Seattle airport removes Christmas Trees to avoid lawsuit...

[junescrater716]

That is a bunch of bull!!! Why does it really matter if the trees are there or not??? The Jewish religion has taken this way too far. IT'S A FREAKIN CHRISTMAS TREE!!! Does that mean that any other x-mas trees visable to the outside should be taken down because it "offends" a certain religion????!?!

This is dumb why do people have to take the fun out of the holidays. We should put 1,000 GINORMOUS trees all over the airport and see what they say about that. It's rediculous.

[todd]

That is a bunch of bull

[cyber-sibes]

Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky, hired a lawyer and threatened to sue if the Port of Seattle didn't add the menorah next to the trees, which had been festooned with red ribbons and bows.

oh, now that's really in the spirit of the season HoHoHo. This is the real reason the airport took down all the trees....because in America, if you don't like something, sue somebody.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, and Happy Solstice anyway. We have Christians, Jews, and Pagans in our family.

[Twisterdog]

Oh my goodness, people, take a step back, take a look at this thread. It started out as basically saying, "Let's not be petty and negative about other people's religious traditions and holidays. Let's be tolerant instead." However, this thread seems to have developed into "Let's be petty and negative about other people's religious traditions and holidays. Let's be intolerant of just about everything."

IMO, EVERY positive thing in the world is just that ... a positive thing. There are SO many negative things on a daily basis, we ought to be grateful for ANY small kindness. I would MUCH rather have someone tell me "Merry Christmas!" or "Happy Hannakah" rather than "F*#k you, lady!" or "Get the h*#l out of my way!" ... wouldn't you? I happen to be neither Jewish nor Christian. So what? It's the THOUGHT that counts, not the particulars. I'd MUCH rather look at a pretty, lighted tree or a star of David than graffitti and garbage. Wouldn't you?

Tolerance. Kindness. Let's try to see the big picture.

[ramanth]

A breath of fresh air. Thanks Twisterdog.