by Mike Fauls
A long time ago school used to be pretty simple; you’d go to your classes, suffer through the days, and then go home during the summer. A basic routine that student and teacher alike lived by. Then Big Brother had to come in and shove this “politically correct” nonsense down our throats. Suddenly, little Sarah couldn’t read Adventures of Huckleberry Finn because it would upset the entire world, when really the book is basically taking the side of African Americans. The thing that killed me when I was little, though, was the fact that my Christmas break had to be changed to a “Holiday Break” and that I couldn’t say Christmas without naming off a few more holidays that took place in the winter. Enough!
People say it has to be “Holiday Break” because of the different religions, but Pittsford, look around--there might be a Muslim or a person of different faith, but you’ve got to look really hard. It would be easier to solve all of the Where’s Waldo books in the world before finding a Muslim here. As for the Atheists who don’t really believe in anything, are you saying that you’ve never celebrated Christmas? People around here say and think, Well, at least it’s not as bad out here as it is in the city. And to those of you who say that, all I have to say is give it time. When did we as Americans start having paper skin? When did we start having no backbone? Are we that afraid of offending people? Someone I was talking to made a very true statement. He said, “You can’t make everybody happy.” I whole-heartedly agree with this, because every time you make one person happy, you make one person mad.
Another thing that I constantly hear is, “Well, you know, there has to be a separation of church and State.” Yeah, there sure does there, buddy, but since when is calling a break “Christmas break” having a religion forced on you. I know plenty of people who aren’t Christians that celebrate Christmas. I don’t care if people think that this isn’t politically correct. You make your own decision, that’s a right that we all have as citizens of this nation. I mean, really, what’s next? Are we going to cancel out Christmas songs because “White Christmas” could be seen as racist or some of those other songs because they talk about Jesus, not Buddha or Allah? Only time will tell.
