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	<title>Helvensteijn.com &#187; Christmas</title>
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		<title>Merry Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin Helvensteijn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not really in the habit of celebrating it myself (heck, this is the first time in years that I&#8217;m actually at home for the occasion ) but I do wish everyone who reads this a merry Christmas. I&#8217;m taking this opportunity to make a proposal. It seems tradition to kill each other all year [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not really in the habit of celebrating it myself (heck, this is the first time in years that I&#8217;m actually at home for the occasion <img src='http://helvensteijn.com/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' />  ) but I do wish everyone who reads this a merry Christmas.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m taking this opportunity to make a proposal. It seems tradition to kill each other all year long, save with Christmas. I suggest we stop killing each other alltogether from now on. How difficult could it be to accept people who think a little different? Is it really so much to ask to look beyond our own ideals and respect someone else&#8217;s?</p>
<p>Also a note to those who apparently live for the sole purpose of being offended by everything that others do or say. I think we all know whom I&#8217;m referring to. Someone once said: &#8220;The prophet is beyond any insult.&#8221; If the prophet himself cannot be insulted anyway, why bother to be insulted in his name? If you ever encounter a cartoon you think is offensive, just remember that. <img src='http://helvensteijn.com/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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