I wanted to send some sort of holiday greeting to my friends,
but it is difficult in today's world to know exactly what to say without offending someone.
So I met with my lawyer yesterday, and on his advice I wish to say the following:
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for
an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non addictive,
gender neutral celebration of the summer solstice holiday practised
with the most enjoyable traditions of religious persuasion
or secular practices of your choice with respect
for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others,
or their choice not to practise religious or secular traditions at all.
I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling
and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset
of the generally accepted calendar year 2015,
but not without due respect for the calendar
of choice of other cultures whose contributions
to society have helped make our country great
(not to imply that Australia is necessarily greater than any other country)
and without regard to the race, creed, colour, age, physical ability, religious faith
or sexual preference of the wishee .
By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms:
This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal.
It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting.
It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any
of the wishes for her/him or others and is void where prohibited by law,
and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher.
The wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application
of good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a new wish
at the sole discretion of the wisher.
Best Regards (without prejudice)
Name withheld (Privacy Act).
