Leonard Pitts: Bleatings over greetings only trivialize Christmas

billr

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Tue Dec-13-05 07:56 PM
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Leonard Pitts: Bleatings over greetings only trivialize Christmas

BY LEONARD PITTS JR.

KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS
Let me begin by speaking the forbidden words.

Merry Christmas.

There, I said it. So did the sky crack? Did the oceans turn to blood? Is a horde of angry Jews, Muslims, Buddhists and atheists storming the gates, demanding a retraction? Or does the world look much the same as it did before?

I'm betting on the last.

So forgive me if I don't take up arms in the so-called War on Christmas. In case you hadn't heard about it -- in other words, in case you have a life -- let me bring you up to speed.

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051213/OPINION03/512130426/1071/OPINION

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Tue Dec-13-05 08:09 PM
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1. Happy Holidays all.

Edited on Tue Dec-13-05 08:10 PM by RC

The above greeting includes everyone. 'Merry Christmas' only includes the minority of real Christians and the rest of the Christians, which are pseudo christians. It's the pseudo christians making all the noise.

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Jade Fox

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Tue Dec-13-05 08:24 PM
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2. Pitts is becoming a favorite of mine...

with his reliable common sense. Here's an example from the article in response to ludicrous incidents
being cited as undermining Christmas:

That's not persecution. It's a persecution complex

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Rowdyboy

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Tue Dec-13-05 08:40 PM
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3. God, I wish I could write like Leonard Pitts! He can say more with fewer

Edited on Tue Dec-13-05 08:41 PM by Rowdyboy

words than anyone I know.

This thread is soooo nominated....

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