It seems ridiculously simple to me...with all the efforts to avoid offending someone or some group...we (they) are offending everyone. This country was founded on principles that respected separation of church and state, but those principles certainly did not propose that we ignore or abolish all mention of religious or cultural beliefs, whatever they might be. It seems outrageous to me that in the effort to be all inclusive, we might be being all-exclusive. I for one am offended by the exclusion of mention of the true name of the holidays that I enjoy celebrating because such mention might not be in step with someone else's beliefs. I certainly feel that I should respect other's beliefs and customs. Why then is it not reciprocal? MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!! and HAPPY HOLIDAYS to all who celebrate other holidays at this time.
73, Jack, W9GT -------------- Original message -------------- From: Tom Norris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > From: W3CRR > > > > I'm the public affairs director of a large non-profit agency in > > Washington, DC. One of my responsibilities is editing our monthly > > magazine. Last year, at the direction of our Executive Director, I > > included holiday greetings in the magazine accompanied by a small > > graphic. It was a nice, simple and warmly artistic lit photograph of a > > Christmas candle next to a Hanukah menorah. Subsequently, I received > > angry missives from followers of the Christian, Jewish and Islamic > > faiths as well as a celebrant of Kwanzaa for either a) juxtaposing > > their > > symbol next to the "opposition", or b) excluding their symbol from the > > graphic. (What's the Kwanzaa icon, by the way, a "Kwanzaa Hut"?) :-) > > > > No greetings this year... > > > > 73, > > > > Craig > > W3CRR > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul Courson/wa3vjb From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Dec 20 10:41:34 2005 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Original-To: [email protected] Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from mail.corpranet.net (mail.corpranet.net [69.27.136.13]) by mailman.qth.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01BB5859C19 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:41:24 -0500 (EST) Received: from mikesand ([69.27.149.8]) by mail.corpranet.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with SMTP id jBKFju4F009905 for <[email protected]>; Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:45:57 -0600 From: "Mike Sanders K0AZ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio" <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [AMRadio] Politically Correct Holiday Greetings Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:36:45 -0600 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Importance: Normal X-CorpraNet-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-CorpraNet-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-CorpraNet-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-2.476, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED, AWL) X-MailScanner-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: Discussion of AM Radio <[email protected]> List-Id: Discussion of AM Radio <amradio.mailman.qth.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/private/amradio> List-Post: <mailto:[email protected]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 15:41:34 -0000 Thanks Jack. Merry Christmas. K0AZ Mike Sanders 18169 Highway 174 MT Vernon, Missouri 65712-9171 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 9:32 AM To: Discussion of AM Radio; [email protected] Cc: Tom Norris Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Politically Correct Holiday Greetings It seems ridiculously simple to me...with all the efforts to avoid offending someone or some group...we (they) are offending everyone. This country was founded on principles that respected separation of church and state, but those principles certainly did not propose that we ignore or abolish all mention of religious or cultural beliefs, whatever they might be. It seems outrageous to me that in the effort to be all inclusive, we might be being all-exclusive. I for one am offended by the exclusion of mention of the true name of the holidays that I enjoy celebrating because such mention might not be in step with someone else's beliefs. I certainly feel that I should respect other's beliefs and customs. Why then is it not reciprocal? MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!! and HAPPY HOLIDAYS to all who celebrate other holidays at this time. 73, Jack, W9GT -------------- Original message -------------- From: Tom Norris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > From: W3CRR > > > > I'm the public affairs director of a large non-profit agency in > > Washington, DC. One of my responsibilities is editing our monthly > > magazine. Last year, at the direction of our Executive Director, I > > included holiday greetings in the magazine accompanied by a small > > graphic. It was a nice, simple and warmly artistic lit photograph of a > > Christmas candle next to a Hanukah menorah. Subsequently, I received > > angry missives from followers of the Christian, Jewish and Islamic > > faiths as well as a celebrant of Kwanzaa for either a) juxtaposing > > their > > symbol next to the "opposition", or b) excluding their symbol from the > > graphic. (What's the Kwanzaa icon, by the way, a "Kwanzaa Hut"?) :-) > > > > No greetings this year... > > > > 73, > > > > Craig > > W3CRR > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net > AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul Courson/wa3vjb ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul Courson/wa3vjb -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.1/206 - Release Date: 12/16/05 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. 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