Thanksgiving
Commemorates the fact that the religious bigots who sailed from Holland to what is now Massachusetts weren't killed by the first gang of roving native Americans that found them starving.

Raise a glass to christian intolerance - that's what you're celebrating on Thursday.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 20:34, 1 reply, 17 years ago)

Is it?
really?

well thanks for letting me know
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 20:38, Reply)

No problem
It's made you what you are today.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 20:39, Reply)

oh yea?
and what's that?
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 20:43, Reply)

Sadly
The Nation that is personified in the eyes of Europe by the likes of Bush and the charming Sarah Palin.

They aren't your fault - and I love the US so much that I go there for three weeks every two years - but the collective intolerance that took root with the Pilgrims has taken a very deep root in some quarters.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 20:57, Reply)

you can hardly blame intolerance in modern America on pilgrims

( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 21:13, Reply)

You're quite right.
I can't. That was a sweeping statement and it was wrong on my part.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 21:18, Reply)

intolerance is everywhere
I live in the south so I get to see a lot of it first hand
I don't tolerate it
you could say I am intolerant to intolerance roffle
( Lisette von Falcon, Tue 24 Nov 2009, 21:30, Reply)