[CW] Re: CW Digest, Vol 56, Issue 14

[K0HB]

I generally say both "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Holidays",  Many of my friends are not Christians, and I don't assume everyone I meet on the air is either, so I cover all the bases, as several religions seem to have special sacred dates around this time of year.

In the spirit of giving my best wishes to everyone on the reflector, here is my greeting:

God Bless Everyone.  No Exceptions!

73/88, de Hans, K0HB & Colleen, K0CKB


  From: SX-25 
  Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 3:27 PM
  To: cw at mailman.qth.net 
  Subject: [CW] Re: CW Digest, Vol 56, Issue 14


  Merry Christmas to you, Ron!
  I think we are thankfully and finally seeing a reversal (if not "backlash") to the crappola that the B.S.ers have been feeding us and I noticed as little as a couple years ago everyone wished everyone else generic, politically correct "Happy Holidays" type sentiments on CW. Since Thanksgiving I have been keeping a tally sheet just for fun. Since then I have logged 82 CW QSOs. Of those, 76 expressly wished me a "Merry Christmas" while the remaining 6 either used generic holiday greetings or said nothing at all. Though I didn't keep any tally in previous years, I am certain the generic-to-Christmas greeting ratio would have been the complete opposite. I've noticed even the store clerks are abandoning the sterile "Happy Holidays" and are taking the bold step to wish customers "Merry Christmas."

  Isn't it ridiculous? As a society we are so screwed up. This should not even be something that invades our consciousness.

  The store Musak still is playing the same infernal generic holiday tunes (Like many, I'd like to shoot the guy that wrote
  "Jingle Bell Rock" !). Imagine how chagrinned the simple-minded social engineers will be when they learn that "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is actually a very religious tune written during an era in human culture when freedom of religious belief was oppressed as they wish ours to be today.

  I've been using the CW prosign, "58" extensively...however I add "Merry Christmas" just to make sure there is no misunderstanding of what my expression is to convey.

  58 and Merry Christmas,

  Vern WA9VLK





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