Author Topic: Santa Hanging From Noose (Read 1161 times)

kevykev56 · « **on:** December 10, 2005, 11:08:41 AM »

I dont know which is funnier, the homeowner doing it or the neighbors reactions.

http://www.local6.com/news/5491296/detail.html

SOB · « **Reply #1 on:** December 10, 2005, 11:51:39 AM »

Maybe Santa rustled some of the guy's cattle.

Curval · « **Reply #2 on:** December 10, 2005, 12:14:31 PM »

"Ron" needs a good butt kicking.

If my little girl saw that it would freaking traumatise her...what right does this d***head have to subject little kids to that? As far as I'm concerned, she is going to find out soon enough that the world is full of foul and downright nasty people. I'd like to shelter her from it for a little while.

What a knob that guy is.

Furball · « **Reply #3 on:** December 10, 2005, 12:16:53 PM »

why don't his neighbours just go shoot him? thats what they do in america if someone pisses them off, right?

kevykev56 · « **Reply #4 on:** December 10, 2005, 12:37:22 PM »

The Irony in this is what is so funny.

Christians fight so hard to keep christmas and when someone tries to take that right away the kicking and screaming starts. My companys "christmas" party this year is now the "Holiday" party because someone was offended. About half of the people who arent going this year say this is the reason.

A very distastefull thing to do by hanging santa, but oh my its funny. Yep kids will see it and be traumatized but what about the other kids whos parents shelter them from religion. They get a full dose of xmas every year, to their parent it would be equally traumatizing.

Dont get me wrong here I very much enjoy christmas. I just think hanging santa is a very Funny thing to do and a great way to prove his point by doing this.

Watching the video link of the nieghbors was a good laugh too.

Tarmac · « **Reply #5 on:** December 10, 2005, 01:17:42 PM »

HAHAHAAHAHA.

Whoever did that is such a dick it's hilarious.

Skilless · « **Reply #6 on:** December 10, 2005, 02:23:28 PM »

I don't understand what is so funny about this. Is it humorous to upset people? I'm sure you are the kind of people that go into bars to start fights too...

moot · « **Reply #7 on:** December 10, 2005, 02:43:59 PM »

Park a fullsize trailer in front of the yard..

Skilless you're supposed to be pretty enlightened, its surprising you don't get it.

Charon · « **Reply #8 on:** December 10, 2005, 03:50:59 PM »

I thought Santa died on the cross?

Charon

NUTTZ · « **Reply #9 on:** December 10, 2005, 05:31:26 PM »

Replace Santa with an American Soldier, Then post if you STILL think it's funny. It has very little to do with religion. THEN let's see how many people come to his "First Amendment" rights.

NUTTZ

SOB · « **Reply #10 on:** December 10, 2005, 05:53:11 PM »

Why should it make a difference if it's a soldier? Do bigger *******s get less protection under the 1st amendment?

NUTTZ · « **Reply #11 on:** December 10, 2005, 06:14:44 PM »

First Amentment is a fine line between tasteless and against the law.
Ok, replace Santa with George Bush, maybe more people would get a chuckle.
Now, If this ****** replaced Santa with a replica of his neighbors wife in the same way, would he still be covered by the first amendment? Or would that be considered a terroristic threat? I'm not a Lawyer, nor am I saying if he is covered by the first amendent by hanging santa. Tastless, yes by my standards. First amendment is painted with a broad stoke, and interpeted differently. I understand freedom of speech, but yelling "FIRE" in a movie theater and someone gets hurt, you pay the consequences. I like to see how this plays out. Vigilantees, lawsuits by parents over tramatized kids, etc. etc.

Replace Santa with an African American and I will bet you who shows up at the door within an hour.

So i guess my question would be, Does the first amentment protect the content of what he is hanging? Could just about Anything be placed in the noose and be protected by the first amendment? I, myself don't see this act as religious or anti-religious. Would I be protected to stand next to the line of kids waiting to see Santa, and tell them how he is a fake and their parents really put the gifts under the tree. ( just kidding, if any little kids are reading this) And when i walk away with a bloody nose, could i sue for bodily harm?

