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To: ig who wrote (89408)	12/6/2004 8:22:55 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) of 793953

My jewish friends frequently wish me Happy Hanukkah this time of year. That's not the same thing. When the US becomes a Jewish country and you are part of a small minority, then your comparison will be apt. Imagine a friend or co-worker wishing you Happy Father's Day when your father is deceased and you never had kids. His cavalier best wishes would leave you feeling sad and left out, I'll bet, and hurt that he would show so little respect for you by disregarding your circumstances. Sure, maybe you brush it off as a byproduct of his enthusiasm for the popular holiday, but it was still thoughtless of him and you still feel alienated. A classy person wouldn't do that. Or maybe, if it happens enough that society takes up the issue and if those who promiscuously extend Father's Day wishes dismiss your expressions of the alienation it causes with claims that the majority either has a dad or is one and you should just learn to live with that, it starts to stick in your craw and you start to think of them as self-absorbed jerks. P.S. My Jewish friends sometimes wish me Happy Chanukah, too, but only in response to my like wishes to them. It's just dumb to walk around saying Happy Chanukah to random people.

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