so the war on christmas have began again

If y'all read one of my earlier blogs, I wrote about how the right winger care more about what some greeter said at a megaretailor store than about a kid working at a sweat shop in china.

Now, if you had watch fox news, the war on Christmas had begun again. The war on Christmas as started by right wing radio, fox news, and right wing Christian had gotten a list of stores to boycott based on weather or not the greeter said merry Christmas or happy holiday. Check out their websites:

http://www.talk2action.org/story/2007/11/6/122654/257

My gosh, why don't they start a whole war on Christmas by boycotting stores that promotes the outsourcing of American jobs, sweat shops, and all the other horrible human right violations. Isn’t there something more important to do? Like this story:

http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/slavery/cover2.html

Hundreds of young girls are brought from distant villages in rural India—or taken from nearby slums—to work as maids in private homes each year. The children see no money: what little there is, their families claim. Walled off from the outside world, they are especially vulnerable to physical and sexual abuse.

Or

http://www.sweatshopwatch.org/

Since the elimination of global garment and textile quotas on January 1, 2005, analysts have predicted that China would dominate global garment production. Some are declaring China the “winner? in today’s global economy. However, the question emerges: are Chinese workers "winning" or how much are multinational corporations profiting at their expense? What are working conditions and wages of these workers? How can consumers and policymakers support fair working conditions in China?

Accompanying China's rapid growth is a plethora of news and articles about China from a business perspective, including topics such as China's trade surplus with the U.S., China's currency rates, and U.S. policy responses. However, there is limited information from labor's point of view, especially from the migrant workers, who are the engine of such growth.

Sweatshop Watch aims to provide accessible information on garment workers' situation in China in order to foster international solidarity and provide additional viewpoints in the discussion of China's economic development. To this end, we have compiled resources that take into account the complexities and interconnectedness of U.S. consumers and corporations. Our goal is to educate consumers, policymakers, and advocates on emerging workers' rights issues as China gains prominence in the global economy.

If I remember correctly, not only is Christmas a pagan holiday started by a roman emperor but the people who were offended by the "merry Christmas" greeting were Christians, who felt that Christmas had become so commercialize and had become a symbol of consumerism instead of celebrating the Christmas spirit and spending time with your family. They started to be offended when a greeter said merry Christmas and prefer the word happy holiday as a means of not commercializing Christmas.

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