On 26/12/12 10:45, Gervase Markham wrote:
> So I don't agree that a reference to Santa is a religious reference.
It *is* a religious reference. In my family, Santa and Xmas represent
absolutely nothing because our background is not christian.
> But even if it were, I also don't agree that references to current
> religious festivals by the Firefox Facebook/Twitter accounts are
> inappropriate. Mozillians may not all agree on the significance of such
> things, but I hope we can agree not to be upset by the fact that others
> find them significant, and the fact that they find them significant can
> be referred to.
>
> BTW, "Yule or Yuletide ("Yule time") is a religious festival observed by
> the Northern European peoples, later being absorbed into and equated
> with the Christian festival of Christmas. The earliest references to
> Yule are by way of indigenous Germanic month names (Ærra Jéola (Before
> Yule) or Jiuli and Æftera Jéola (After Yule). Scholars have connected
> the celebration to the Wild Hunt, the god Odin and the pagan Anglo-Saxon
> Modranicht."
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule
You could also remind us that the 25th of december is just a pagan
reference, the day of Sol Invictus, and most certainly before that the
day of Mithra. Come on, Gervase, this is not a discussion about Human
History but about present times. In present times, Christmas and Santa
are christian references (unless someone is praying Mithra here ?-).
> I would be surprised and disappointed if the community guidelines were
> actively used to try and make Mozilla a culture or religion-free zone.
I personnally don't care. We're all adults enough to read what we want
to read or avoid reading what we don't want to read. And ultimately
complain if needed. The only thing I certainly do not want is proselytism.
</Daniel>
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