Originally posted by Oldman731
Right. I've always had the same problem with St. Patrick's Day.
- oldman
st patty's day is one day per year, it's not a way of life, unless you're SOB
a guy of irish lineage doesn't sit around squeaking and moaning about how his people were treated when they fled here from the potato famine, they worked hard, took care of their own and 'earned' the respect of others.
we made laws against the chinese in california and were extremely cruel to them and they didn't give a tinker's damn, they just stayed in their neighborhood and kept doing their thing until we all found a way to get along naturally- they do just fine where i live and live side by side with everyone with no problems- without any public programs or chinese al sharpton's on tv crying about some crap from 100 years ago.
earned it- earned it - earned it you see what i mean?
also if some mic-american was born sean jones he's not going to dress like a leprechaun and changes his name to seamus o'smittery and walk around greeting everyone in gaelic just to prove a point.
i don't mind st patty's day or chinese new year or any of another host of ethnic holiday's because they originated in the realm of those ethnicities and caught on outdside of those neighborhoods for all kinds of reasons, naturally- they weren't falsely created and hoisted on the public with a threat of temper tantrum if we didn't accept and love them.
kwanza is just a joke-assed holiday for bitter blacks that want something to cry about.