[ WP ] A religious nut goes off on a stranger for using `` Merry X-Mas '' , but the person does n't take it laying down . Write the encounter .

She droned on and on, energetically choreographing her self-righteous rant, making mountains out of molehills. 
 
 ``...is the problem with the country nowadays, we're slowly losing our foundation, phasing out our Lord Jesus Christ, turning our backs...'' 
 
 Was there really so much wrong with a small business owner trying to wish people pleasant holidays? Could people not overlook the execution in favor of the intent? Apparently not. 
 
 ``...scum of the earth, brainwashing the children and subjugating...'' 
 
 Realizing that my hand had closed around a small handle I kept below the counter for emergencies, I tried to backpedal. I had just relocated, I had so much going for me, so much invested in this establishment of mine, I should n't... 
 
 ``...and your children deserve better parents, you filthy piece...'' 
 
 I was lunging over the counter, Superman style. There was a fraction of a second in which our eyes met, and in just that second, her eyes begged me for her life. 
 
 `` I'm sorry, I've just been diagnosed with cancer,'' I imagined her grovelling, `` I had no right to take it out on you. Please forgive me, I have a husband and three beautiful children, my oldest daughter is graduating tomor...'' 
 
 I tackled her into the ground, knife penetrating just northwest of her bellybutton. It was a wound she could easily survive, she was going to need a few more. 
 
 `` X-mas, is n't, a way, to take, Jesus', name, out of, Christmas, it's from, the Greek, name for, Christ, Χριστός!'' I grunted between lunges, puncturing her heart, lungs, liver, and random areas of her stomach. Stabbing someone to death was a lot like aggressive lovemaking; sinking it deeper and deeper as they plead for mercy, getting off at their expense, then finishing and pushing them aside with mild disgust, and hiding the evidence. 
 
 Which reminded me that I now had to move. Great. Religious people are so crazy. 
 
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 Note: I'm not religious, I just felt like it'd be too easy and predictable to make the Xmas-er be persecuted.
