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TheMercenary · 01-15-2011, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Lamplighter

A joke ?

How is it different than other federal holidays, such as Columbus Day or Veteran's Day, or any other ?

Just a personal opinion. Nothing more. I don't get holidays off in my job so it is just another day to me.

DanaC · 01-15-2011, 09:10 AM

So all public holidays are a joke to you?

TheMercenary · 01-15-2011, 10:15 AM

No. Not all. Just that one and a few others. Like I said it is a personal opinion.

The meaning of them is lost on most people, they just care if they get another day off from work.

DanaC · 01-15-2011, 10:16 AM

Yah I understand that it's your personal opinion. I'm curious about why you hold that opinion about that holiday and the few others you think are a joke.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-15-2011, 11:09 AM

Maybe because it's the third Monday in January, instead of the 15th.
Federal holidays, except 4th of July, and Christmas, the government has made most of them long weekends.
So people can Honor Dr King for three days instead of one? No, so people have three days to plan other things instead of honoring Dr King. It's not just this holiday, most holidays, have lost their meaning except a three day weekend. We celebrate Memorial Day and Labor Day by taking to the road, and killing more people.

Oh, and by putting mattresses on sale.

TheMercenary · 01-15-2011, 11:46 AM

Correct. And more importantly I believe they are paid days off. No one cares why they are off, they just care that they get to be off.

Lamplighter · 01-15-2011, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Correct. And more importantly I believe they are paid days off. No one cares why they are off, they just care that they get to be off.

It's disingenuous to try to duck the political and racial aspects of holidays.

Ummmm..., maybe saying Columbus Day, St'Patricks Day, or ML King Day is a joke in the wrong bar would be a reason to duck and cover.

TheMercenary · 01-15-2011, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

It's disingenuous to try to duck the political and racial aspects of holidays.

Disingenuous for you maybe. I could give a rats ass about the political and racial aspects of any holiday. I just realize their celebration is done by a tiny minority of people, the rest just want their day off and could give a crap whose day it is or what it was created for.

Lamplighter · 01-15-2011, 12:42 PM

/Almost completely OFF TOPIC

Years ago we lived in Buffalo NY and listened to Canadian Radio.
They had a contest to create a new holiday for Canada.

The idea was to establish a holiday in late January to relieve the
boredom and hardships of Canada's cold winter days.
I don't know if the holiday was ever actually established.
But the name that I liked best was: "Chinook Day"

It seemed completely appropriate because it generates images of good things to come.

1 (also chinook wind) a warm dry wind that blows down the east side of the Rocky Mountains
at the end of winter and often melts all the snow on the ground.

2 (also chinook salmon) a large North Pacific salmon that returns
from the ocean in Spring to bred in fresh water rivers and streams.

/Now back to the current thread...

xoxoxoBruce · 01-15-2011, 04:25 PM

Google images for Chinook, the first page gave me 18 images...

16 of them are of the first thing that came to my mind...

TheMercenary · 01-15-2011, 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

/Almost completely OFF TOPIC

Years ago we lived in Buffalo NY and listened to Canadian Radio.
They had a contest to create a new holiday for Canada.

The idea was to establish a holiday in late January to relieve the
boredom and hardships of Canada's cold winter days.

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Canuks, get me a beer bitch.

TheMercenary · 01-15-2011, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

It's disingenuous to try to duck the political and racial aspects of holidays.

Ummmm..., maybe saying Columbus Day, St'Patricks Day, or ML King Day is a joke in the wrong bar would be a reason to duck and cover.

Care to expound on your assessment that my comment is "Lame"?

Like I said I could give a rats ass about your perceived "political and racial aspects of holidays". Care to expound on that liberal BS?

DanaC · 01-15-2011, 08:05 PM

Wait a minute...youthink it's liberal bs that Martin Luther King Day has 'political and racial' aspects?

TheMercenary · 01-15-2011, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

Wait a minute...youthink it's liberal bs that Martin Luther King Day has 'political and racial' aspects?

Oh no, I am sorry. I could give a rats ass what anyone thinks about my assessment of it. Is that more clear?

DanaC · 01-15-2011, 08:47 PM

That makes more sense yes.

01-15-2011, 10:15 AM	#213
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	No. Not all. Just that one and a few others. Like I said it is a personal opinion. The meaning of them is lost on most people, they just care if they get another day off from work. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

01-15-2011, 11:09 AM	#215
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Maybe because it's the third Monday in January, instead of the 15th. Federal holidays, except 4th of July, and Christmas, the government has made most of them long weekends. So people can Honor Dr King for three days instead of one? No, so people have three days to plan other things instead of honoring Dr King. It's not just this holiday, most holidays, have lost their meaning except a three day weekend. We celebrate Memorial Day and Labor Day by taking to the road, and killing more people. Oh, and by putting mattresses on sale. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-15-2011, 11:46 AM	#216
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Correct. And more importantly I believe they are paid days off. No one cares why they are off, they just care that they get to be off. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

01-15-2011, 04:25 PM	#220
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Google images for Chinook, the first page gave me 18 images... 16 of them are of the first thing that came to my mind... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-15-2011, 12:42 PM	#219
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	/Almost completely OFF TOPIC Years ago we lived in Buffalo NY and listened to Canadian Radio. They had a contest to create a new holiday for Canada. The idea was to establish a holiday in late January to relieve the boredom and hardships of Canada's cold winter days. I don't know if the holiday was ever actually established. But the name that I liked best was: "Chinook Day" It seemed completely appropriate because it generates images of good things to come. 1 (also chinook wind) a warm dry wind that blows down the east side of the Rocky Mountains at the end of winter and often melts all the snow on the ground. 2 (also chinook salmon) a large North Pacific salmon that returns from the ocean in Spring to bred in fresh water rivers and streams. /Now back to the current thread...

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