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lazarus1983 -> RE: Settlers and Natives (11/22/2007 3:23:32 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Rumtiger
really, I thought modern thanksgiving was all about how Lincon decided to nationlize the holiday as an excuse for issuing in turkey as rations to the troops as a cost effective replacement for chicken.
You still think thanksgiving had anything to do with that bullshit we learned when each of us was 5 years old? cmon.
Wow, you're like the third person I've ever met that knows the true origins of Thanksgiving. A tip of the hat to you.
As for the holidays themselves, they don't mean anything to me, with the exception of the 4th of July. Holidays like Christmas and Easter have been cannibalized from other religions. Many pagan religions celebrate the changing of the seasons, which come very close to established christian holidays. Hell, I think there's a week between winter solstice and christmas.
So I don't mind what these holidays have been morphed into, because in my eyes, they were never anything special to begin with. When I think of Christmas I think of christianity, and I think of the inquisition, the crusades, the catholic church turning a blind eye to Mussolini (sp?) so they could continue their indoctrination of the youth. I think of all the great minds, the astronomers, killed because they dared tell the truth. I think of all the people killed, "so god will know his own."
In that light, consumerism doesn't seem that bad after all.
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