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[fuelefficient]

For many, I am sure hearing about upcoming Valentine's Day can be particularly confusing. I'm sure this holiday isn't as wide spread as some might think but the concept is quite simple. On February 14th, girls give chocolate to the person they are romantically interested in. Of course, chocolate can be given to others (義理チョコ) but generally the

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[beatssuperpaper]

Ah, Valentine day. A day about a man massacred in a horrible, horrible fashion so gruesome that, if he even existed, it is still remembered today.

A day that then was picked up by companies in Japan, to sell more chocolate. I cannot imagine a more romantic occassion.

[fuelefficient]

You could look at it like that but many holidays, especially Christian ones, have their roots in odd occasions. Easter and Christmas are two major ones.

[beatssuperpaper]

Still, you really shouldn't forget St. Valentine's gruesome murder. Stoning and beheading is quite a way to go, isn't it? We should celebrate that!

[fuelefficient]

Ah but if I am correct, the one known as Jesus was tortured, forced to carry his own instrument of death, put on a cross or a stake, and then stabbed. I believe his day of death is celebrated with rabbits, if I am correct. My knowledge of Christianity is a little lacking.

[beatssuperpaper]

Ah, but one should always remember the horrible suffering before that glorious execution, that is what gives easter spice.

[fuelefficient]

R-Regardless, I am not a Christian myself and the way we celebrate the holiday has no basis on the religion. For western nations, I assume the answer will be different.

[beatssuperpaper]

Oh, Japan had a few interesting executions too, didn't it? Oda Nobunaga, for example, had some lovely ideas on that subject.

[fuelefficient]

Valentine's Day is not about executions.

[It's about making money.]

[beatssuperpaper]

But it should be. That would be more romantic, too.

[fuelefficient]

I apologize but I must disagree.

[beatssuperpaper]

How trite.

[fuelefficient]

You have my sincere apologies.

[beatssuperpaper]

You shouldn't be so afraid of the interesting parts of your history.

[fuelefficient]

I'm not afraid of them. I believe that it is better to remember that we have grown past them and treat them as a bad dream.

[beatssuperpaper]

Oh, humans haven't. These things always happen again and again.

[fuelefficient]

I will not argue for others but I believe I have learned much from my own past mistakes.