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Ft Collins getting rid of christmas

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Utahpowderskier
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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58528

This is getting ridiculous. Political correctness will be the death of our society if we allow it to continue like this. Does anyone in the general public really feel offended by colored lights?!? If that is enough to push you over the edge, you have one depressing life ahead of you. This isnt a joke.
Nov 20 2007 11:29AM
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crazyfuck
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God and Jesus are fake anyway, so who cares?
Nov 20 2007 11:36AM
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TechnoPotamus
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oh shit you've gone and done it now with that comment, prepare for all the pro-religion kids to have a cow.  i agree with you though.  and fort collins is the worst ever.  what a stupid ass idea.  everybody needs to lighten up....seriously
Nov 20 2007 11:42AM
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Utahpowderskier
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Thats not the point. This isnt an argument of beliefs. Its the fact that if someone doesnt agree with what you do, you cant do it. If you dont agree with something that someone does, thats cool, but to bitch about it to the point that you they cant do it anymore is taking freedom away from people.
Nov 20 2007 11:43AM
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caylorswift
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Amen
Nov 20 2007 11:50AM
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twintipteles
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If this is the death of our society  then great, it can't die fast enough.

If you can't celebrate Christmas without colored lights, then you're not much of a Christian. The holiday is about rejoicing in the birth of a savior who sacrificed himself in order to absolve humanity of it's sins. It's supposed to be a time when the Christian faithful celebrate love, thankfulness and the spirit of giving, not tacky decorations covered in the blood of the poor Chinese kid who's hand got caught and mangled in the plastic Santa machine.

If you really want public Christmas lights, you need to be prepared to allocate similar resources for public funding of displays for every holiday, real or make believe (Steak/veggie-steak and BJ lights anyone?), that anyone in the town cares to celebrate.
Nov 20 2007 12:05PM
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Fish_Sandwich.
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Word

I dunno about jesus being fake, that might not be the right word but ya.... I agree with what you are saying .
Nov 20 2007 12:19PM
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jimmychung
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that's absurd. if i lived in a predominantly jewish community that plastered menorahs everywhere i wouldn't bitch about it, that's their belief and they have a right to display it. i'd just put christmas lights on my property because i'm a christian. i'd go over to my neighbor's house and play dradle, and then i'd have neighbors over to my house to give them christmas presents, and life would be in perfect harmony.
Nov 20 2007 12:28PM
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Tom.
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What the fuck are you talking about? If you haven't already figured out that Christmas isn't a religious holiday for the majority of Americans then your pretty dense.

but seriously what the hell are you trying to say?

Nov 20 2007 12:50PM
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skiminnesota
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let the    GOD or NO GOD debate begin..

i hate how all religious  type  threads  turn into these  on NS 
Nov 20 2007 12:52PM
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Tolz
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those people are so retarded. how much more retarded can you get???
Nov 20 2007 1:48PM
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twintipteles
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If you want to use taxpayer money to pay for christmas lights then you also need to allocate money for hannukkah  lights, kwanzaa lights, crazy russian holiday lights, whatever, because funding exclusively one religions holiday goes strongly against the idea of separation of church and state.

And if you say that christmas is no longer a religious holiday so it's alright to fund decorations for it, thats even worse because it's using taxpayer money to aid in christian commercial holiday which is manipulating the economy to aid largely christian companies and manufacturers.
Nov 20 2007 1:48PM
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JGP.
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you have got to be kidding me..
Nov 20 2007 1:58PM
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Alexander_Keith
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God's questionable but Jesus certainly existed. He was a very enlightened philosopher for his time. The whole question of immaculate conception and son of god is of course fodder for religious debate but theres ample evidence of Jesus' existance regardless.
Nov 20 2007 2:57PM
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doublexl
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all i can say is that this is completely ridiculous. poeple should realize theyre going to be offended by something some day and shouldnt care as much.
Nov 20 2007 2:57PM
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crazyfuck
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i meant conceptually... but good job wasting your time telling me something i already knew.
Nov 20 2007 3:05PM
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Alexander_Keith
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lolz newb
Nov 20 2007 3:09PM
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Liam.
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i hate hearing stories like this. this kind of stuff makes me pissed off and im not sure if people do it for attention or they really believe that colored lights go against their religion.  i dont care if i see lights that are blue and white...awesome great for them but i dont want anyone taking away green and red lights...what is society coming to
Nov 20 2007 3:11PM
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ax_murderer
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fuck that dude what happened to being able to have christmas concerts and shit i can put whatever the fuck i want in my yard if i want a santa with lights im doing it i hate this shit sooo much
Nov 20 2007 3:24PM
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SkierX
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Did any of you besides TwinTipTeles actually read and understands the article? The whole piece seems about city property and city government buildings.

