"They've darkened the hall instead of turning the lights up," said [Rabbi] Bogomilsky's lawyer, Harvey Grad. "There is a concern here that the Jewish community will be portrayed as the Grinch."
Gee... Ya think so???
SeaTac airport in Seattle took down their Christmas tree decorations and gave a public relations sucker-punch to a grade-A shmoe, Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky instead of caving to his threat of a lawsuit for not putting up a menorah alongside the Christmas trees.
I would like to take a moment and lay out some laic logic to this luckless, lawsuit-loving Lubavitcher:
There weren't too many Douglas firs decorated with blinking lights and tinsel back when Jesus was born. So Rabbi, you might want to wait for the goyim to speak up about the lack of a manger here before you add your 2 sheckels (and accompanying lawsuit threats) about some Christmas trees needing Jewish trimmings, because getting your panties in a bunch about stupid things like this, you might wind up the schlemiel on national television (or at least on obscure blogs from Thailand).
(But I do like the result: The war on Christmas kills Christmas. Bill O'Reilly is going to plotz.)
Additionally, the SeaTac officials make a good point too... Screw the whole Christmas thing if everything you do for the season causes people to kvetch and threaten to sue you. Maybe next year everyone (or... at least one putz in particular) will just look at the Christmas trees and STFU and enjoy them.
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