NUTTZ

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Originally posted by SOB
Why should it make a difference if it's a soldier? Do bigger *******s get less protection under the 1st amendment?

SOB · « **Reply #12 on:** December 10, 2005, 06:25:28 PM »

Well, we could go into all kinds of "what if" scenarios, but it's a Santa, nothing more. I think it's amusing that people give it such power over them that they're upset about it.

NUTTZ · « **Reply #13 on:** December 10, 2005, 06:31:02 PM »

My kids are all grown, doesn't matter to me. And yes could be alot of what if's, where does it stop?

I think what ticks people off is what Santa represents, Santa is an Icon for a special and enjoying season. Shame when a bad apple can spoil the bushel.

NUTTZ

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Originally posted by SOB
Well, we could go into all kinds of "what if" scenarios, but it's a Santa, nothing more. I think it's amusing that people give it such power over them that they're upset about it.

Vulcan · « **Reply #14 on:** December 10, 2005, 06:47:17 PM »

Yes let us not forget the true meaning of Christmas...

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Christmas' pagan origins
Few people realize that the origins of a form of Christmas was pagan & celebrated in Europe long before anyone there had heard of Jesus Christ.

No one knows what day Jesus Christ was born on. From the biblical description, most historians believe that his birth probably occurred in September, approximately six months after Passover. One thing they agree on is that it is very unlikely that Jesus was born in December, since the bible records shepherds tending their sheep in the fields on that night. This is quite unlikely to have happened during a cold Judean winter. So why do we celebrate Christ’s birthday as Christmas, on December the 25th?

The answer lies in the pagan origins of Christmas. In ancient Babylon, the feast of the Son of Isis (Goddess of Nature) was celebrated on December 25. Raucous partying, gluttonous eating and drinking, and gift-giving were traditions of this feast.

In Rome, the Winter Solstice was celebrated many years before the birth of Christ. The Romans called their winter holiday Saturnalia, honoring Saturn, the God of Agriculture. In January, they observed the Kalends of January, which represented the triumph of life over death. This whole season was called Dies Natalis Invicti Solis, the Birthday of the Unconquered Sun. The festival season was marked by much merrymaking. It is in ancient Rome that the tradition of the Mummers was born. The Mummers were groups of costumed singers and dancers who traveled from house to house entertaining their neighbors. From this, the Christmas tradition of caroling was born.

In northern Europe, many other traditions that we now consider part of Christian worship were begun long before the participants had ever heard of Christ. The pagans of northern Europe celebrated the their own winter solstice, known as Yule. Yule was symbolic of the pagan Sun God, Mithras, being born, and was observed on the shortest day of the year. As the Sun God grew and matured, the days became longer and warmer. It was customary to light a candle to encourage Mithras, and the sun, to reappear next year.

Huge Yule logs were burned in honor of the sun. The word Yule itself means “wheel,” the wheel being a pagan symbol for the sun. Mistletoe was considered a sacred plant, and the custom of kissing under the mistletoe began as a fertility ritual. Hollyberries were thought to be a food of the gods.

The tree is the one symbol that unites almost all the northern European winter solstices. Live evergreen trees were often brought into homes during the harsh winters as a reminder to inhabitants that soon their crops would grow again. Evergreen boughs were sometimes carried as totems of good luck and were often present at weddings, representing fertility. The Druids used the tree as a religious symbol, holding their sacred ceremonies while surrounding and worshipping huge trees.

In 350, Pope Julius I declared that Christ’s birth would be celebrated on December 25. There is little doubt that he was trying to make it as painless as possible for pagan Romans (who remained a majority at that time) to convert to Christianity. The new religion went down a bit easier, knowing that their feasts would not be taken away from them.

Christmas (Christ-Mass) as we know it today, most historians agree, began in Germany, though Catholics and Lutherans still disagree about which church celebrated it first. The earliest record of an evergreen being decorated in a Christian celebration was in 1521 in the Alsace region of Germany. A prominent Lutheran minister of the day cried blasphemy: “Better that they should look to the true tree of life, Christ.”

The controversy continues even today in some fundamentalist sects.