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November 12, 2005
Boycot Walmart
“Walmart is a world wide organization and must remain conscious of this. The majority of the world still has different practices other than “christmas” which is an ancient tradition that has its roots in Siberian shamanism. The colors associated with ‘christmas’ red and white are actually a representation of the aminita mascera mushroom. Santa is also borrowed from the Caucuses, mistletoe from the Celts, yule log from the Goths, the time from the Visigoth and the tree from the worship of Baal. It is a wide wide world.”
This was signed by some walmart employee named Kirby, who at least got fired, but only after the Catholic League president Bill Donohue got involved here is what he said: “This statement was signed by someone called Kirby. When I read it, I thought he might be drunk. But I was wrong. We sent Kirby’s response to Wal-Mart’s headquarters only to find that Dan Fogleman, Senior Manager, Public Relations, agrees. After acknowledging that he read Kirby’s response, Fogleman said, in part, the following:”
“As a retailer, we recognize some of our customers may be shopping for Chanukah or Kwanza gifts during this time of year and we certainly want these customers in our stores and to feel welcome, just as we do those buying for Christmas. As an employer, we recognize the significance of the Christmas holiday among our family of associates . . . and close our stores in observance, the only day during the year that we are closed.”
I believe Walmart has issued an apology, but still Walmart is clearly anti-Christian and anti-Christmas and therefore should be boycotted.
This guy Kirby obviously has no respect for why Christians actually celebrate Christmas. Even if those things have been incorporated into the Christmas celebration they are not the main focus and really have nothing to do with what Christians are celebrating. Christians are celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ, hence The Christ in Christ-mas that is what is important about the word Christmas and the whole holiday celebration for that matter, further Kirby's email mentioned nothing about manger scenes which are popular among Christians.
“The percentage of Americans who celebrate Kwanzaa is listed at approximately 1.6 percent, while Jews make up only 2 percent of the US population. Christians, who most would say Christmas is their prime religious holiday, make up 80 percent of the US population, according to 2001 US census data.”
I took these quotes from from http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/nov/05111007.html
Posted by Jon at November 12, 2005 07:35 AM
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