Re: OT - Saint Paddy's Day Greetings!

["Stephen Goodman" <spgoodman@earthlight.net>]

He implies that I required a response to have my opinion validated.  Go
moderate.

| Someone please get this troll a drink.
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| -J
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| Stephen Goodman wrote:
| > Warning!  Abrasive, provocative text follows!
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| > If there is any Irish in me it's because of cross-channel raids, and
| > thereby undocumentable except through DNA studies.  In any event I
| > reject the notion of bureaucratically-assigned "Saints", much less the
| > notion of celebrating ANY ethnic group over others, least of all via 
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| > only singularly-sanctioned ethnic holiday forced upon us just about
| > everywhere there are English-speaking folks.  I'd propose the renaming
| > of "Saint Patrick's" Day to Human Day, or Individuals' Day (a 
|delightful
| > near-conflict in terms there), or how about "Green Shirt Day"?  I'd say
| > "Tree Day" but we've already all but FORGOTTEN Arbor Day, so that'd be 
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| > waste of time, wouldn't it?
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| > So I'll just relax tonight and take part in a little "smokin' of the
| > green", and listening to "Several Species of Small Furry Animals
| > Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict".  Aye!
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