tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post116305897422267237..comments2024-03-28T03:54:21.932-04:00Comments on Canadian Cynic: It's beginning to look a lot like ... hang on, then, what's this?CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1163139215641109182006-11-10T01:13:00.000-05:002006-11-10T01:13:00.000-05:00Sure, it would be a waste if that's what was happe...Sure, it would be a waste <B>if that's what was happening</B>, which I guess is my point.<BR/><BR/>The stamp thing is surprising to me, although I don't see why you would make it up. Out of curiosity, where do you live?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1163137596847011112006-11-10T00:46:00.000-05:002006-11-10T00:46:00.000-05:00adam,Maybe you can buy stamps where where you live...adam,<BR/><BR/>Maybe you can buy stamps where where you live but no convenience store in my area (about 6 of them that I have visited recently) sells stamps. I can only get stamps at the two Canada Post outlets nearby.<BR/><BR/>Anyway I stick to my point that any money spent in a BS effort trying to hide or rename Christmas is a waste.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1163104100850962642006-11-09T15:28:00.000-05:002006-11-09T15:28:00.000-05:00PS: thanks for clearing up that Christmas is Chris...PS: thanks for clearing up that Christmas is Christmas. Can you clarify whether Ramadan is Ramadan, summer is summer, and April Fool's Day is April Fool's Day?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1163103972099915752006-11-09T15:26:00.000-05:002006-11-09T15:26:00.000-05:00They didn't spend big money on a name-change, anon...They didn't spend big money on a name-change, anonymous, they spent a "gazillion" dollars (according to no-link Joel) on an ad campaign. The ad campaign informs the public about services they are offering. It's pretty normal behaviour for a service company.<BR/><BR/><I>They really don't have to advertise because you have to enter one of their mini-stores every time you want stamps - where else are you going to go?</I><BR/><BR/>Now you're being silly right? I mean, surely you've been to a convenience store before...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1163101012515930052006-11-09T14:36:00.000-05:002006-11-09T14:36:00.000-05:00adam,While Canada Post can advertise, it doesn't h...adam,<BR/><BR/>While Canada Post can advertise, it doesn't have to spend big dollars on this PC name-change drivel. How about better service or lower postage rates for a start?<BR/>They really don't have to advertise because you have to enter one of their mini-stores every time you want stamps - where else are you going to go?<BR/>Christmas is Christmas by tradition and by law. For non-Christians it's just a name for a day off work; two if you count Boxing Day (or maybe the PC folks at Canada Post will change that to Post Joy day).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1163089953081889602006-11-09T11:32:00.000-05:002006-11-09T11:32:00.000-05:00Canada Post spent money on advertising? Those bas...Canada Post spent money on advertising? Those bastards! You can't advertise at Christmas unless you use the word 'Christmas' - according to anonymous, it's the <I>Law</I>.<BR/><BR/>How much money did they throw away on advertising anyway? A gazillion dollars? Joel, say it isn't so. Think of all the more productive ways CP could have spent that gazillion...<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I'm having that kind of day...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1163076835639857992006-11-09T07:53:00.000-05:002006-11-09T07:53:00.000-05:00ah, the time of year when prigs and diddlers climb...ah, the time of year when prigs and diddlers climb up on their hobby horses and charge back and forth until they are frothing in their betinsled dens of indignation. why, it's almost mid-november, time to go up into the attic and pull down the boxes full of respect our religious festival decorations. cue the sappy loops of endlessly repeating carols in every public space, charge up the massive diesel powered commerce generators for yea, it is the time of year that we celebrate the birth of little bobby jebus with pretty maxed out credit cards.<BR/><BR/>let the seasonal whining commence. have a happy mid-winter, appropriated pagan festival day. wankers.Lindsay Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461043718147845594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-1163069345845551912006-11-09T05:49:00.000-05:002006-11-09T05:49:00.000-05:00The only moonbats our there are the ones at Canada...The only moonbats our there are the ones at Canada Post spending money on this PC BS. It's even called Christmas in the Canada Labour Code <A HREF="http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/l-2/248919.html" REL="nofollow"> here</A>.<BR/>This is the act that defines Christmas as a holiday. It's in the <I>Law</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com