the original peoples, so he must by definition be one of ours", which is analogous to Galileo's opponents refusing to look through his telescope because Jupiter's satellites weren't mentioned in Aristotle, so couldn't be there - a quite ludicrous argument. [1] which he almost certainly wasn't - unfortunately, some American courts seem particularly prone to putting religion above science. -- David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.92) The GPL Scrapyard - http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

Disgruntled Goat wrote on 26 Dec 2000:

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>On 23 Dec 2000 15:30:08 GMT, [email hidden] >(David Buttery) wrote: >>(Why do Americans say "Happy Holidays", anyway? Why not just say "Merry >>Christmas" and have done with it, like in the UK? I can't imagine >>anyone, of whatever religion, being *offended* by it...!) >> >A (Native) American friend told me that it's because of PC gone mad. >Say "Merry Christmas" and you'll piss off the all the other religious >groups celebrating at the same time, Kwanzaa, Hannukah <sp?> etc.

Oh really, what a load of stupid codswallop. I live in the West Midlands, one of the most ethnically, racially and religiously mixed areas of the UK; and we don't get all uptight when a Hindu wishes a Christian a Happy Diwali, or when an atheist wishes a Muslim a happy Eid. Not so long ago I was sitting in a station waiting room, chatting to a Sikh man - full turban, long beard, ceremonial dagger, the lot - and his last words to me as we went out to get the train were "Have a good Christmas". Those Americans (I hope a small minority) who have this silly attitude need to grow up. "Native American" is a tricky one, actually - I never know what to do there. "Red Indian" is obviously not on; "Indian" on its own is inaccurate, and unclear unless in context; ditto "American Indian". The linguistic word for the language group is "Amerindian", but that looks contrived. "Indian American" presumably refers to people of Indian (as in India) descent. And the individual tribal names aren't useful for general use. And to complicate everything, many people are reclaiming "Indian" for themselves, rather in the manner of the word "queer". -- David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.92) The GPL Scrapyard - http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.