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joelandsonja: Suuuuure ....

Hey wait ... that was hurtful ...
Ahahaha, guy? You're aallllright.
Post edited December 19, 2013 by Shaolin_sKunk
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Post edited December 20, 2013 by joelandsonja
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Shaolin_sKunk: Ahahaha, guy? You're aallllright.
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joelandsonja: You wouldn't be saying that if you read the part I deleted ... =)
I did see that actually, I removed it because you did.

I still mean that, though, no hard feelings, bud. =)
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Post edited December 20, 2013 by joelandsonja
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joelandsonja: It's so fun to mess with forum people ...
Nothing quite like facing politeness and reason while making oneself look small-minded and belligerent :D.
Good job, kid.
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Post edited December 20, 2013 by joelandsonja
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Vestin: Nothing quite like facing politeness and reason while making oneself look small-minded and belligerent :D.
Good job, kid.
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joelandsonja: I'm betting I'm older than you son ... not that it helps my case ..
How old are you?
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Post edited December 20, 2013 by joelandsonja
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tinyE: How old are you?
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joelandsonja: 104 next month .... I'm the computer wise grandpa ...
I wasn't trying to pick a fight I was just curious.
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Post edited December 20, 2013 by joelandsonja
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tinyE: I wasn't trying to pick a fight I was just curious.
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joelandsonja: In that case 31 ...

And I'm also ruggedly handsome ...
And your name is Sonja?
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TheEnigmaticT: This is not part of a war on Christmas, any more than it's part of a war on Yalda, Modraniht, Saturnalia, Pancha Ganapati, Yule, or Kwanzaa. The end of an old year and the beginning of a new one is about much more than just one faith or belief, and if I'm not referencing your specific one, perhaps you can just fill in the blanks with what makes you happy.
I must say that I, as a Christian in America, was mildly offended as soon as I saw the name of the sale. I think it comes from this battle that we're having in the States (and probably elsewhere too) where employees are told they're not allowed to say "Christmas," children aren't allowed to sing spiritually relevant songs (I admit that I wouldn't want my kids forced to sing a praise song to Saturn), and lawsuits (often frivolous, but not always so) force cities to take down displays.

But when I read t he GOG description of the sale, I completely agreed. And I realized some important points:

1) GOG is an International website with a wide audience of tons and tons of faiths.

2) GOG is from Poland, a country who knows religious persecution better than any country on the planet. Surely they're not trying to persecute.

3) Christmas is about remembering the birth of Christ and giving one another a present to remember both the present of Christ from God and the presents given to Christ at his birth. Most of us are using the sale so that we have games to play for the next few months (though all of my purchases have been for the treasure hunt RPG I'm building: http://www.gog.com/forum/general/request_for_donations_of_gog_codes_for_treasure_hunt_rpg/page1 -- PS if GOG staff wants to throw a few games into it, let me know [Witcher 3 for the grand prize? wink wink?]).

So how is buying a game for ourselves have any relationship to Christ?

What this sale is about is end-of-year sales, meeting budgets and proving fiscal fidelity to the powers that be. Not to celebrate and honor the miraculous birth of Jesus.

4) GOG is great with free speech. Just look at these forums. Very little moderation (save the removal of spam) is done here. And I'm sure they'd have no problems with anyone, even their staff, saying "Merry Christmas."

So, all in all, I don't see a problem here. But I probably would have without the description of the sale. It was wise to put it there, and perhaps I learned a little more about being a world citizen because of it.
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Tallima: I must say that I, as a Christian in America, was mildly offended as soon as I saw the name of the sale. I think it comes from this battle that we're having in the States (and probably elsewhere too) where employees are told they're not allowed to say "Christmas,"
No battle here, people just say what they want to say. But we're not into that greeting and smiling thing as much as you Americans anyway (see: Why Walmart failed in Germany).
People here just say what they want to say: Frohe Weihnachten (Merry Christmas), Frohe Feiertage (Happy Holidays), Frohes Fest (Happy Celebration) or just Frohe Tage (Happy days). Nobody cares what is used exactly.
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TheEnigmaticT: If it makes you feel any better, my intial name for this was "Soyal Solstice Sale", but the rest of the folk here at the office thought that was a little too outside the mainstream of a reference. Also, they didn't want to put a Hopi sun wheel in the background. :P
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Wishbone: TeT, you rock!

May I suggest Hogswatch for next year's winter solstice events?
I can not believe you recommend a Holiday that includes decorations with paper SAUSAGES!?! Noooooooooooooooooo! The sausage tossing had almost completely died off! ;-p

~flees before she gets bombarded with kishka~
Post edited December 19, 2013 by Momo1991
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Wishbone: TeT, you rock!

May I suggest Hogswatch for next year's winter solstice events?
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Momo1991: I can not believe you recommend a Holiday that includes decorations with paper SAUSAGES!?! Noooooooooooooooooo! The sausage tossing had almost completely died off! ;-p

~flees before she gets bombarded with kishka~
SAUSAGE?! O_o~