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Re: Kwanzaa begins today |
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Posted by SilverFox on Wed Dec 27 01:47:33 2006, in response to Re: Kwanzaa begins today, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Tue Dec 26 19:12:06 2006. The Fourth of July -- National Interest Presidents Day -- Respect for what has become all our past Chief Executives. Memorial Day -- Respect for those who upheld and died for our liberties. Labor Day -- Honoring WORKERS. Not welfare queens, not chiselers. Union or Non-Union. New Years Day -- Internationally recognized celebration of the New Year. Oh Bullshit. International Day to Recover From Hangovers. Veterans Day -- Respect for the living soldiers who upheld our liberties. Thanksgiving -- Day of reflection upon our fortune. Religious festivals are not BS amongst the religions that celebrate them, but should be nonentities to a nation with no established religion. Unfortunately, keeping businesses open on holidays like Christmas or Good Friday would bring commerce to a screeching halt as a large percentage of the workforce just won't make it in. So some concession has to be made. And besides, who doesn't like an extra day off? Kwanzaa, Valentine's Day, Halloween, Mother's Day and Father's Day are all piles of dreck holidays meant to extort money from us or contrived to forcibly celebrate something that should be celebrated without the need for a specific day to concentrate on it to the exclusion of all other days. Not only that, but they exclude large segments of society that cannot celebrate them due to reasons largely beyond their control. Did you ever feel like shit on Valentine's Day because you didn't have a significant other? What about Father's Day after your drunken Dad walked out on your family? Again, end of rant. |
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