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Nope. But where I live, people are generally polite - and if they are easily offended, they tend not to be obvious about it.
I really can't relate to this well, especially the part about walking away or showing offense all over my face. A situation would have to be really bad - much more than a simple greeting from someone about a holiday - for me to get all huffy and incensed.
Maybe you live somewhere more volatile - I don't know.
"You people?" Who is "you people?"
This is rather amazing. So, you never know when people around you have been offended? How would your bank have ever known if saying those things had offended anyone? Did the offended customers write letters? Also, what were the corrective steps that were to be taken if an employee uttered these phrases to customers?
This is rather amazing. So, you never know when people around you have been offended? How would your bank have ever known if saying those things had offended anyone? Did the offended customers write letters? Also, what were the corrective steps that were to be taken if an employee uttered these phrases to customers?
Quit moving the goal posts.
And answer MY question for a change. Who were you referring to when you used the term "you people?"
Can you please provide some concrete examples (not the I heard, or someone said type) of a kid or anyone being told that they couldn't say merry xmas?
Try reading the bill..it's 2 pages long and a link is provided in the OP post.
It's not about individuals.
Schools are ALLOWED to have a Christmas tree and call it that.
Schools are ALLOWED to have Christmas parties and call them that.
Schools are ALLOWED to have Christmas decorations and call them that.
It's protecting the freedom of schools to call Christmas Christmas.
And answer MY question for a change. Who were you referring to when you used the term "you people?"
I have moved nothing. I have argued from the outset that this is a solution to a non-problem and yet another example of politicians exploiting the ignorance of boobs who either don't know any better or are eager to cast themselves as victims. What is painfully clear is that neither at Texas public schools nor anywhere else in Texas is anyone being precluded from saying "Merry Christmas" or anything else. Because you folks realize this, you have contrived the argument that it is a necessary, preventative measure before the militant secularists take away the rights of staff and students to utter these words. I have noted how amusing it is to see the characters in this thread making this argument because they are some of the same geniuses who base their objections to gun control laws, in large part, on the fact that incidents of spree killing with guns are relatively rare and we should not base public policy on isolated incidents, much less for anticipatory purposes.
Can you please provide some concrete examples (not the I heard, or someone said type) of a kid or anyone being told that they couldn't say merry xmas?
(crickets chirping)
For their argument that they are heading off a problem before it starts to work, they must first provide evidence of it happening somewhere else, or at least evidence of a building movement for it within the state. They have none. It's clear to see this bill for what it is.
I have moved nothing. I have argued from the outset that this is a solution to a non-problem and yet another example of politicians exploiting the ignorance of boobs who either don't know any better or are eager to cast themselves as victims. What is painfully clear is that neither at Texas public schools nor anywhere else in Texas is anyone being precluded from saying "Merry Christmas" or anything else. Because you folks realize this, you have contrived the argument that it is a necessary, preventative measure before the militant secularists take away the rights of staff and students to utter these words. I have noted how amusing it is to see the characters in this thread making this argument because they are some of the same geniuses who base their objections to gun control laws, in large part, on the fact that incidents of spree killing with guns are relatively rare and we should not base public policy on isolated incidents, much less for anticipatory purposes.
Then why does it irk you so much ?
If there is no problem, as you say then this is just a piece of paper that never needs to be called upon for enforcement.
If there is no problem, as you say then this is just a piece of paper that never needs to be called upon for enforcement.
It doesn't "irk" me. I've stated about four times that I'm amused at the boobs who get manipulated like this. It's Texas, after all. At the rate you guys are moving, you'll be mandating that all businesses close on the Sabbath before the year is out. Maybe you should introduce another anticipatory bill, banning Sharia law, because when the Islamic Fundamentalists take over, the easiest transition will be in Texas. All they'll have to do is switch saviors.
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Texas Passes 'Merry Christmas' Bill To Protect Holidays From Political Correctness
