Huffington Magazine Issue 26 | Page 30

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: DIMITRIOS KAMBOURIS/WIREIMAGE/GETTY IMAGES; ED JONES/AFP/GETTY IMAGES; GETTY IMAGES; AP PHOTO/NASSER NASSER Voices QUOTED “It’s as though the ‘War on Christmas’ has become a rote observance, devoid of all its original spiritual meaning.” —Jon Stewart, HUFFINGTON 12.09.12 “This is the greatest part of free speech. To be able to write something so ridiculously absurd and have a corrupt, third-world dictator’s flack pick it up as something to cheer, THAT my friend, is pure gold.” —Huffpost commenter A_1_Percenter, on a Chinese newspaper believing an Onion article naming Kim Jong Un “Sexiest Man Alive” on FOX News’ annual defense of the holiday “Freedom or we die.” — the Egyptian people, chanting in unison as they marched to the presidential palace to protest President Morsi’s latest decrees, giving himself nearly unrestricted powers “FINALLY, a scientific reason not to like my in-laws. It’s for the SAKE of my marriage.” —Huffpost commenter quelago, on a study gauging how in-laws can affect a marriage’s success