Dan said: > I missed seeing a word, here, Rich, but I'm guessing you agree with > it. Lynching people for esposuing bad ideas is also wrong, isn't > it? Or, is that a word you just eschew, preferring to call actions > like rapes and murder stupid and counterproductive instead of > wrong.
Well, yes: I think that lynching people for any reason is wrong. But I also think that's not a particular useful thing to say. Warren could just as well say "No, it isn't" and I'd say "Yes, it is, and Dan agrees, and so does Jesus" or whatever and he'd say "No, it isn't" and we wouldn't get anywhere worthwhile. At least talking in terms of actions being stupid or counterproductive can result in more worthwhile discussions. Posting what I can only take to be not very serious incitements to kill religious people is certainly counterproductive and manifestly inflammatory. It's not as if the likes of you or John are going to say "Well, I used to be religious but now that Warren has called for the death of religious people I've realised religion is stupid so I hereby renounce it." In fact, it's no more likely to have that effect than William's "religion is evil" mantra or the Fool's posting of somewhat dubious articles together with accusations of bigotry or Erik talking about religion rotting brains (or whatever; that's not a direct quote, of course, but I hope he doesn't think I'm misrepresenting him). For a while now, I've been finding all of these last strains of anti-religious posting quite annoying; and whilst I don't think any of them should or would on that account refrain from posting such things (which I can in any case ignore after the initial little jolt of annoyance), I would like to dissociate myself from them. Rich VFP Battlestar Galactica Break _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
