>>>>>>>>Merry Christmas definitely started out as a religious greeting. Even today, some non-Christians are offended by the term. However, as Christmas is a holiday recognized by many governments, IMO, Merry Christmas should fall under the new T&C.
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>>>>>>>I'd actually hope that all holiday greetings/wishes would be acceptable, as long as they're kept to the basic greeting and not part of a longer religious discussion.
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>>>>>>You thoroughly enjoy rules, don't you.
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>>>>>>Nothing like being told what to do, right?
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>>>>>No, what I enjoy is understanding the rules so that obeying them or not is my choice.
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>>>>You say "no", but then you explain that you like being told what to do. You enjoy not having a choice, because you implicitly choose to do what you're told.
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>>>There must be some corollary to Godwin's Law, regarding the first person to stoop to ad hominem in a thread. Or if there isn't, there should be :-/
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>>I get your point. Still, if the discussion is about what types of holidays greetings are acceptable here, it should probably be said the usual suspects are getting a little carried away with the technical details of the rule.
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>There are no "technical details". The rules are whatever Michel wants them to be. Subject to change at any moment.

I kind of agree with Mike here; the "political correctness" in this discussion of interpreting the rules, is rendering the rules irrelevant. I guess this is the kind of a situation where common sense failed.