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WAL-MART CAVES; BOYCOTT ENDS
Catholic League ^ | 11 November 2005 | William Donohue

Posted on 11/11/2005 5:58:29 AM PST by big'ol_freeper

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1 posted on 11/11/2005 5:58:30 AM PST by big'ol_freeper
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The oddest part of this was the "intermediate" step, where supposedly the Catholic League sent the e-mail to Walmart and they stood behind it. That was the thing I didn't understand.

I didn't have a problem with having to hit one extra button to get to christmas, but I don't see any harm to WalMart to change that.


2 posted on 11/11/2005 6:01:24 AM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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Wow, good news.

It is hard to believe any WalMart official would reply to a concerned customer by relating Christian Christmas rituals to Siberian shamanism. Godspeed to Mr Kirby.


3 posted on 11/11/2005 6:02:11 AM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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This was an overblown brouhaha, but that customer service guy was a wiseass jerk. First rule of customer service is don't mock the customers.

One more Kerry voter on the unemployment line.

4 posted on 11/11/2005 6:02:14 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: big'ol_freeper

Good work Catholic League keep up the good fight.


5 posted on 11/11/2005 6:02:44 AM PST by italianquaker (Bush Derangement syndrome coming to a theatre near you)
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To: big'ol_freeper

Merry Christmas - there I said it.

Why are large companies so afraid of these 2 words?


6 posted on 11/11/2005 6:03:22 AM PST by soccer_maniac (www.polipundit.com -- Elections and politics with a Conservative bent.)
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..but I guess the Salvation Army is still straight out and anything homosexual, Harry Potter or Wiccan is all in?

Since Wal-Mart seeks to be America's only shopping experience, they also incur far more responsibility for the moral standards they promote and discourage in America.


7 posted on 11/11/2005 6:03:39 AM PST by Cvengr (<;^))
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To: big'ol_freeper

Kirby=Fogelman


8 posted on 11/11/2005 6:04:38 AM PST by babydoll22 (If you stop growing as a person you live in your own private hell.)
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To: big'ol_freeper
I really thought when this first came out that the e-mail was a fake. Wrong again!

Carolyn

9 posted on 11/11/2005 6:05:28 AM PST by CDHart (The world has become a lunatic asylum and the lunatics are in charge.)
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To: big'ol_freeper

I heard on CNBC yesterday that Target was also "banning" the phrase "Merry Christmas" - what other large companies are "wandering"?


11 posted on 11/11/2005 6:06:04 AM PST by Nobel_1
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Gee... there are Christmas trees, garland, Santa Clauses, and lights all over the local Wal-Mart, and I bought a box of Christmas cards that actually say "Merry Christmas" on them...

Funny, Wal-Mart didn't seem anti-Christmas even before this change.


12 posted on 11/11/2005 6:06:23 AM PST by mwyounce
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To: big'ol_freeper

Gloria in excelsis Deo!


13 posted on 11/11/2005 6:06:32 AM PST by lightman (The Office of the Keys should be exercised as some ministry needs to be exorcised.)
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by sending the insane statement regarding the origins of Christmas to a female customer

What insane statement? This article is sorely lacking in info. Either that or I need to get my eyeglass prescription checked.

14 posted on 11/11/2005 6:06:55 AM PST by cantfindagoodscreenname (Is it OK to steal tag lines from tee-shirts and bumper stickers?)
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So, no more commercializing 'the Holidays', we're back to commercializing 'Christmas'. Way to go, Catholic League.


15 posted on 11/11/2005 6:07:13 AM PST by Grut
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Ping


16 posted on 11/11/2005 6:07:49 AM PST by big'ol_freeper ("Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." Pope JPII)
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To: silverleaf
Wow, good news.

Perhaps this is good news at the micro level. But have you noticed that our 'victories' are nothing more than successful defenses? There is no offense. The net result is that we're losing the war through attrition.

17 posted on 11/11/2005 6:07:54 AM PST by SolutionsOnly
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To: cantfindagoodscreenname

Never mind. I found it doing a Google search.


18 posted on 11/11/2005 6:08:07 AM PST by cantfindagoodscreenname (Is it OK to steal tag lines from tee-shirts and bumper stickers?)
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To: silverleaf
It is hard to believe any WalMart official would reply to a concerned customer by relating Christian Christmas rituals to Siberian shamanism.

Sure is hard to believe, that's why I do not believe it. This whole story reeks.

19 posted on 11/11/2005 6:08:31 AM PST by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Sgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: dead
One more Kerry voter on the unemployment line.

Nah, he'll be picked up quickly by one of the Fair Tax groups for their Public Relations department.

;-)

20 posted on 11/11/2005 6:09:04 AM PST by savedbygrace
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