In the spirit of the season...haha...
Here's my problem with the heated discussion going on under Top Ten Restaurants Open on Christmas Day. It's more fun for me if there's a discussion going on as opposed to just my saying something and someone else reacting to it. And I'm not in the business of censorship. On the other hand, I want everyone who participates to enjoy the discussion, and I'm guessing neither side in the Working on Christmas debate is enjoying it anymore.
But aside from that, it's starting to get personal. And you all know the Rules, specifically Rule No. 2. I don't want anyone to feel he or she is going to get attacked for speaking up.
And I thought this would be the most boring Top Ten of the year. Oh well, at least it didn't devolve into a fight over crab cakes.
Comments
Here's hoping not to offend anyone but how about the top 10 places for Boxing Day? It sounds like pretty cool holiday if only I could find out what it actually is. I asked my Canadian friends and they don't even know :)
I think the appropriate judge of whether a restaurant was a Top Ten for Boxing Day would be how they handled their leftovers. This is the best idea yet for the Top Ten on Christmas Day, left void when we moved Chinese to next Tuesday. Unfortunately, I'm not sure I could come up with 10 that had great leftover boxes. :-)
Posted by: Eric | December 13, 2007 12:23 PM
While the discussion has been lively, it has, as you observed, degenerated into philosophical/religious/ethical squabble. If you have created the rules, shouldn't you enforce them? I don't mean to carp [no pun intended], but we are all available via e-mail and subject to a warning about our behavior. If offenders don't improve their behavior, their submissions should not be posted.
Well, you're actually not all available by e-mail. In fact, very few of you are. So this was the warning and everyone seems cool about it so far. Thanks, guys, for backing off.
Posted by: David | December 13, 2007 12:32 PM
Next Tuesday's Top Ten
What We'll All Be Eating in Hell
Does this refer to Chinese restaurants or Christmas? :-)
Posted by: SGI | December 13, 2007 12:50 PM
I for one apologize for my participation in that thread; to both those whom with I was arguing and to those who unwittingly had to read a rant war on a discussion thread about a holiday that’s supposed to be all about peace on earth and good will towards such n’ such. I think we can agree to disagree and unreservedly wish one another a happy holiday.
Posted by: The anti-scrooge | December 13, 2007 2:34 PM
Boxing Day is a British holiday which was celebrated the day after Christmas (unless that happened to be a bank holiday. My British relatives explained that it was the day that service people expected to be tipped or given a bonus. According to Wikipedia:
The term originates in Victorian era Britain, for the day after Christmas, when the rich would box up gifts and bring them to the poor. The Christmas carol Good King Wenceslas sings about giving gifts of flesh, wine, and pine logs to a poor man on St. Stephen's Day.
Posted by: Darlene | December 13, 2007 6:05 PM
I didn't really look at the Tuesday Top 10 after its initial posting. I also thought it would be a boring topic. I quietly wished for a topic that was more exciting. Nuts to me! I guess the holidays even make the threaders go crazy.
Posted by: nestee | December 14, 2007 10:55 AM
Thanks, Darlene. And I did see the same Wiki entry.
Posted by: Eric | December 17, 2007 1:09 PM