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Quote:If it's really about Memorial Day, shouldn't you be complaining about them not taking advantage of the offer that person made to pay for a new memorial and not about Political Correctness??

 

Sigh... I guess you as well as many others just don't get it.  The memorial was taken down precisely because of PC.

 

Quote:I actually do know the difference.  But let's not act like both aren't symbols of Christianity.  

 

Not true, and like I offered Bchbunnie4, I am open to discussing via PM.

Quote:I don't understand what the apples you're trying to make a point with have to do with the oranges I'm staring at.

 

I'm not surprised either.

Quote:I'm not surprised either.

This whole thread is about three minutes from closure anyway, so I'll ask: what do Memorial Day and a cross have to do with each other in the least? The dude with a cross already has two Memorial Days.

Quote:This whole thread is about three minutes from closure anyway, so I'll ask: what do Memorial Day and a cross have to do with each other in the least? The dude with a cross already has two Memorial Days.

Cuz we are all supposed to pretend the cross doesn't mean what everyone knows the cross means...that's why. Duh.

It seems that common sense prevailed in this case.

 

Just a bit from the article

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But not everyone in the Georgia town with a population of 2,332 agreed with Philyaw. Hours after the crosses were posted, an unnamed resident called the office of city manager Barry Atkinson and asked whether all 79 military personnel were Christians.

 
That phone call prompted the town, fearing a lawsuit, to remove the crosses from public land -- though none of the veterans' families had complained, according to Philyaw.
 
The cross memorial ignited fierce debate on social media -- with many people saying its removal is political correctness run amok, while others argued all faiths should be represented.
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<div>"A cross has been used for fallen soldiers from the time of the Red Coats, Patriots, Yankees, Rebels -- they all used it," Dingler said.
 
Other attendees accused the council of cowering to one complaint, while failing to honor the families who want their loved ones remembered
. The city council eventually agreed, voting unanimously to put the crosses back up.
 
"We just really would love to think this person will understand that it was never a religious thing -- it was just to honor these people who died for him and for all of us
,” Philyaw told the station. 
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This country needs better things to whine about. How's paying down that debt to China going?

Quote:This country needs better things to whine about. How's paying down that debt to China going?

 

How about everybody getting a trophy?

Quote:How about everybody getting a trophy?

You've certainly earned your participation ribbon for this thread.

Quote:You've certainly earned your participation ribbon for this thread.

 

Everybody gets one.   :yes:

Quote:Everybody gets one. :yes:

Nah bro, this thread got me a few gold medals. Enjoy your free kids meal at Shoney's. Everybody gets one when they bring in their participation ribbon!

Quote:Nah bro, this thread got me a few gold medals. Enjoy your free kids meal at Shoney's. Everybody gets one when they bring in their participation ribbon!

 

Only a liberal like you would know that.  What does your "gold medals" get you there?

Quote:Only a liberal like you would know that.  What does your "gold medals" get you there?

It doesn't. Ruth's Chris is for winners.

Cross memorial for fallen veterans back up after public outcry

 

A Memorial Day cross display honoring fallen soldiers is back up Wednesday along a state highway in Georgia, after it was taken down last week amid controversy.

The 79 white, handmade crosses posted on public property along state Highway 92 in Hiram, Ga., were meant to represent the 79 Paulding County residents who died in America’s wars, according to town officials.

 

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/05/25/cro...cmp=hplnws

Quote:Cross memorial for fallen veterans back up after public outcry

 

A Memorial Day cross display honoring fallen soldiers is back up Wednesday along a state highway in Georgia, after it was taken down last week amid controversy.

The 79 white, handmade crosses posted on public property along state Highway 92 in Hiram, Ga., were meant to represent the 79 Paulding County residents who died in America’s wars, according to town officials.

 

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/05/25/cro...cmp=hplnws

 

Now I would see that and think it was in memorial to the victims of abortion in that community.

It's back up? Oh no. This is such a terrible thing to happen.  Please somebody call up and be very very angry about it.

What I'm still not getting here is the "offended" aspect of the story. A resident of the town called in and asked if the people buried beneath crosses were all Christians. The fact that that person is constantly referred to as "an unnamed resident" underscores that the local government knew who they were and chose to let them remain anonymous. No one that I saw said anything about that person, who offered to make a donation towards a permanent memorial, being particularly offended by the display.


This whole thing was, as most outages from the left and right are these days, an idiotic waste of time. Want to know why this country is in trouble? It's because we're all looking for the next trigger to offend ourselves with.

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And what about these guys? And the satanists? Oh, so many different ....who died for one cause

Quote:What I'm still not getting here is the "offended" aspect of the story. A resident of the town called in and asked if the people buried beneath crosses were all Christians. The fact that that person is constantly referred to as "an unnamed resident" underscores that the local government knew who they were and chose to let them remain anonymous. No one that I saw said anything about that person, who offered to make a donation towards a permanent memorial, being particularly offended by the display.


This whole thing was, as most outages from the left and right are these days, an idiotic waste of time. Want to know why this country is in trouble? It's because we're all looking for the next trigger to offend ourselves with.

 

Haha, alright. Let's get serious. Our country is in trouble, but not because of these frivolous stories that pop up daily.

Quote:Haha, alright. Let's get serious. Our country is in trouble, but not because of these frivolous stories that pop up daily.

You're right. It's because the people that create these stories currently control the news, which radicalizes formerly sensible people like JIB and contributes to the rise of extreme politicians like Sanders and Trump who are more likely to trash the economy or start a bunch of wars than accomplish anything meaningful.


And no, that's not an endorsement of Clinton. She's as bad as the other two, just not quite as dangerous.

Quote:What I'm still not getting here is the "offended" aspect of the story. A resident of the town called in and asked if the people buried beneath crosses were all Christians. The fact that that person is constantly referred to as "an unnamed resident" underscores that the local government knew who they were and chose to let them remain anonymous. No one that I saw said anything about that person, who offered to make a donation towards a permanent memorial, being particularly offended by the display.


This whole thing was, as most outages from the left and right are these days, an idiotic waste of time. Want to know why this country is in trouble? It's because we're all looking for the next trigger to offend ourselves with.

Reactionary outrage from people who see enemies everywhere and a war on everything.