Xmas Wish List

[PleadTheFirst]

Just got this email from a buddy of mine - thought I'd share. (Sorry if this has been posted here already; I know it must be making the rounds via email).

Happy holidays, DU. Lets hold hope for the possibility of peace in 2005.


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• I wish those in interacial relationships did not have to endure family gossip and animosity.
• I wish I could switch the salaries of professional ball players with those of factory workers and elementary school teachers. That way, these people would be truly compensated for the work they do, rather than being grossly overpaid or grossly underpaid.
• I wish we'd stop calling Curt Schilling a hero, and save that honor for real heroes like Margaret Hassan and Deitrich Bonhoeffer.
• I wish overweight people were not made fun of.
• I wish Americans were more afraid of drunk drivers, lung cancer, gun accidents and domestic violence than they are of terrorism. The chances of getting run off the road by an SUV with a Bush/Cheney sticker are much greater than getting popped by Osama bin Laden.
• I wish Christians in the United States cared more about promoting mercy than demanding that city hall be covered in Christmas-themed lawn junk.
• I wish those who order wars were required to fight on the front lines.
• I wish the American definition of moral values included abstaining from flag-worship, treating the homeless with dignity, and reacting with compassion to victims of AIDS.
• I wish pet rats lived longer than two or three years.
• I wish Christmas was a time to remember Christ as a grown man that spoke of mercy, not a silent infant incapable of pissing off sanctimonious religious leaders.
• I wish Christians cared as much about the born as the unborn.
• I wish our desire to care for the planet and all the people living on it was stronger than our desire to have the biggest, most bad-ass motor vehicle. I wish people who drive Hummers would rethink their decision.
• I wish this list didn't have to be so long.

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[bobbobbins]

1. I wish you hadn't sucked all the fun outta christmas

[PleadTheFirst]

2. Sorry, man.

:(