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- From: taylor@ccrs.emr.ca (Trevor Taylor)
- Subject: Re: this season
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.201833.26482@emr1.emr.ca>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 20:18:33 GMT
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- In article <tvfu9k8@zola.esd.sgi.com> cj@sgi.com (C J Silverio) writes:
- >---
- >This is the Christmas of wildly variable gift-giving. It
- >is the Christmas of insanely appropriate & excellent gifts
- >for five people, and of nothing whatsoever for 10 others.
- >It is the Christmas of 2 CDs for them, and 5 CDs for me.
- >It is the Christmas of maybe finding a tie for the boyfriend,
- >while achieving present perfection for his nephews. It is
- >the Christmas of muttering violent imprecations against
- >Frank & Bing, Rudolph & Frosty while weeping over "It's a
- >Wonderful Life". It is my fourth Christmas, and I suspect
- >it will be my last. And not because of any religious wars,
- >Christians v Pagans, either. Because the American Christmas
- >econonmy is sick. Because advertising nauseates me. Because
- >every time I see a manufacturer using Christmas to sell me
- >something, I want to machine-gun him, his ad agency, and his
- >product.
- >
- >Christmas is meant to produce happy satisfied consuming non-
- >revolutionary citizens. It has done the opposite with me.
- >
- >---
- >c j silverio
-
-
- More, moree , more
-
- Christ on a stick for the masses is the ultimate expression
- of consumptive behaviour (people used to die of consumption).
-
- Its is a time for obssesion, obligation, repression.
-
- Obssession ---- ' What do you mean you are only coming to visit
- for two hours on Christmas - You'll miss all the
- presents, the tree, and a great wopping dried out
- chunk of turkey ' - any relative (grannies, mothers etc)
-
- Obligation ---- ' God damn -- your coming because it is the season to
- be friendly to people and relatives you can not stand'
-
- Repression --- ' Now that you are here, we simply must critisize your
- lifestyle - When are you going to stop tarting about
- a procreate with somebody ? '
-
- Why not change it to winter solstice and have a festival of
- booze, food -----without being forced to purchase gifts ?
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