<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">On Dec 16, 2023, at 9:49 AM, Giulio Prisco via extropy-chat <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org> wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On 2023. Dec 16., Sat at 17:43, spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote: </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_-5555664123560476315WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">In our socially turbulent times, may I suggest an acceptably politically correct alternative to the traditional and offensive “Merry Christmas.”</p></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I like the traditional and beautiful “Merry Christmas.” Those who find it “offensive” can fuck off. </div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>In my experience, the people who want _everyone_ to use ‘Merry Christmas’ get offended when someone says ‘Happy Holidays’ or ‘Seasons Greetings.’ In fact, a few years ago, I ran into a woman who got really angry when I said ‘Happy Holidays’ to her. I was amazed because this was in Seattle and, though I wasn’t a close friend of hers, I didn’t realize just how upset she might get.<div><br></div><div>Happy holidays!</div><div><br></div><div>Dan<br><br></div></body></html>