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Subject:	Re: The meaning of Christmas (was Re: Christmas Train update
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Sat, 12 Dec 1998 18:14:59 GMT
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> I have to side with Larry on this one. He's building a <Christmas> Lego Train, > why can't he add a footnote to explain why he's building a Christmas train even >though he doesn't believe in the Christ part? Sure, if that had been the topic > of the post, it would have been a bit out of place in the train group, but it > wasn't the topic, it was just a footnote. Matt, No offense, but could you be taking Larry's side on this because he comes close to your own ideological stance on this issue? Or, is it because, as you say, footnoting something divisive in a Trains newsgroup is o.k.? Thanks, Steve Berry

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		Re: The meaning of Christmas (was Re: Christmas Train update
(...) How about neither of the above? I think you're the one being divisive, Steve. If you take umbrage at someone pointing out that they're not christian but decided to build a train with Santa on it anyway, you're way off base. Try not to pass (...) (26 years ago, 12-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: The meaning of Christmas (was Re: Christmas Train update
Also sprach Steve Berry: : No offense, but could you be taking Larry's side on this because he comes : close to your own ideological stance on this issue? Or, is it because, as you : say, footnoting something divisive in a Trains newsgroup is o.k.? (...) (26 years ago, 12-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: The meaning of Christmas (was Re: Christmas Train update
(...) Neither. I don't think that jumping down Larry's throat because he celebrates Christmas because it's fun, was appropriate in a discussion group about Lego trains. Matt (26 years ago, 12-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: The meaning of Christmas (was Re: Christmas Train update
(...) I'm certainly not an atheist, but if I were to decide to choose "sides" in this very small, very insignificant disagreement, I would have to side with him. Little footnotes at the end of a message just aren't that big a deal, especially worded (...) (26 years ago, 12-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: The meaning of Christmas (was Re: Christmas Train update
(...) I have to side with Larry on this one. He's building a <Christmas> Lego Train, why can't he add a footnote to explain why he's building a Christmas train even though he doesn't believe in the Christ part? Sure, if that had been the topic of (...) (26 years ago, 12-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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