"John Gaquin" wrote in message
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"Peter Aitken" wrote in message news:vjIWe.52862.


Nice try, but no one could possibly be so dumb as to not be aware the
Xtians is shorthand for Christians.


And likewise I thought no one could so easily miss the point. You make me
laugh. What baseline insecurity prompts the need for shorthand of this
type? Are you fearful of writing the full word "Christmas"? Have you
been brainwashed into thinking that merely by writing the letters
"C-h-r-i-s-t" as part of a routinely accepted word you are allowing
yourself to be made a complicite lackey of the great universal right-wing
Christian conspiracy? I have never seen Muslims refer to Xdan, nor have
any of my Jewish friends spoken or written of Xkah during the winter
months, so the need for shorthand appears to be not universal. I
conclude, therefore, that you likely have some particular aversion to the
word. Or do you simply not have the time to type the full word, busy man?
If that be the case, I'd suggest you can't spare any further seconds
bloviating upon newsgroups.


Fer chrissake you blithering nitwit, I am just saving some typing. And since
X is a cross, symbol of christianity, that's why it is used in Xtian and
Xmas but not in abbreviations for other religions. Please save your 5th
grade psychologizing for people who are down at your intelligence and
educational level.


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Peter Aitken