BAM! from out of nowhere, Sean enters the religious argument fray! Hmmm, I always just assumed you ignored these kind of discussions :)
Good to have another opinion. Also, one of the reasons I like listening to BBC news...it's another opinion from a different point of view. On 11/30/07, Sean Corfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 29, 2007 1:43 PM, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Freedom from insane laws? > > Freedom of speech? > > Freedom of religion? And from religious persecution? > > The last two are constitutional rights *here* in America but *not* > elsewhere in the world. If an American goes abroad, they are no longer > protected by their constitution and are subject to *foreign* law. > > The first two isn't even true here in the US. > > > A woman decides to travel to a foreign country, and provide education > > to children who _need_ it. > > ....and put herself under that country's laws. > > > The teacher is arrested and tried for violating a _stupid_ law (my > > take) "insulting the prophet". > > A local teacher - or at least one with comprehension of the cultural > environment in which they were teaching - would have made it clear to > the children that naming a stuffed toy after a prophet is > disrespectful. > > Americans are very quick to jump up and complain when they feel > America is being disrespected - or when Jesus/God is being > disrespected - but don't seem to understand that other countries have > different values! Look at the fuss made because a father in America > did not want his child to be forced to say "under God" in the pledge? > Where is the religious tolerance for his opinion? Where is the support > for the constitutional separation of church and state? Christians are > very quick to claim they are being persecuted and very slow to > actually slow religious tolerance... > -- > Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN > An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ > > "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." > -- Margaret Atwood > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247330 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
