Treeless–and Clueless–in Seattle
In another outrageous surrender to PC foolishness, 15 Christmas trees inside a terminal at SEA-TAC airport in Seattle have been removed because of religious intolerance.
This controversy bubbled over into complete insanity when a local rabbi demanded that a menorah be installed and dedicated at a public lighting ceremony at the airport.
In the spirit of the season, the rabbi gave a two-day deadline for his demands to be met; proving once and for all that the message of Christmas has an amazing potential to heal.
Sea-Tac public affairs manager Terri-Ann Betancourt, explained that the trees were removed because “they did not properly represent all cultures.â€
Excuse me, Ms. Betancourt, but where in Hades does it say that Christmas trees have to represent ALL cultures? Buying, decorating, and displaying Christmas trees is a fundamental part of American culture that dates back more than 200 years, and is observed by an overwhelming majority of Americans to this day.
Why in the world are the demands of a disgruntled rabbi more important than the overwhelming majority of Seattle residents and others traveling through SEA-TAC airport?
Why not tell the rabbi that Christmas IS, in fact, quite Jewish because the main character (Jesus) and all supporting characters (Joseph, Mary, et al.) are Jews.
If that answer fails to sway the rabbi, advise him and all other Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, atheists, agnostics, ACLU lawyers, and other anti-Christmas grinches that America celebrates Christmas as a part of our culture, and we do so for about four weeks every year, starting around Thanksgiving Day.
That’s just the way it is here.
If our Christmas music, decorations, trees, lights, food, drink, celebrations, happy spirit, and other signs offend you, then YOU obviously need help.
Such help should include attention to cultural diversity, religious tolerance, and perhaps even anger management for those offended by the beautiful message of hope and good will that is Christmas in America.
Oh, and by the way, just so we do not forget: Merry Christmas!
John Lillpop is a recovering liberal, "clean and sober" since 1992 when last he voted for a Democrat. Pray for John: He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where people like Nancy Pelosi are considered reasonable! | More from John Lillpop
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December 11th, 2006 at 1:02 pm
Yes!Well spoken! And God Bless us All!
December 12th, 2006 at 3:24 am
I admit that I sometimes find the Muzak versions of Christmas carols to be a bit annoying and enough to appreciate the Charles Addams drawing of his Addams Family ready to pour a kettle of hot fluid on to the a group of carolers at their doorstep.
Nevertheless, I do like to see the decorations.
The neat thing about SeaTac Airport is that it is surrounded by living Christmas trees. Douglas fir, Western Hemlock, Red Cedar, even a whit pine or two. Now the thing about a Doug fir is that if you leave it in the ground for a while, it does tend to get rather big. 100 footers are not uncommon in neighborhood of the airport. They don’t look that big until you get close to them and hold a yardstick horizontal next to the trunk. Some are that thick!
The good rabbi is free to burn candles in a menorah around these large living Christmas trees.
Just as long as he does not do it during a summer drought!