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JFG said:
Happy Cinco de Mayo with two updates.
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I wonder what kind of a reaction I'd get if I posted a "Happy Fourth of
July" message in this international group.

I live in the United States and the 5th of May isn't a holiday that I
celebrate. It's a Mexican holiday. I'm not Mexican.

--
Regards from John Corliss
I don't reply to trolls like Andy Mabbett or Doc (who uses sock puppets)
for instance. No adware, cdware, commercial software, crippleware,
demoware, nagware, PROmotionware, shareware, spyware, time-limited
software, trialware, viruses or warez for me, please.
 
...It's a Mexican holiday...
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Actually, it's only a minor regional holiday in Mexico and not even
celebrated throughout that country, unlike the true Mexican Independence
Day, September 16th. Cinco de Mayo's standing in the U.S. is mostly a
result of heavy promotion by commercial interests, primarily the beer
and liquor industries.
 
John Corliss said:
I wonder what kind of a reaction I'd get if I posted a "Happy Fourth of
July" message in this international group.

I live in the United States and the 5th of May isn't a holiday that I
celebrate. It's a Mexican holiday. I'm not Mexican.
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I live in Norway, and I don't mind if people wishes me a good 5th of May or
4th of July, even though our special day is 17th of May :P
 
schrodinger's cat said:
...it's only a minor regional holiday in Mexico and not even
celebrated throughout that country, unlike the true Mexican Independence
Day, September 16th. Cinco de Mayo's standing in the U.S. is mostly a
result of heavy promotion by commercial interests...
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Eh, well...

You could say that about any currently "major" event. Pro volleyball
and "Xtreme" sports competitions come to mind. All it takes is a smart
kid from the marketing division to bring up his experience of an
erstwhile "fringe" activity...the next thing you know the distillers
invite us along. Think "St Patrick's Day."

Back to John's comment for a moment though.

John, I don't know where you live but my family's lived in the SF bay
area (California) for a number of generations and Cinco de Mayo has been
celebrated longer than that. From what my family's told me, mostly it
was the /Californios y Latinos/ who celebrated it earlier.

It's a great story of a young country being bullied by greater powers
and then prevailing. It also happened at a time in California history
when Californios were being driven from their lands by Americans -often
using extrajudicial means. Cinco de Mayo resonated strongly, then, for
a lot of native Californians. Now, <shrug>, everybody & their grandma
celebrates for no particular reason or for the wrong reason.

But there is a story here that is a part of United States history...as
long as we consider California a part of the U.S, that is. At least "en
mi barrio."

<sonrisa>

-Craig

p.s. I don't know what your family does on the 14th of July but a part
of ours parties like it 1999...
 
This is true. All the local bars make a big deal out of it, but from the
beginning I've not participated.
Eh, well...

You could say that about any currently "major" event. Pro volleyball
and "Xtreme" sports competitions come to mind. All it takes is a smart
kid from the marketing division to bring up his experience of an
erstwhile "fringe" activity...the next thing you know the distillers
invite us along. Think "St Patrick's Day."

Back to John's comment for a moment though.

John, I don't know where you live but my family's lived in the SF bay
area (California) for a number of generations and Cinco de Mayo has been
celebrated longer than that. From what my family's told me, mostly it
was the /Californios y Latinos/ who celebrated it earlier.

It's a great story of a young country being bullied by greater powers
and then prevailing. It also happened at a time in California history
when Californios were being driven from their lands by Americans -often
using extrajudicial means. Cinco de Mayo resonated strongly, then, for
a lot of native Californians. Now, <shrug>, everybody & their grandma
celebrates for no particular reason or for the wrong reason.

But there is a story here that is a part of United States history...as
long as we consider California a part of the U.S, that is. At least "en
mi barrio."

<sonrisa>

-Craig

p.s. I don't know what your family does on the 14th of July but a part
of ours parties like it 1999...
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Yep. Mine too. My hometown has the best fireworks display around. The
local radio station broadcasts music that's synchronized to the detonations.

As for Cinco de Mayo, do a Google on "reconquista". I think "Cinco de
Mayo" is about to become a lot more unpopular among non- Latino United
States citizens.

But this has nothing to do with freeware, so I'm out of here.

--
Regards from John Corliss
I don't reply to trolls like Andy Mabbett or Doc (who uses sock puppets)
for instance. No adware, cdware, commercial software, crippleware,
demoware, nagware, PROmotionware, shareware, spyware, time-limited
software, trialware, viruses or warez for me, please.
 
John said:
As for Cinco de Mayo, do a Google on "reconquista". I think "Cinco de
Mayo" is about to become a lot more unpopular among non- Latino
United States citizens.

But this has nothing to do with freeware, so I'm out of here.
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Hi John!



Where are you from?

(But this has nothing to do with freeware, I am just curious)




Kind Regards,

Daniel Mandic
 
John said:
Yep. Mine too. My hometown has the best fireworks display around. The
local radio station broadcasts music that's synchronized to the
detonations.
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You must live in Quebec or maybe Cajun country then. Out here in Cali
we're practically the only ones celebrating <<le quatorze.>>

As for Cinco de Mayo, do a Google on "reconquista". I think "Cinco de
Mayo" is about to become a lot more unpopular among non- Latino United
States citizens.
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Feh. Didn't bother. Considering, for example, that California's the 7th
largest economy in the world and still can't educate it's kids nor pave
its roads...Whoever wants to "reconquista" the damned thing won't have
much more success than the current crop.

On a related note: I asked my wife (an immigrant) what she thought would
happen if "a day w/o (illegal immigrants)" turned into a longer stretch.
W/o skipping a beat, she said "everyone, every business would adapt.
Some would fail, others would grow. After a month or three, no problem."

She went on to remind me that capitalist systems -especially one as
tough as in the US- respond well to & actually thrive on adversity.
But this has nothing to do with freeware, so I'm out of here.
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Well, ok. So I've been talking to myself then...not for the first time!

-Craig
 
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