>> >> >And this guy must have been a fundamentalist. Same with the Afghan >> >ambassador who was beating his wife for hours. >> >> And how many Jews or Buddhists do the same. > >I don't see any Jews or Buddhists beheading anyone nor do I see them at >rallies chanting for anyone to be killed. If you mean that Jews or Buddhists >beat their wives, I don't know any who do and I've never heard of a case >where a wife was beaten because it was in their holy books. But what exactly >were you referencing when you say that Jews or Buddhists do the same?
Um aren't there passages in the bible about supporting slavery and given divine permission to beat children and wives? > >Try this exercise to see if you're being racist. Does the sentence parse >> accurately when you substitute jewish instead of Islamic or Muslim? If it >> does there's a substantial racist element in what you're saying. I'll let >> you decide on that one. > >_____ (insert people here) are acting in a medieval and uncivilized way when >they ______ (insert murderous act here) people due to a verse in the ______ >(insert holy book here). You know, no matter who I put into the sentence, it >reads the same. Ergo its racist. You're painting a group with the same wide brush, and implying that they are less than human because of their ethnicity or religion. Its the same stuff that been done to jews, gypsies and other groups for generations. You can dress up a pig and put lip-stick on it, but its still a pig. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288667 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
