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Originally Posted by blankall
No. Canada day is a set of beliefs and ceremony based around nationalism. It's a nationalist holiday.
Halloween I'll admit is more of a blurred line.
Once again, I don't think I've ever mentioned that you have to say Happy Holidays. However, if you expect every person to say Merry Christmas to you back, I think you've crossed a line. If your getting offended by someone acting awkwardly when you greet them with a greeting about Christ's Mass, the problem is with you. Similarly, if some people choose to say Happy Holidays, that's their choice too.
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I Think we are arguing different points. I'm arguing that government and corporate institutions who say happy holidays to avoid offense are diluting cultural celebrations and rather hypocritical when other holidays are left alone and we shouldn't let the religious past of a holiday get in the way of celebrating the secular holiday now in the present.
I agree with you that no one should be offended regardless of what people say.
But I take issue who say happy holidays or season greetings if the reason is to avoid offending people. If the reason you use happy holidays is because that's what you want to wish people have at her. But faux Pc and Faux outrage really shouldn't be part of it.