Ethics [Tuesday, December 3, 2013]

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"Hello, class," Anakin said. "In honor of getting things out of my refrigerator at home from Thanksgiving, I come bearing pie that my wife's grandmother's...housekeeper prepared for Thanksgiving."

Because Emily Gilmore didn't cook, thank you very much.

"Now onto a new subject," he said. "Around this time of year, people begin wishing each other a Happy Holidays or a Merry Christmas. There are a group of extremely humorless people who insist that saying anything other than Merry Christmas is somehow a 'war on Christmas.' These people have clearly never actually seen a war. One of the holidays that happen during the winter--Hannukah--is already almost over. Does that mean you can say Merry Christmas and hope you aren't inadvertently offending those who celebrate Yule or Kwanzaa or Boonta Eve?"

Shut up, Boonta Eve was a legitimate holiday. So was Life Day.

"Or do you stick with Happy Holidays? Or do you not care and think people should be glad you were pleasant at all after dealing with crowded shopping centers and crying, sticky children?"

Anakin was firmly in that last camp.

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Sign in [12/3]

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Yay, free pie!

Discussion!

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Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, or Good God, Get Over Yourselves?

Talk to Anakin

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He loves to talk! Okay, not really, but he will.

OOC

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We're, sadly, out of pie.

Re: Sign in [12/3]

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Flick

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"I don't care about the holidays," Flick said, going with that last option. "People can say whatever they want but don't expect me to say anything back. That's my prerogative."

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Karina Lyle

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Emma Swan

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Scott McCall

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"I celebrate Christmas, myself, but I think being more including is always better?" Scott ventured. "I mean, I know what it's like to feel like you're overlooked or forgotten sometimes, so anything that helps people not feel that way is good in my book."

Re: Discussion!

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Anakin nodded. "I suppose I should warn you that the island gets a little...festive...between now and then."

Re: Discussion!

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"So what do you say?" Anakin asked. "Or do you find out what holiday they celebrate?"

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"So, I've heard," Flick said, nodding. "And witnessed. I'll deal with it as long as this place doesn't make me sing."

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Anakin snickered. "Good luck with that."

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Mira

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"I think I'm likely to say, 'Open for Business, please ask about our holiday prices, cash only,'" Mira said. "I kind of love the commercialism I'm seeing for these holidays, but I can't help but feel I should be making more from it."