----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Gabriel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 12:32 PM Subject: Re: EU thought crimes
> >From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: EU thought crimes > >Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 12:29:05 -0600 > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 11:52 AM > >Subject: Re: EU thought crimes > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 05:51:29PM -0000, Andrew Crystall wrote: > > > > On 19 Feb 2003 at 17:20, Richard Baker wrote: > > > > > > > > > Andy said: > > > > > > > > > > > Holocaust denial SHOULD be a crime. > > > > > > > > > > Why should it? Should denying the horrors of the Ukrainian > > > > > terror-famine be a crime? Or the mass killings by the Khmer Rouge? > >How > > > > > about the genocide of the Armenians? Or the Amritsar massacre? Where > > > > > do you want to draw a line and why? > > > > > > > > I'm Jewish and have VERY strong views on the subject. So I'm afraid > > > > you won't get anywhere with me on that topic. > > > > > > Religion is a mind-killer. Denying THAT SHOULD be a crime. > > > >Ah, many/most Jewish people are atheists. > > > > I'd love to see statistics backing up that statement. :) > Jon I don't have worldwide statistics, but I've heard that statement from so many of my Jewish friends, backed up with considerable data. For example, one friend of mine, who is an atheist but goes to Temple as a social concession to his wife, tells a story about how he was grabbed on the street in Israel to help read Kiddush (sp). He was told that there were so few non-Orthodox religious people in Israel, that Americans had to be grabbed. I'll try to find a worldwide survey, but the point of my statement is that being Jewish is not primarily a religious/theological experience. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
