> I wanted to send out some sort of holiday greeting to my friends,
> but it is so difficult in today's world to know exactly what to say
> without offending someone. So I met with my attorney yesterday,
> and on his advice I wish to say the following:
>
> Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best
> wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low
> stress, non addictive, gender neutral celebration of the winter
> solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of
> religious persuasion or secular practices of your choice with
> respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of > others,
> or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at
> all.
>
> I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, (not
> too personal) and medically uncomplicated recognition of the
> onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2007, but not without due
> respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose
> contributions to society have helped make Canada great (not to
> imply that Canada is necessarily greater than any other country) and
> without regard to the race, creed, colour, physical ability,
> religion or sexual preference of the wishee.
>
> By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms: This
> greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely
> transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It
> implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes
> for her/him self or others and is void
> where prohibited by law, and is
> revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is
> warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of
> good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a
> subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is
> limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at
> the sole discretion of the wisher.
>
> Disclaimer: no trees were harmed in the sending of this message
> however; a significant number of electrons were slightly
> inconvenienced.
> but it is so difficult in today's world to know exactly what to say
> without offending someone. So I met with my attorney yesterday,
> and on his advice I wish to say the following:
>
> Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best
> wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low
> stress, non addictive, gender neutral celebration of the winter
> solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of
> religious persuasion or secular practices of your choice with
> respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of > others,
> or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at
> all.
>
> I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, (not
> too personal) and medically uncomplicated recognition of the
> onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2007, but not without due
> respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose
> contributions to society have helped make Canada great (not to
> imply that Canada is necessarily greater than any other country) and
> without regard to the race, creed, colour, physical ability,
> religion or sexual preference of the wishee.
>
> By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms: This
> greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely
> transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It
> implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes
> for her/him self or others and is void
> where prohibited by law, and is
> revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher. This wish is
> warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of
> good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a
> subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is
> limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at
> the sole discretion of the wisher.
>
> Disclaimer: no trees were harmed in the sending of this message
> however; a significant number of electrons were slightly
> inconvenienced.
