After the experience of assault and battery at the hands of so-called "anti-war protesters", I find it very difficult to take this "qualitative difference" allegation seriously, and I think it "trivializes" four years in constant fear of bodily harm.
Original Message: ----------------- From: Michael MASINTER [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 15:32:32 -0500 (EST) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: proselytization I suspect the lexicography reflects a longstanding recognition that religious conversion is qualitatively different from switching political allegiance; to suggest otherwise would seem to trivialize religious faith. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
