tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post116585617604555205..comments2023-11-27T02:17:22.859-06:00Comments on The LawDog Files: And a merry Christmas to you, too.LawDoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05232684877582591461noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1165956630054331832006-12-12T14:50:00.000-06:002006-12-12T14:50:00.000-06:00Oy vey, what a mess he made!I think that one can g...Oy vey, what a mess he made!<BR/><BR/>I think that one can get Menorah ornaments for one's Christmas trees nowadays.<BR/><BR/>It was impractical of the Rabbi and his lawyers to threaten a Fed. lawsuit over a tree in the airport. This goes against the standard by which Rabbis are judged: were they practical? A better tactic would've been to have discussed this with the airport IN JANUARY & just integrated some Hannukah symbols onto the tree NEXT YEAR! <BR/><BR/>If the rabbi is so blind that he cannot forsee the consequences of his actions, then he & the lawyers really ought to play golf AT NIGHT!<BR/><BR/>(From a joke a Real Rabbi told me many years ago.)<BR/><BR/>Happy Hannukah & Merry Christmas & even Happy Kwanzaa!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1165952843861269622006-12-12T13:47:00.000-06:002006-12-12T13:47:00.000-06:00And the whole santa comes down the chimney bringin...And the whole santa comes down the chimney bringing gifts thing is taken from a Same(no, not english word "same") religion. That's the reindeer herders living in the far north of scandinavia/finland. Originally it was the Shaman who would go on a spirit journey on a specially colored reindeer(I think it was all-white) and return through the chimney(of their reindeer hide tents, similar to those used by native americans), bearing gifts(of wisdom, from his spirit journey.)<BR/><BR/>Somehow that got turned into Santa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1165939496930975072006-12-12T10:04:00.000-06:002006-12-12T10:04:00.000-06:00Amazing.Sanity actually prevailed.Amazing.<BR/><BR/>Sanity actually prevailed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1165913040139658962006-12-12T02:44:00.000-06:002006-12-12T02:44:00.000-06:00Late bulletin: The Port of Seattle says it was al...Late bulletin: The Port of Seattle says it was all a mistake, the Rabi has decided not to sue and he really wasn't all that upset about the tress, anyway... Right! Anyway, the trees are back.<BR/>Always makes me giggle when I see Christians--and now Jews!--get their knickers in a knot over the secular symbol of a secular holiday celebration, especially as it was originally a pre-Christian Pagan practice anyway. Just because the Pope decided to hijack a Roman Pagan celebration by declaring that Jesus was born during Saturnalia...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1165890807483368902006-12-11T20:33:00.000-06:002006-12-11T20:33:00.000-06:00If this Rabbi actually wielded a Civil Rights Suit...If this Rabbi actually wielded a Civil Rights Suit, then damn straight - his ass his Grinch. Pardon my franglais.<BR/><BR/>Either way, I say take it all down anyway. Or give us freedom back on the airlines. If we're being de-shoed, de-belted and on the verge of being stuffed into white paper bunny suits to ride a flight, why even pretend that any of us are happy about it in the first gorram place?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1165886684141515462006-12-11T19:24:00.000-06:002006-12-11T19:24:00.000-06:00You know, Dawg, this sort of thing is right up the...You know, Dawg, this sort of thing is right up there with not having the Ten Commandments in a County Courthouse sort of thing. It's a damned shame, really. Whatever happened to Live and Let Live?<BR/><BR/>One of these days, I'm gonna go to a place of Crescent Moons, The Star of David, or the like, and start b___ing and moaning about a lack of a cross. <BR/><BR/>I'll probably get the same reaction that I would if I tried to proport "White History Month."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1165884961316112032006-12-11T18:56:00.000-06:002006-12-11T18:56:00.000-06:00And now the Rabbi is worried that he is going to b...And now the Rabbi is worried that he is going to be seen as the "grinch". <BR/><BR/>Gee, ya think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1165884531482928032006-12-11T18:48:00.000-06:002006-12-11T18:48:00.000-06:00"...a very special Star for a topper. A Star of Da..."...a very special Star for a topper. A Star of David. It seemed appropriate to ME. Jesus, the "reason for the Season", WAS born a Jew."<BR/><BR/>Last time I read that part of the geneologies, I recall the Bible says Jesus was of the line of King David.<BR/><BR/>I'd say that star fits real well.<BR/><BR/>mustanger98 on THRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1165867577626079242006-12-11T14:06:00.000-06:002006-12-11T14:06:00.000-06:00Shame Sea-Tac didn't top their tree with what I to...Shame Sea-Tac didn't top their tree with what I topped my Tree with, back when I had a tree. My Nana made me a stunning collection of Christmas ornaments, which I still hang, just not from a Christmas tree. <BR/>Anyway, I asked her to make me a very special Star for a topper. A Star of David. It seemed appropriate to ME. Jesus, the "reason for the Season", WAS born a Jew. It's ecumenical and beautiful and sentimental. I love it and will pass it down to whichever of my grandchildren has the most highly developed sense of Irony.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1165863740030314232006-12-11T13:02:00.000-06:002006-12-11T13:02:00.000-06:00As some might say, "On this, we waste time?!?"I fl...As some might say, "On this, we waste time?!?"<BR/><BR/>I flew out of SeaTac this morning and I can tell you that my attention was focused on trying to determine which of my fellow travelers would be least likely to "intrigue" the TSA screener so I could avoid getting behind them in line, NOT on whether there was a pagan/coopted-by-Northern-European-Christians tree in the hall.<BR/><BR/>Happy holidays all.<BR/><BR/>rwc in PDXAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1165860964889247832006-12-11T12:16:00.000-06:002006-12-11T12:16:00.000-06:00Honestly, LD, I think that I'd just as soon see it...Honestly, LD, I think that I'd just as soon see it all come down in the public places, and let us celebrate our own Christmas/Hanukkah/Solstice/Kwanzaa/Rabid Pig Unity (Reformed) Day Of Atonement holiday as we wish. I like me some Christmas... just not from Halloween to New Year's Day, all the damned time. <BR/><BR/>Maybe that's the solution. Just take it all down. Quit dilluting a nice day to a 2.5 month season, and let us enjoy it personally. <BR/><BR/>Ah, nobody'd ever go for it. <BR/><BR/><BR/>--Matt "O Tannenbaum, BahHumBug" GMatt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22957834.post-1165857412478295972006-12-11T11:16:00.000-06:002006-12-11T11:16:00.000-06:00I suspect the SeaTac airport authority bureaucracy...I suspect the SeaTac airport authority bureaucracy was responsible for the delay in allowing the rebbe to put up a menorah. Typical--any other rational managing authority would have set aside places for other religions to put up their own Yule-related religious imagery.<BR/> <BR/> Absolutely no call for the rabbi to threaten a lawsuit. Moshiach wept, it`s not like it`s a massive loss if there isn`t a menorah up at the airport. Strictly speaking, a menorah is lit in the home and set in the window. It`s not intended as some kind of public display.<BR/><BR/> Yeesh. The only thing worse the rabbi could have done for Christian/Jewish relations was put of a lighted sign saying "We Pwned Your False Prophet!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com