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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: rich4eagle who wrote (210011)	12/14/2001 6:59:39 PM
From: cAPSLOCK	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

When conducting business for a government body it would be better to conduct business that is raceless and religionless unless you like predjudice rammed down peoples throats Rich, -that- IS prejudice. prej·u·dice n. 1. a. An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge or examination of the facts. b. A preconceived preference or idea. 2. The act or state of holding unreasonable preconceived judgments or convictions. See Synonyms at predilection. *3. Irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular group, race, or religion.* 4. Detriment or injury caused to a person by the preconceived, unfavorable conviction of another or others. I would submit that this notion of not saying "Merry Christmas" or the like is a preconceived preference based on the irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular religion. Or even religion in general. It is "ramming down peoples throats" the ideal that being non-offensive is more important than ones own convictions. If you say Happy :whatever: to me in the context of business or any other social setting I will not be offended BECAUSE I do not suffer from prejudice in this area. But I have EXTREME prejudice against the notion that you or anyone would interrupt my constitutional right to free speech. Period. cAPS