Saturday, December 24, 2005
PCPhrases.com - Politically Correct Terms
It is Christmas for those who celebrate it, but if you are not celebrating Christmas, then today is just another day (unless you are celebrating something else, though the portion of the world's population doing this is absolutely marginal). I hate the political correctness being imposed on Christmas, but I am afraid it is a battle that will be difficult to win. "Season's Greetings" is an absolutely stupid term, at least "happy holidays" works if you know someone is going on a holiday. I gladly wish my Jewish friends a happy whatever they are celebrating, but I will not wish someone a greeting for the season.
pcphrases.com presents the following greeting, though I do not actually think it is copyrighted by them. However, it is a perfect exaggeration of what this stupid planet has come to:
"Politically Correct Seasons Greetings:
Please accept with no obligation,
implied or implicit our best wishes for
an environmentally conscious,
socially responsible, low stress,
non-addictive, gender neutral,
celebration of the winter solstice
holiday, practiced within the most
enjoyable traditions of the religious
persuasion of your choice, or secular
practices of your choice, with respect
for the religious/secular persuasions
and/or traditions of others, or their
choice not to practice religious or
secular traditions at all ...
and a fiscally successful,
personally fulfilling, and medically
uncomplicated recognition of the onset
of the generally accepted calendar
year 2006, but not without due respect
for the calendars of choice of other
cultures whose contributions to
society have helped make America great,
(not to imply that America is necessarily
greater than any other country or is
the only "AMERICA" in the western
hemisphere), and without regard to the
race, creed, color, age, physical ability,
religious faith, choice of computer platform,
or sexual preference of the wishee.
- DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTABILITY -
(By accepting this greeting,
you are accepting these terms.
This greeting is subject to
clarification or withdrawal. It is freely
transferable with no alteration to the
original greeting. It implies no
promise by the wisher to actually
implement any of the wishes for
her/himself or others, and is
void where prohibited by law, and is
revocable at the sole discretion of
the wisher. This wish is warranted
to perform as expected within the
usual application of good tidings
for a period of one year, or until the
issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting,
whichever comes first, and warranty is
limited to replacement of this wish
or issuance of a new wish at the
sole discretion of the wisher.)"
Anyway, being politically correct is not something I am particularly good at, thus I wish you all best for Christmas. If you are not celebrating Christmas, I hope you at least will have a great weekend.
It is Christmas for those who celebrate it, but if you are not celebrating Christmas, then today is just another day (unless you are celebrating something else, though the portion of the world's population doing this is absolutely marginal). I hate the political correctness being imposed on Christmas, but I am afraid it is a battle that will be difficult to win. "Season's Greetings" is an absolutely stupid term, at least "happy holidays" works if you know someone is going on a holiday. I gladly wish my Jewish friends a happy whatever they are celebrating, but I will not wish someone a greeting for the season.
pcphrases.com presents the following greeting, though I do not actually think it is copyrighted by them. However, it is a perfect exaggeration of what this stupid planet has come to:
"Politically Correct Seasons Greetings:
Please accept with no obligation,
implied or implicit our best wishes for
an environmentally conscious,
socially responsible, low stress,
non-addictive, gender neutral,
celebration of the winter solstice
holiday, practiced within the most
enjoyable traditions of the religious
persuasion of your choice, or secular
practices of your choice, with respect
for the religious/secular persuasions
and/or traditions of others, or their
choice not to practice religious or
secular traditions at all ...
and a fiscally successful,
personally fulfilling, and medically
uncomplicated recognition of the onset
of the generally accepted calendar
year 2006, but not without due respect
for the calendars of choice of other
cultures whose contributions to
society have helped make America great,
(not to imply that America is necessarily
greater than any other country or is
the only "AMERICA" in the western
hemisphere), and without regard to the
race, creed, color, age, physical ability,
religious faith, choice of computer platform,
or sexual preference of the wishee.
- DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTABILITY -
(By accepting this greeting,
you are accepting these terms.
This greeting is subject to
clarification or withdrawal. It is freely
transferable with no alteration to the
original greeting. It implies no
promise by the wisher to actually
implement any of the wishes for
her/himself or others, and is
void where prohibited by law, and is
revocable at the sole discretion of
the wisher. This wish is warranted
to perform as expected within the
usual application of good tidings
for a period of one year, or until the
issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting,
whichever comes first, and warranty is
limited to replacement of this wish
or issuance of a new wish at the
sole discretion of the wisher.)"
Anyway, being politically correct is not something I am particularly good at, thus I wish you all best for Christmas. If you are not celebrating Christmas, I hope you at least will have a great weekend.
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