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> "Mark K. Bilbo" wrote in message
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> > On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:50:21 +1000, James A. Donald wrote:
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> >> "PTravel"
> >>> >> Even granting that the Christmas tree is secular
> >>> >> (and I don't believe that it is), it is definitely
> >>> >> not all-sectarian.
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> >> "James A. Donald"
> >>> > It evidently includes Hindus, ancestor worshippers,
> >>> > and animists, they being part of "peace on earth and
> >>> > goodwill to all men"
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> >> "PTravel"
> >>> I'm talking about Christmas trees, not sentiments of
> >>> the holidays.
> >>
> >> You will find Christmas trees in the houses of Hindus,
> >> ancestor worshippers, and animists. Why then do some
> >> Jews and many Muslims make a big deal of *not* having a
> >> Christmas tree, as if it was made of ham?
> >
> > Because it's not their religion. Duh.
> >
> >> It is not that they want to make the point that they are
> >> not Christian. They want to make the point that they
> >> are not American, even though Americans want them to be
> >> American.
> >
> > Aren't you the evil .?
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> > By the way, are you expatriate? As in, who the . are you to define
what
> > it is or is not to "be American" sitting over there in Australia?
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> Good chance he's Mel Gibson's uncle.
Maybe its Mel Gibson himself........ oh, hang on.... the Gibson clan are
rabid old school catholics... latin mass and all, james is a staunch WASP...
oh well..... guess there is no point asking for his autograph then.......
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