Klarinet Archive - Posting 000200.txt from 2004/12

From: orm1ondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: RE: [kl] Is anyone there?
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 21:49:31 -0500

Matthew=A0Lloyd wrote:

> But isn't it a commercial holiday? You're not
> suggesting there is some other justification
> are you?????

WTFPIC, correct?

... but seriously, Matthew, should a person celebrate a holiday solely
because he/she feels good about being alive and about sharing a happy
experience with other huiman beings --- that is, being in a "holiday
spirit" --- without understanding or subscribing to whatever the
particular holiday is about?

I myself think so --- and that's why I don't feel bad about celebrating
for reasons that aren't canon parts of the holiday itself.

Putting my own religious beliefs aside for the moment, I feel no guilt
in celebrating Christmas (or Easter) by giving and receiving gifts even
though the stores are motivated almost exclusively by profit and even
though they do all they can to maximize their profits.

....yes, as somebody should've said:

"I would celebrate National Clarinet Day even with a bagpipe or a
trombone player."

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