Ra’s al Ghul is an international terrorist and assassin whose ultimate goal is a world in perfect environmental balance. He believes that the best way to achieve this balance is to eliminate most of humanity. Ra’s usually tries to assault the world’s human populace with a biological weapon, such as a genetically-engineered virus. He is aided in this quest by the Lazarus Pits, reservoirs of rejuvenating chemicals that restore the dying to life; these pits have granted him a lifespan of several hundred years.

Christmas is not alone in this. The bulk of holidays are unable to speak their names.

I don’t personally know ONE SINGLE PERSON who is the least bit offended by the casual use of the phrase “Merry Christmas” between, say, Halloween and January 1.

Now, then, conversely, I know loads of people, most of them are where I work, who get genuinely pissed off and offended by “Happy Holidays” and Holiday Break and so on.

(I like to say “Happy Holidays,” after which I apologize for not being politically correct enough … and it is very politically incorrect to call conservative out on their inconsistency.)

Huh? What is this “Christmas” you speak of? I live on an isolated desert island, and I’ve never heard of this “holiday”. And plus, I don’t know any other people.

I thought threads were like an orgies, where EVERYBODY WINS. I will point out that I remarked on the “Northerners and atheists who vilify Southern evangelicals are throwing out nurturers of useful virtue” in the Wankee post, but I will refrain from using the phrase “sloppy seconds”.

And he looks like a downmarket Christopher Plummer to me. As a vampire.

What do you mean “I’m missing something”?

If your all-powerful sky fairy can’t protect you from snide Jews, how’s he supposed to prevent rich people from being greedy?

It’s not a conspiracy. It’s not a war on Christmas. It’s that people like Henninger have an empty ballsack.

I’m thinking Grandpa Munster’s even more vampirier and sense-of-humorless brother.