dbx wrote:faux wrote:
The use of the term "you people" is obnoxious,.
I'm sorry I hurt your poor feelings... is "you humans", "you living creatures" or "you bipedals" better for you?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.p ... you+peopleDid I suggest you hurt my feelings?
It's a loaded term, which implies the people you're referring to are somehow inferior to "your" people.
I'd suggest "why do Irish people celebrate this $#%^" instead, but hey English is as nuanced as any other language.
dbx wrote:Oh and referring to the people who became christian as "sheep", isn't exactly flattering either.
Why would I want to flatter them?
I wasn't suggesting that you should.
But in the interests of reasoned debate, labelling anyone who doesn't go along with your ideals as "sheep" isn't very clever.
It invites an equally dumb response and no-one gets anywhere.
I think most/a lot of European countries have some kind of Patron Saints Day. England has St. Georges day for example.
They're really celebrations of national identity and only nominally christian.