I will admit it was a very poorly written article though.
Nov 20 2007 3:40PM
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twintipteles
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Thank you, no one here understands that they didn't ban green and red lights, they just decided not to do Christmas color display on Government property.

It's basic separation of church and state. Don't spend government money or resources to endorse one religious event.
Nov 20 2007 3:50PM
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SkierX
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Yup. Which I agree with.

I believe that article was written vaguely and poorly on purpose to get a rise out of people.
Nov 20 2007 3:52PM
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Utahpowderskier
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That isnt entirely true, They are cool with having lights and "winter displays" on government property, they are just insisting on using white lights and prohibiting previously secular icons such as santa claus. This isnt about the economics of the situation. Its about sanitizing all sorts of religious associations with the holiday, but WHERE DID THE HOLIDAY FUCKING START? CHRISTIANITY! 
Nov 20 2007 5:24PM
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SkierX
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Again, from city property and governmental property. They aren't coming down on individual people with christmas decorations.

The argument comes down to the government spending taxpayer dollars to decorate government owned property with religious based decorations.

The decision is correct, and if people would step back and think about it without jumping to the premise that they are "banning the use of christmas decorations" in the whole town based off some vaguely written internet article aimed at stirring the pot.
Nov 20 2007 5:33PM
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J.D.
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Well put. That should be the end of the thread.
Nov 20 2007 5:37PM
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Utahpowderskier
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Thats the point though! They arent deliberating on whether they are going to do decorations on government property. They will be there for sure. Its the fact that they are going to such great lengths to bring into question previously non religious items, such as colored lights and santa, just so that they will be PC and avoid any close call with someone being offended by the display of such items.
Nov 20 2007 5:41PM
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twintipteles
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You are an idiot.  The decorations will be secular, white lights. Many different religions use winter lights in their holidays. Green and red are specific to christmas so they won't be a part of the city holiday display.

Also, I'm no christmas scholar, but I'm pretty sure Santa is a christian idea stemming from Saint Nick.

No one is allergic to santa here, it's just a question of what public money should be used to fund.



Nov 20 2007 6:03PM
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Rbamf
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"political corectness will be the death of our society"

I hope i see that happen.
Nov 20 2007 6:27PM
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crazyfuck
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Santa CLEARLY represents Christmas.  you CAN'T argue that.  if he doesn't represent Christmas, what does he represent?  kindness?  goodwill towards men?  nice try, but no- he represents Christmas.  he's not a religious figure, but he represents a religious holiday.  that's a fucking no-brainer.  with that in mind, if they're trying to eliminate promoting religious figures and anything that inadvertently promotes a religious holiday, then why the fuck would they keep Santa?  if it means THAT much to you, go to Walmart and BUY A GODDAMN LIGHT-UP SANTA TO PUT ON YOUR FRONT LAWN!

stop being a whiny bitch that's just trying to stir shit up.  seriously, you're BITCHING that Santa won't be on display this year... when you have something worthwhile to talk about, get back to us, but until then STOP BEING A WHINY CUNT.

and, btw, this might have made the news, but FTC isn't the first town to have this kind of policy.  if i were you, i'd be more pissed that prayer is unlawful in public schools or some shit like that.  complaining about a town trying to be considerate of all its residents by not endorsing a single religion (the responsible and respectful thing to do) is moronic.  Christians get so much latitude in our society as it is, so stop complaining about how the government is sooooo mean to religion and how they are for removing fucking Santa- compared to other religions, Christians as a whole have it EASY.

you're bitching about not having a light-up Santa Claus... the Jews were mass-murdered during this little thing called the "Holocaust".  get it?  you have nothing to bitch about.
Nov 21 2007 10:07AM
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crazyfuck
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btw, i don't want prayer in public schools, i was simply using that as an example of something someone concerned about religion might want to focus on instead of fucking Santa.
Nov 21 2007 10:09AM
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TheButterHashira
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In your infinite scholary wisdom please explain to my feeble mind why the universe bothers to exist if something didn't at least set it into motion?

Nov 21 2007 11:26AM
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slimbruddah
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 I seriously cannot even START to comprehend the shit that some people think about. These people are figures of society, and this is what they waste their mindpower on?

