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Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone!

JulesMaximus

JulesMaximus

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We're having a pot luck at work, lots of good Mexican food to go around.

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ya.. have been hearing it all morning, WTF is it? maybe i will wiki...

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Oh another "Hispanic heritage" thing...

So tell me this... these people were Mayans and Aztecs or whatever, Spain invaded and they forgot their religion, their language, their names, everything. So what heritage are they celebrating???
 
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DesiPower said:
ya.. have been hearing it all morning, WTF is it? maybe i will wiki...

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Oh another "Hispanic heritage" thing...

So tell me this... these people were Mayans and Aztecs or whatever, Spain invaded and they forgot their religion, their language, their names, everything. So what heritage are they celebrating???
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They're just celebrating kicking some French ass. :hmm:
 
I think it's appalling that a lot of companies and school districts ignore Veteran's Day but make a big deal out of this stupid Mexican holiday.
 
NuclearNed said:
I think he's referring to the fact that Mexicans don't really celebrate this holiday all that much. More than anything else it's a USA excuse to drink cheap tequila.
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Sort of like how no one in Israel cares about Hannukah and few Irish people give a damn about St. Patrick's Day.
 
NuclearNed said:
I think he's referring to the fact that Mexicans don't really celebrate this holiday all that much. More than anything else it's a USA excuse to drink cheap tequila.
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I don't dispute your assertion, I merely ask if you are stating it as matter-of-fact or in the form of a complaint?
 
Amature hour.. just like St. Patty's day, celebrated by people who don't even know the significance of what they're celebrating and perpetuated by liquor companies.

No one in Mexico celebrates this.. it's basically an excuse for white people to drink sub-par tequila and eat tex-mex food.
 
Platypus said:
Amature hour.. just like St. Patty's day, celebrated by people who don't even know the significance of what they're celebrating and perpetuated by liquor companies.
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I wore an orange shirt last St. Patrick's day. Nobody got pissed. Next year I'm going out dressed up as Oliver Cromwell.
 
I think I will celebrate by drinking some Puerto Rican rum with coke tonight as I play video games, but that is what I would have done anyway.

ichy said:
I think it's appalling that a lot of companies and school districts ignore Veteran's Day but make a big deal out of this stupid Mexican holiday.
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If this was P&N, you would have a fool justify that inconsistency with the following:

"Veterans' Day glorifies the evils of nationalism, militarism and capitalist imperialism. With Cinco de Mayo, we celebrate our nation's strength through diversity."

I despise our overly politically correct society sometimes...
 
Schadenfroh said:
If this was P&N, you would have a fool justify that inconsistency with the following:

"Veterans' Day glorifies the evils of nationalism, militarism and capitalist imperialism. With Cinco de Mayo, we celebrate our nation's strength through diversity."

I despise our overly politically correct society sometimes...
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No kidding. Paging Craig234...
 
Platypus said:
Amature hour.. just like St. Patty's day, celebrated by people who don't even know the significance of what they're celebrating and perpetuated by liquor companies.

No one in Mexico celebrates this.. it's basically an excuse for white people to drink sub-par tequila and eat tex-mex food.
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Pretty much this. September 16th is their independence day. May 5th is just "white people drink margaritas day."
 
ichy said:
I think it's appalling that a lot of companies and school districts ignore Veteran's Day but make a big deal out of this stupid Mexican holiday.
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Only 11 posts before some blowhard gets uppity about CDM? I'm disappointed in you ATOT. 😀
 
Platypus said:
Amature hour.. just like St. Patty's day, celebrated by people who don't even know the significance of what they're celebrating and perpetuated by liquor companies.

No one in Mexico celebrates this.. it's basically an excuse for white people to drink sub-par tequila and eat tex-mex food.
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You make that sound like a bad thing.

When it comes to Cinco de Mayo, I say don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
 
Why do people complain about an excuse to drink? You think Friday and Saturday night are enough socially acceptable drinking nights in a year?

New Years Eve
New Year's Day
Super Bowl
St Paddys Day
4th of July (who doesnt like drinking and playing with fireworks?)
Cinco De Mayo
Birthday
Xmas
Mother's Day
MLK Day
 
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