[DX-CHAT] proper greetings

2005-12-30 Thread Charles Harpole
TO USA hams, especially: Please remember to make your holiday greetings general. Please do not wish a non-Christian Merry Christmas unless u know him not to mind. Later, pse avoid wishing U.K. folks Happy 4th of July and for Am. Indians, not Happy Thanksgiving Not everyone has the same

Re: [DX-CHAT] proper greetings

2005-12-30 Thread James Nipper
This is a bunch of crap. 73 and MERRY CHRISTMAS TO HAMS WORLDWIDE de Jim K4PYT -- TO USA hams, especially: Please remember to make your holiday greetings general. Please do not wish a non-Christian Merry Christmas unless u know him not to mind.

Re: [DX-CHAT] proper greetings

2005-12-30 Thread Stuart Santelmann KC1F
Two of you beat me to the punch - any non-Christians who are offended by us celebrating our major religious holiday (which includes goodwill to all) and by us giving the same good wishes to all of you please raise your hand ?! (cricket sound...) I thought so... StuKC1F in

Re: [DX-CHAT] proper greetings

2005-12-30 Thread pjw28
I agree too much political correct bull s*it going on ... lets get back to the good old days HAPPY NEW YEAR Pete m1som At 04:20 PM 30/12/05 -0500, you wrote: This is a bunch of crap. 73 and MERRY CHRISTMAS TO HAMS WORLDWIDE de Jim K4PYT -- TO

RE: [DX-CHAT] proper greetings

2005-12-30 Thread Joel Magid
All, Charles's original e-mail I believe is very well intentioned and should be understood in the manner in which it was sent. On the other hand what is said between individuals is for each to understand and if the meaning is well intentioned what is said is not as important as the meaning behind

Re: [DX-CHAT] proper greetings

2005-12-30 Thread Russell Kellam Jr
BALONEY Harpole. 86% of US population celebrates CHRISTMAS. Happy Hannukuh does not offend me as I accept in the spirit it is given. Deal with it!! 73 Russ W4UBC - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dx-chat@njdxa.org Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 5:55 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [DX-CHAT] proper greetings

2005-12-30 Thread Peter Dougherty
At 17:02 30-12-05, Stuart Santelmann KC1F wrote: Two of you beat me to the punch - any non-Christians who are offended by us celebrating our major religious holiday (which includes goodwill to all) and by us giving the same good wishes to all of you please raise your hand ?! (cricket sound...)

[DX-CHAT] That'ssss alll folks

2005-12-30 Thread Steve-KF2TI
Normally I only take care of he NEWS reflecter, BUT this latest thread is starting to push the envelope if everyone gets the drift And in the absence of Ron ad or Urb, SO Let's let this be the end of the thread concerning the holiday type greetings That being said, I hae the final word

Re: [DX-CHAT] proper greetings

2005-12-30 Thread James Nipper
No, his original email is left-wing political correctness gone wild. We don't need lectures from left-wing nuts on a ham list to tell us how to greet fellow hams during our cherished holidays. The very idea of lecturing us about his politically correct messages to others about our holidays is

RE: [DX-CHAT] That'ssss alll folks

2005-12-30 Thread Ron Notarius WN3VAW
What he said. The original post was well intended. Whether or not it was appropriate... well, is now a moot point. But some of the replies have been at best borderline on the civility meter. So if we can't keep it civil gang... enough's enough. Thank you for your understanding. And have a