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    This is ridiculous! I cant believe Christmas is now offensive?! Target is refusing to use Christmas and now Lowes is selling these:

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    for "holiday's" sake....geesh.

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    I say don't give those folks your money. It really is ridiculous.
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    Who would be offended. I don't get it. Lame.

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    The home depots around here started doing that a couple years ago. I guess it's an attempt to market the trees to those who don't celebrate christmas as well?

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    I'm getting my Christmas tree on Friday and it sure as hell won't be from a place with a sign like that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shizelbs
    Who would be offended. I don't get it. Lame.
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    get this ya'll...the spanish part of the sign says christmas tree. navidad = christmas. boy, the benefits of being a minority, aye?

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    And why the hell is the Spanish even on there?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ron-P
    And why the hell is the Spanish even on there?
    live down in the southwest...you'll understand why. not that it's a good reason. many asians live in america. i don't see vietnamese posted on government forms like you do spanish.
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    appeal to the masses. Around here half the signs don't even have english on them...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ron-P
    And why the hell is the Spanish even on there?
    I don't see anything wrong about it... it's in spanish so what...
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    Lowes and Home depot have spanish on everything... it is the second largest spoken language in the states, after all...
    Ludicrous gibs!

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    it is the second largest spoken language in the states, after all...
    Don't care what it is. Learn the language of the land you live in.

    I drive through certain cities here in Orange County and cannot read most of the signs, there in a foreign language, bull**** as I see it. Lean the language or go post your sign somewhere else. This country is getting way to PC and it's ****'en everything up.

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    i say learn it too. if i were to travel abroad, i'd expect myself to learn the native language as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ron-P
    Don't care what it is. Learn the language of the land you live in.

    I drive through certain cities here in Orange County and cannot read most of the signs, there in a foreign language, bull**** as I see it. Lean the language or go post your sign somewhere else. This country is getting way to PC and it's ****'en everything up.
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    I am originally from South Dakota and moved to Texas about 5 years ago. What the hell is going on in this world - what the hell is wrong with learning to speak fluent English? My bank is a polling place - we had ballots in 5 languages a few weeks back!!! WTF! My wife is a school teacher - OMG - we tax payers are getting ripped off! They spend more time and money catering to those that don't bother to teach their own children English than they do to my child that is GT. I don't get it. Back to the Christmas and God subject - If they don't believe in God or they are not Christian, they need to respect my beliefs. Otherwise, I say FUCM. I can see where "someday" there is going to be a huge backlash against all this bull****.

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    Honestly, I do believe that Kwanzaa has a tree as a holiday symbol also. I could be mistaken. However, if it does, that would be a good reason that the signs say "Holiday" and not "Christmas" of "Xmas". I'll bet that the last thing Target and Lowes want is the "Reverend" Jesse Jackson causing a stir over the trees being labelled as Christmas and not a generic term.

    Then again, I could be wrong and that would make my point moot.
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    It is being said Christians are the highest group being discriminated against today
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    I think the only reason Christmas is no longer used is the fact Christ is in the name. Go figure...

    And I second, third, fourth the whole spanish v. english. Learn the spoken language of the country you live in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by masanz1
    It is being said Christians are the highest group being discriminated against today
    I can believe that. And it appears as though it's only going to get worse.
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    All this stuff is in the bible people, it's only going to get worse for the people that believe in christ. No one wants to believe there is a god anymore. Mankind thinks they are god these days. They think they can control everything that happens, But the lord has to remind mankind who's in charge, just look at all the bad weather we have had this year.

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    I'm not really into it either way but this happy holidays stuff pisses me off. When people say something like that I ask them if they mean merry christmas and if so why didn't they say so. I'm going to sign off before I really get into it... It is not my job to keep a minority happy by changing my ways. When is the last time you went to a foreign country and everyone changed their ways so you woudn't be offended. If you are unhappy with the freakin country then go the **** home.
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    "go the **** home"

    hmm...i like it. Maybe we should put this on all our borders under "Do you know English? If yes, proceed. If no, see below"

    But then we'd have to put it in 5 different languages.
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    haha.
    Spanish isn't soooo bad. Add in the Middle Easterners and then we have some crazy stuff going on.

    Here in illinois there are plenty of them. I worked with quite a few and they are not so bad.

    I dunno I feel the same as many of you do yet I feel it is good we can make some things diverse, however making the sign not say christmas is ****ing bull**** and they should blow a fat cock.
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    wow. this really hit a nerve i see.. I don't know why everyone is getting so worked up over it.

    i gotta think the word Christmas is a univerasally understood word. in any language.

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    Quote Originally Posted by danger boy
    wow. this really hit a nerve i see.. I don't know why everyone is getting so worked up over it.
    It is an example of the majority being silenced while the minority becomes exagerated. Most americans do Christmas and if you live here you need to have tolerance, not be offended. I'm actually offended that people are offended. Worse yet, I'm offended that many are afraid of offending other cultures by practicing what they believe in.

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    There, I hope I offended someone. I'm gonna write a book, and it's going to be titled "The Pussification of America." This PC bull**** turns my stomach.
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    Pork, the one you love!




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