2006-10-06 09:54:18 · 40 answers · asked by neilruth2468 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I don't think so, but at my job that have stopped us having our annual Christmas Party in favour of a End of Year Party because they find it politically incorrect as we have alot of overseas students working for us who are either Muslim or Hindi.
Also in some schools they try not to emphasis Christmas. I find this wrong, we live in a country (Australia) that is some form of Christian, Catholic and all the other religions that follow this holiday. It was never a problem until Sept 11. Now all of a sudden our government trying to be extra nice to the minority to avoid any problems.
This is wrong, I don't think that we should stop Ramadan or Eid or Passover so why stop Christmas wishes?
For those that think it is the Athiests that want this to stop well its not, Athiests will still enjoy Christmas but as a commercial holiday such as Halloween but still get joy out of it.
2006-10-06 10:37:44 · answer #1 · answered by wickedly_funny66 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not religious but one year, in Birmingham, the council decided in their wisdom that the Christmas lights would not say "Merry Christmas" but "Happy Winterval" which came across to me as horribly twee and sacharine. Pretty much everyone in Birmingham (a highly multicultural city) agreed that the change was entirely unnecessary and the next year the lights reverted to Merry Christmas.
Of course saying Merry Christmas shouldn't be banned. It's called freedom of speech. It doesn't hurt anyone. I'm an atheist but I would defend to the end anyone's right to express their religious beliefs in a peaceful manner. Provided it's not inflammatory or inciting hatred- what's the problem? Anyone should be able to speak of Diwali or Hanukkah or Christmas any time they wish. It's a human right.
Banning the mere utterance of Merry Christmas is an extremist idea- just as unreasonable as all the religious extremist ideas. I would suggest that tolerance is the answer.
2006-10-06 10:25:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're kidding, right? Although I'm the first to admit that hearing it over and over during the Christmas season drives me nuts, 99.99% of the people who say it only mean well and are trying to be friendly.
I wonder what the next thing that the "ban Merry Christmas" brigade will want removed from our culture? Perhaps "good morning" or "have great weekend". Get over it.
2006-10-06 09:59:47 · answer #3 · answered by vwhobo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could, but if you did, then you would also have to ban all other holliday greetings and I'm not just talking about the standard Christian Hollidays, I'm talking about ALL HOLLIDAYS....So you can for get about the Ramadan greeting, and Quanza(sp?), ans Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot and well.....you get the idea. If you don't like the sound of "Merry Christmas", then it's your right as an American Citizen (assuming you are an American Citizen) to ignore the person saying it, or tell them to F%$@-OFF....
I despise ALL forms of censorship, which is just another word for "mind control".
2006-10-06 14:13:29 · answer #4 · answered by Tom I 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not.
It is the name of a holiday. If you ban Merry Christmas, you'd better ban Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Halloween and every other Happy day there is.
2006-10-06 09:56:40 · answer #5 · answered by Bors 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, this is ridiculous. I realize that not everyone in the U.S. is Christian and not everyone celebrates Christmas, but people don't need to be offended all of the time. What happened to the day when I could walk by my jewish friend and say "Merry Chrismas", and have him reply "Happy Hannakah" with no one being offended? The problem is that a very small percentage of our population, called secularists have infected our population and seek remove every hint of religion, especially Christianity, that it can find.
2006-10-06 10:02:28 · answer #6 · answered by chuck3011 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
um no...
That's like banning "happpy birthday" because some people don't celebrate birthdays. When we say it, we don't mean that that is the only holiday you can celebrate in the winter time.
If we banned "Merry Christmas" we would also have to ban all of the other greetings, and there would only be one allowed... "happy holidays"
2006-10-06 09:57:11 · answer #7 · answered by misscongeniality711 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is this because it offends you, maybe because of religious reasons? If so, then I think you're being a little too sensitive over it. Either ignore it when someone says it to you, or say "happy holidays" in return. Christmas can be a perfectly secular holiday - even atheists exchange gifts.
2006-10-06 09:57:52 · answer #8 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if you ban other holiday sayings. Like Happy Holloween, Happy Valentines, Happy Hanakah, Solem Ramadan. Just be happy someone cares enough to wish you well.
2006-10-06 09:58:52 · answer #9 · answered by devilUknow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It shouldn't go shove "Happy Holidays" up your stocking. Merry Christmas you athiestic Grinch.
2006-10-06 09:56:30 · answer #10 · answered by RamsGod 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