Salman Rushdie wrote: > religion is the poison in the blood. Where religion intervenes, mere > innocence is no excuse. Yet we go on skating around this issue, speaking of > religion in the fashionable language of "respect". What is there to respect > in any of this, or in any of the crimes now being committed almost daily > around the world in religion's dreaded name? >
It is the liberal consensus that we should always respect all religious beliefs regardless of how stupid or cruel it is; for example tune into just about any international news broadcast and you will probably see at least one story about religious violence somewhere in the world, but the media won't call it that, the media will call it "sectarian violence". As for me I think there is a point beyond which a euphemism becomes a lie. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
