Re: OT - Saint Paddy's Day Greetings!

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

Eh-hem, It was racism I complained about.  Since when should ANY race be
celebrated over any other?  Why should any particular group of people have 
a
unique date to celebrate something they have no control over, but persist 
in
being proud of?  You can't say that people who aren't Irish anywhere near
Chicago, New York or Boston haven't had to suffer unnecessarily every year
at this time.  Or is the benchmark applied to everyone else not applicable
here?

Rubbish my foot.

| Why don't you post some music instead of this racist rubbish.
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| -J
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| Stephen Goodman wrote:
| > | > 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
the
| > | > 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 a
| > | > waste of time, wouldn't it?
| > | >
| > | > 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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