SPAM!

My definition of spam is rather broad and includes all the crap that people forward to me without reading throughly first.

I have a relative, who shall remain nameless for the sake of familial peace, who has yet to forward a useful glurge to me. Normally I am able to simply ignore and delete, but this last piece of email offended my sensibilities enough that I feel the need to excoriate said relative in the pages of these blogs.

The text of the email as follows:

How ironic is this??!! They don't even believe in Christ and they're getting their own Christmas stamp, but don't dream of posting the ten commandments on federal property?

Eid ul-Fitr is the Islamic holiday that defines the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting. Unlike Christmas, which happens the same day every year, Ramadan and Eid vary from year to year. There is no comparison between Eid and Christmas. The meaning and intent of the two celebrations are completely different. Eid has more in common with the Christian observance of Lent and Easter.

This one is impossible to believe. Scroll down for the text.

If there is only one thing you forward today.....let it be this!

REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of PanAm Flight 103!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the Marine barracks in Lebanon!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the military barracks in Saudi Arabia!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the American Embassies in Africa!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the USS COLE!
REMEMBER the MUSLIM attack on the Twin Towers on 9/11/2001!
REMEMBER all the AMERICAN lives that were lost in those vicious MUSLIM attacks!

Repeat after me:

Muslim does NOT equal terrorist.
Muslim does NOT equal terrorist.
Muslim does NOT equal terrorist.
Muslim does NOT equal terrorist.

Remember that ugly period known in history as “The Crusades”. Followed by an equally ugly period known as “The Inquisition”. What about the Salem Witch Hunt? Or lynchings in the American South during the early part of the twentieth century? The Rwandan massacres of early 1990's? IRA bombings in London during the 1980's and 1990's? Evil acts are not the providence of one particular faith.

Now the United States Postal Service REMEMBERS and HONORS the EID MUSLIM holiday season with a commemorative first class holiday postage stamp.
REMEMBER to adamantly and vocally BOYCOTT this stamp when purchasing your stamps at the post office. To use this stamp would be a slap in the face to all those AMERICANS who died at the hands of those whom this stamp honors. REMEMBER to pass this along to every patriotic AMERICAN you know”.

Stupid. Just stupid. The Eid stamp is part of a series of stamps that includes Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Cinco de Mayo. Not only do I plan on purchasing the stamp and using it, but the family member ignorant enough to send the email to me is getting as many sheets of 20 as I can scrounge up.

What I find most insulting is to be lumped together with the sheep who have decided to allow fear of the unfamiliar and the difficult to understand to rule my life. I obviously have to be more aggressive in voicing my values so I don't continue to receive crap email.