Comments on: If you really think about it, ‘Thanksgiving’ is pretty weird http://the-fuqua-experience.com/2009/11/25/thanksgiving-is-pretty-weird/ Duke Cross Continent MBA Class of 2010 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:29:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Randy Zwitch http://the-fuqua-experience.com/2009/11/25/thanksgiving-is-pretty-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Randy Zwitch Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:48:56 +0000 http://the-fuqua-experience.com/?p=1566#comment-298 Yeah...you've got to be pretty loyal to one of the two major parties here to not think "Is this the best we can do in terms of leadership?" Yeah…you’ve got to be pretty loyal to one of the two major parties here to not think “Is this the best we can do in terms of leadership?”

]]> By: Rocky Balboa http://the-fuqua-experience.com/2009/11/25/thanksgiving-is-pretty-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Rocky Balboa Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:46:19 +0000 http://the-fuqua-experience.com/?p=1566#comment-297 "...even if I generally disagree with all 600+ ethically-challenged individuals in Congress (no matter the political party). " heh :D I bet you will find * THAT * sentiment shared across all members of the CC program ;) “…even if I generally disagree with all 600+ ethically-challenged individuals in Congress (no matter the political party). ”

heh :D

I bet you will find * THAT * sentiment shared across all members of the CC program ;)

]]> By: Randy Zwitch http://the-fuqua-experience.com/2009/11/25/thanksgiving-is-pretty-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-289 Randy Zwitch Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:37:45 +0000 http://the-fuqua-experience.com/?p=1566#comment-289 Suresh - Thank you, for your thank you, about my thank you! :) Thanksgiving as it's currently celebrated has evolved way beyond what those links show about the history of the holiday. For example: Yesterday, President Obama as part of a time-honored tradition, "pardoned" a turkey. In the U.S., after going through the criminal justice system and getting your final sentence, the President can pardon (or forgive) a crime. The pardon is a rare event, and nowadays usually limited to right before the President leaves office. Anyway... So every year a different turkey, being "sentenced to death" for a future Thanksgiving dinner, gets a last minute pardon from the President. The turkey then gets to be part of a Thanksgiving parade as a featured attraction, then goes to a wildlife sanctuary. And Thanksgiving, being the last holiday before Christmas, also becomes the unofficial start of the Christmas season. So in an amazing display of capitalism and consumerism, the day after Thanksgiving is called "Black Friday", and everyone is supposed to rush out and start buying all their gifts. To Ian's point, Thanksgiving isn't intended to "celebrate" the slaughter of "dem injuns". Ironically, American Indian's have been treated so badly by the government through the legal system in the U.S., that they are almost non-existent in daily life outside of Indian Reservations and to an extent ignored completely as part of the holiday. Ian, if you think the Turducken looks crazy, look for "Turbaconducken". A Turducken, covered in bacon. Viva America! Suresh –

Thank you, for your thank you, about my thank you! :)

Thanksgiving as it’s currently celebrated has evolved way beyond what those links show about the history of the holiday. For example:

Yesterday, President Obama as part of a time-honored tradition, “pardoned” a turkey. In the U.S., after going through the criminal justice system and getting your final sentence, the President can pardon (or forgive) a crime. The pardon is a rare event, and nowadays usually limited to right before the President leaves office. Anyway…

So every year a different turkey, being “sentenced to death” for a future Thanksgiving dinner, gets a last minute pardon from the President. The turkey then gets to be part of a Thanksgiving parade as a featured attraction, then goes to a wildlife sanctuary.

And Thanksgiving, being the last holiday before Christmas, also becomes the unofficial start of the Christmas season. So in an amazing display of capitalism and consumerism, the day after Thanksgiving is called “Black Friday”, and everyone is supposed to rush out and start buying all their gifts.

To Ian’s point, Thanksgiving isn’t intended to “celebrate” the slaughter of “dem injuns”. Ironically, American Indian’s have been treated so badly by the government through the legal system in the U.S., that they are almost non-existent in daily life outside of Indian Reservations and to an extent ignored completely as part of the holiday.

Ian, if you think the Turducken looks crazy, look for “Turbaconducken”. A Turducken, covered in bacon. Viva America!

]]> By: Ian Comandao http://the-fuqua-experience.com/2009/11/25/thanksgiving-is-pretty-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-285 Ian Comandao Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:40:41 +0000 http://the-fuqua-experience.com/?p=1566#comment-285 and here i was thinking that you'd written an epic piece about how yanks celebrate the slaughter of "dem injuns" and various peoples of the first nations by stuffing what could have been your national bird with corn, breadcrumbs and a secret blend of herbs and spices that vary from state to state... dunno... never really celebrated thanksgiving before, so i can't really comment (d'oh!) but what i would like to try that turducken... sounds deadly... no, like i mean, heart attack deadly and here i was thinking that you’d written an epic piece about how yanks celebrate the slaughter of “dem injuns” and various peoples of the first nations by stuffing what could have been your national bird with corn, breadcrumbs and a secret blend of herbs and spices that vary from state to state… dunno… never really celebrated thanksgiving before, so i can’t really comment (d’oh!) but what i would like to try that turducken… sounds deadly… no, like i mean, heart attack deadly

]]> By: Suresh Ayyanveedu http://the-fuqua-experience.com/2009/11/25/thanksgiving-is-pretty-weird/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Suresh Ayyanveedu Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:29:15 +0000 http://the-fuqua-experience.com/?p=1566#comment-282 Randy, Thanks for the Thanksgiving thanks! I am sure some of the non-US friends are hearing about the Thanksgiving for the first time (some asked me!). There are some very interesting material on web if you want to know more about it. Below are some links. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/ Randy,

Thanks for the Thanksgiving thanks! I am sure some of the non-US friends are hearing about the Thanksgiving for the first time (some asked me!). There are some very interesting material on web if you want to know more about it. Below are some links.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving
http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/

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