I would like to start this by saying how shockingly offended i am at the majority of these posts. I refuse to believe that a single person here truly believes there is not a problem with taking P.C. to the extreme; who hasn't heard of a case of someone being afraid to fire or take action against someone with the possibility it will be labeled as discrimination? Also, I would like to bring up the merry christmas debate. It was established that saying merry christmas to customers during the holidays is an offensive act that does not acknowledge other beliefs. However, does this popular greeting ask a particular person to honor the christian tradition? No it does not. Seeing as December is known to be a christmas season in America, saying this to a passerby is no more than an act of wishing them well for the current time period. Therefore I would like to say that including under God is no more of a serious offense. I believe that most religious practices involve God, some type of God or demigod, or multiple gods; who is to say that believing our country is watched over by a divine being is a bad thing? If a muslim individual offered me a blessing I would not be offended I would consider it a kind gesture, therefore why should others be offended that as a primarily Christian nation we would like to believe that our God is watching over this land? The words never say that everyone must be one of God's people. I am ashamed to admit that many of these responses come from fellow countrymen, because to claim that a very generic and well-wishing part of our pledge of allegiance is wrong is just a moral crime.
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Emily Schroer
Nov 12, 2009
2:16 a.m.
I would like to start this by saying how shockingly offended i am at the majority of these posts. I refuse to believe that a single person here truly believes there is not a problem with taking P.C. to the extreme; who hasn't heard of a case of someone being afraid to fire or take action against someone with the possibility it will be labeled as discrimination?
Also, I would like to bring up the merry christmas debate. It was established that saying merry christmas to customers during the holidays is an offensive act that does not acknowledge other beliefs. However, does this popular greeting ask a particular person to honor the christian tradition? No it does not. Seeing as December is known to be a christmas season in America, saying this to a passerby is no more than an act of wishing them well for the current time period. Therefore I would like to say that including under God is no more of a serious offense. I believe that most religious practices involve God, some type of God or demigod, or multiple gods; who is to say that believing our country is watched over by a divine being is a bad thing? If a muslim individual offered me a blessing I would not be offended I would consider it a kind gesture, therefore why should others be offended that as a primarily Christian nation we would like to believe that our God is watching over this land? The words never say that everyone must be one of God's people.
I am ashamed to admit that many of these responses come from fellow countrymen, because to claim that a very generic and well-wishing part of our pledge of allegiance is wrong is just a moral crime.