coercion

[dumbledore11214]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:
It is one thing for you to choose to not celebrate certain
holidays, but you really don't have a right to force other
people to stop, and you don't have a right to be immune
or sheltered from knowing a celebrations in going on. That
celebration is a vast vast majority of people exercising
their rights as member of a free and opened country.

As a minority, you are free not to celebrate, but you are
not free to stop others from doing so. So, yes, you do have
to endure the Christmas Carols, and wishes of Merry Christmas,
because even if you aren't celebrating I am, and whether you
like it or not, I do wish you the happiness and blessings of
the season, even if you are unwilling to take them.

Alla:

Yeah, that's what Magpie was talking about I think. You are wishing 
them on 
me even if I am unwilling to take them? Spirit of love and joy? I 
certainly do not think that I should be excluded from listening 
Christmas carols, etc, but you think that as minority I am asking 
too much if I prefer Happy holidays?

Okay then. Oh, and I am speaking as generic me by the way. I prefer 
Happy new year.  There is 
a new year tree in my house and in my brother's house and as I 
mentioned before my SIL loves christmas as secular holiday. I have 
no adverse feelings whatsoever to Christmas as a holiday except that 
I do not celebrate it, but I really  think 
that it is not too much to ask of majority to give some respect to 
people who want nothing to do with Christmas.

Shutting down Christmas carols, not putting nativity scenes, trees? 
Of course not, this is ridiculous, but to say greeting that includes 
everybody rather than just christians?

Seems like a gesture of respect to me.

JMO,

Alla