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- From: rita@eff.org (Rita Marie Rouvalis)
- Subject: Re: An observation
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.145703.4660@eff.org>
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- Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation
- References: <9212280151.AA00830@pizzabox.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 14:57:03 GMT
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- In article <9212280151.AA00830@pizzabox.demon.co.uk> gtoal@PIZZABOX.DEMON.CO.UK (Graham Toal) writes:
-
- >of telling relatives that I don't give a shit about Jesus fucking Christ
- >and his bloody birthday have done any good, so I'm just going to keep
- >the presents they send me and not reciprocate until they get the
- >message.
-
- OH. The birthday nonsense. I managed to get through the
- entire season without hearing as much as a single reference to it
- (except for Peter's self-righteous post). Certainly made my life
- better. I mean, really. The man was born in March or April.
- December my ass. The Christians are competing with the pagan Solstice
- celebration. And the Jews are competing with Christmas (Hanuka was
- never a major holiday).
-
- I just like having a state holiday.
-
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