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Subject:	Re: Why I spoke up -- little issues left alone sometimes become big issues
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Date:	Sun, 13 Dec 1998 19:32:07 GMT
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Steve Berry wrote: > Why I spoke up about Larry's footnote: > > Well, because I often see my side of the belief isle pushed aside > quickly and > harshly at times in discussion groups and secular society in general Don't you guys have a rule about doing unto others as you would have them do unto you? Or is that just a guideline? > Look at politics for your proof. Dan Quayle, a Christian, gets > ridiculed to this day Dan Quayle is ridiculed because he is a political lightweight. I've never heard of anyone ridiculing his religious beliefs. Perhaps you have. Seems to me that if you felt the necessity to respond to Larry's footnote: > > 3 - note that I celebrate Christmas because it's fun, not because of > > Christ.(3) a more appropriate (although still off-topic) response might have been along the lines: Then please call your celebration something other than "Christmas". Many Christians are profoundly offended by the secularization and commercialization of this holiday, which they see as a corruption or trivialization of their celebration of the birth of Christ. in which case I would have agreed with you 100%. I would be delighted to have four such holidays (two solstices and two equinoces) and not be required to endure any accompanying religious ritual. For years I've intended to celebrate the Solstice around this season, but have always forgetten. Alas. Maybe this year I'll make an entry in calendar(1) so as not to forget again. For anyone who might be playing along: 1998 Winter Solstice 21 Dec 8:56 pm EST 1999 Vernal Equinox 21 Mar 4:01 pm EST Summer Solstice 21 Jun 3:45 pm EDT Autumnal Equinox 23 Sep 7:31 am EDT Winter Solstice 22 Dec 2:44 am EST Other notable holidays which I've never gotten around to celebrating: Mad Hatter Day 10 Jun Mad Hatter Day Oct 6 Procrastination Day 6 Sep Are there any special Lego holidays we've been ignoring? The web page <http://www.lego.com/info/history/hist3259.asp> gives only 1 May 1954 for the registration of the LEGO tm, which doesn't seem to me like such a red letter day. If we could find the date in 1958 that Danish patent 92683 was issued (stud-and-tube system) that might be a good candidate for Brickmas. Any others? 1 - This is not a footnote (2) but rather a reference to calendar's unix manual section. 2 - Well, it didn't used to be. 3 - Not to leave Larry's previously self-referential footnote dangling. 4 - This is a recursive footnote virus. (4) Copy me into your message. -- Steve Jacquot sj5w@virginia.edu

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(...) That is a rule that should be followed by all regardless of religion, or even lack thereof. The world would be a much better place if the consequences were considered before the action was taken. (...) To me his religion plays no role in my (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Why I spoke up -- little issues left alone sometimes become big issues
Hmmm... Something told me this would get to this point. This is long gang -- sorry. And, yes I'm aware that historical calendars put Christ's birth many months outside of December. Some scholars have thought it was more likely in June. I don't (...) (26 years ago, 13-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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