They're absouloutly fucked!
Nov 21 2007 11:57AM
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unchyll
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did you ever think that motion has always been in existence and we are just germs growing off of dirt and water and it was as simple as that. If god made everything what made god? something would have to have infinite existence
Nov 21 2007 12:21PM
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TheButterHashira
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The big bang says the universe has been around for about 16 billion years. The idea of God is a being who is beyond the laws of physics in our universe. God could have always existed infinitley into the past.
Nov 21 2007 12:30PM
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unchyll
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tuche'
OBEY FSM
Nov 21 2007 12:53PM
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Mezmerize19
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actually jesus was a real dude. Weather or not you believe he was the son of god or not is up for debate though.
Nov 21 2007 1:07PM
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TheButterHashira
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Pasta YUM!

Nov 21 2007 1:11PM
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KLovelace
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christmas is gross.  I'll admit, I like getting $$ on xmas. I look forward to it. But still.. Christmas is grossl over marketed in this country and its just a big huge marketing ploy to get you all to spend thousands of dollars on presents and crap for everyone in the spirit of Jesus. whatever. it doesn't make sense.  Go to church and make christmas plays about jesus if you wanna celebrate his birth... 
Nov 21 2007 1:12PM
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SkierX
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Again, this is all about the government spending money on decorations for a religious holiday.
Nov 21 2007 1:19PM
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bsmith01
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I agree, this really doesnt make me mad at all.  One thing I could see them doing that I think would be fair, is let groups decorate city property.  Not just a free for all but like set up a permit where any religious group could set up their own decorations in certian areas, maybe bigger areas depending on the size of the group.
Nov 21 2007 1:27PM
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TheButterHashira
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Alot of towns where I live set up like reefs and stuff on light posts and put up decorations. I think that the town putting up lights isn't a big deal but the town putting nativity scenes and angels everywhere is too much. Let the churches and temples put up jesuses, and menorahs.



Read the war on christmas in colberts new book, iits pretty funny
Nov 21 2007 1:51PM
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brokebutitsworthit
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If your talking about the celebration of the birth of a man that many people see as an exceptionally powerful prophet, messiah etc, then yes.  However celebrating Christmas on Dec 25 is not related to this, nor is the giving of gifts etc.  Jesus's actual birthday is somewhere in January, I forget what day.  The reason Christmas is celebrated on Dec 25 is that it was already a convient pagan holiday for the powers that be to transfer a christian celebration to and to try and spread christianity. The giving of gifts etc has developed and mutated from ideas of Christian charity etc into the commercialism of today. 
Nov 21 2007 3:24PM
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2+2=5
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Your right, most holidays and beliefs which people believe or solely Christian are actually pagan.  Heres something from wikipedia:

"After the conversion of Anglo-Saxons in England from their indigenous Anglo-Saxon polytheism (a form of Germanic paganism) in the very early 7th century, Christmas was called geol, which was the name of the native Germanic pre-Christian solstice festival that fell on that date. From geol, the current English word Yule is derived. Many customs associated with modern Christmas were derived from Germanic paganism."


Now with the argument. If you're going to take out christmas trees, lights, and the christ out of christmas, you're not celebrating christmas. and you might as well not get the holiday and go to work, and let other people do whatever they want.
Nov 21 2007 4:07PM
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wiener
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www.zeitgeistmovie.com

watch it
Nov 21 2007 4:10PM
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Sewardo
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hah what a pun... lighten up lol
Nov 21 2007 6:13PM
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TheButterHashira
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All 3 parts are false.

Nov 21 2007 6:43PM
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crazyfuck
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i honestly haven't thought about it because it doesn't matter in the least to me.  i really don't care how the universe started.  it happened millions of years ago and doesn't effect me, so i don't care about it.

if you want to lean on some god to help you solve all your problems and find the purpose of your life, knock yourself out, but don't try to use some religious mumbo-jumbo about the universe to try to "prove" me wrong.  i don't believe in some higher being, but even if i did, the world's so fucked up that i wouldn't bother giving said higher being a moment of my time.
Nov 21 2007 7:22PM
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2+2=5
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Exactly, something must of started it into motion, just because this something started the universe it doesnt mean that it judges us after we die and watches us while we sleep, maybe it just doesnt give a crap. Who knows, it may even be stupider than us humans. It's really what people imagine it to be. And when people imagine one thing, forces it over numerous amounts of people by making a really outdated book in which it states it is fact, you get organized religion.
Nov 21 2007 7:49PM
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[nick]
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What the F
Nov 21 2007 8:09PM
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