>>The first thing they teach you in a college communications class is that the meaning of something is how it is interpreted, not necessarily how you meant it.
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>>IMO, Merry Christmas and Good-bye are silly to argue about. While they have religious roots, their usage is so common as to lose the religious meaning.
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>Oh my, I agree with you AGAIN. :) The common, every day usage of both typically contains no religious
intent by the user...
"Merry Christmas" contains no religious content? I don't hear Muslims and Hindus etc. returning this greeting when it is spoken to them.
BTW - Are these posts now in contravention of the no-religious posting rule?
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends - Martin Luther King, Jr.