I suppose it's an agree to disagree thing, which I would be fine with, but I still find your icons to be unnecessarily insulting, and I disagree with your decision to make them and display them. I'm not saying you should take them down, now that you have, but what was it that you used to say about the political cartoons and such that liberals made of Bush? Which I used to defend as catharsis, but I honestly don't see why you'd need catharsis about something nobody has forced you to endure.
Now I've been as clear as I can about that, moving on.
I'm sorry you have had that view of the holiday forced on you. One reason I've always been grateful for the fact that my immediate family is so separated from my extended is that we mostly escape those parts of the Christmas tradition that I might find extraneous or that might take away from the meaning for me. My extended family's beliefs and values are often problematic for me, but I don't have to deal with them often. My immediate family, thank goodness, mostly suits me very well.
Aw, you should come to Vespers. It'd be great to see you, and as it's quite early this year (the 4th, I think that's just two weeks from Sunday), it won't be so insanely hectic a time here.
I guess I long ago came at least a little to terms with the fact that I will always be at odds with my society and culture in one way or another. As this particular aspect is one I find it very easy to counter in my own life, it doesn't bother me nearly so much.
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Re: the defense, er, doesn't rest
Date: 2005-11-16 04:02 pm (UTC)Now I've been as clear as I can about that, moving on.
I'm sorry you have had that view of the holiday forced on you. One reason I've always been grateful for the fact that my immediate family is so separated from my extended is that we mostly escape those parts of the Christmas tradition that I might find extraneous or that might take away from the meaning for me. My extended family's beliefs and values are often problematic for me, but I don't have to deal with them often. My immediate family, thank goodness, mostly suits me very well.
Aw, you should come to Vespers. It'd be great to see you, and as it's quite early this year (the 4th, I think that's just two weeks from Sunday), it won't be so insanely hectic a time here.
I guess I long ago came at least a little to terms with the fact that I will always be at odds with my society and culture in one way or another. As this particular aspect is one I find it very easy to counter in my own life, it doesn't bother me nearly so much.