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Article #1705Re: Ideal Kwanzaa Present!
From: Tiny Human Ferret
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 21:11
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 21:11
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Phil wrote: > On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 04:07:19 GMT, Mr. Tolerance wrote: > > >>On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 03:54:54 GMT, Phil <dogglebe@yahoooo.com> wrote: >> >> >>>On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 16:55:51 GMT, "rms1" <rms1@my-deja.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Kwanzaa is an absurd idea. You can't just invent a holiday to be >>>>politically-correct and inclusive. Ridiculous. >>> >>>Like Christmas and St. Patrick's Day? >> >>Not exactly: http://www.belogical.com/so_this_is_kwanzaa.htm > > > Christmas is for Christians only; Saint Patrick's Day is for Irish > Catholics only. Solstices and Equinox are for anyone with eyes to see the changes in the length of day and night, and the "cross-quarters" are there for those who can notice the Solstices and Equinox and can also divide by two. -- The incapacity of a weak and distracted government may often assume the appearance, and produce the effects, of a treasonable correspondence with the public enemy. --Gibbons, "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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