It’s Time to Stop Celebrating Cinco De Mayo!

[Christian Graus]

I have no idea what it is, but the link was to a real nut job, from what I could see.

Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.

[Ilion]

Christian Graus wrote:

I have no idea what it is, but the link was to a real nut job, from what I could see.

Translation: I have no idea what I;m talking about.

[Ilion]

Oakman wrote:

without bothering to read the link, I have to agree with the thread's header. Anyone who is still celebrating the 5th of last May needs to sober up.

Then read it! There was never any reason for Americans to "celebrate" May 5th; it has nothing to do with us.

[Oakman]

Ilíon wrote:

Then read it!

I only follow links from people who have something to say about the issue the link deals with - except for the occasionally, labeled, funny or cute video. I might miss out on a little that would be informative, but I also avoid over an inordinate amount of wasted time.

Ilíon wrote:

There was never any reason for Americans to "celebrate" May 5th;

The same reason we celebrate St. Patrick's day. A bunch of immigrants grew up thinking it was an important holiday - and it's a great excuse to drink. For that matter, why do we celebrate Christmas as a legal holiday? It's a Celtic holiday pimped out as a Roman one. It certainly has very little to do with a Nazarene who lived and died a couple of millenia ago, and absolutely nothing to do with the history of America. The Puritan Christians of New England thought that the holiday was an abomination, although I suspect ths slave-owning aristocracy of Virginia and and South Carolina welcomed it as another opportunity to indulge themselves in conspicuous consumption. Never let your racism get in the way of having a beer, I always say. :laugh:

Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

[Oakman]

Ilíon wrote:

I have no idea what I;m talking about

I found this delightfully funny. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

[Ilion]

Oakman wrote:

I found this delightfully funny. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

You should put it on your tee-shirt and parade around.

[Ilion]

Oakman wrote:

Never let your racism get in the way of having a beer, I always say. :laugh:

But then, you'll say *anything* ... and its denial.

[Oakman]

Good idea, I know someone who owns a t-shirt making shop. He could make up a hundred of 'em, all saying: "'I don;t know what I am talking about' ~ Ilion D," and then Chris could hand them out as prizes in the next programming contest. Do you have a picture of yourself he could print on the reverse side of the T-Shirt?

Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

[Oakman]

Ilíon wrote:

But then, you'll say *anything* ... and its denial.

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

[fred_]

Oakman wrote:

needs to sober up

I got blood in my alcohol stream :omg: