On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 PGC <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >>> Bruno -- he is very respectful of other people's opinions and always >>> argues the ideas without resorting to name calling. >>> >> >> >> Just yesterday Bruno called me a bigot, and it wasn't the first time. >> > > > Even if he did, you called yourself a bigot yesterday more clearly >
I did? Please explain, I'm all ears. > you believe in your right to give "tongue lashings" or whatever to > people holding different opinions. That is true, I believe I have the right to give tongue lashings because, although I may be mistaken, I believe I have freedom of speech. > Sure, we can disagree more or less vehemently. > Yes. > But I don't feel this constant need to keep repeating my message and > shove it into the list over and over, nor do I believe that punishment or > constant shaming of others' beliefs will convert them. That seems to > border on delusion because you're proud of your crusade, your achievements > as a twelve year old, your unique ability to hijack acronyms > Wow that's quite a tongue lashing! I must conclude that you believe you have the right to give me a tongue lashing if I hold different opinions than you, but I do not have the right to give you a tongue lashing if you hold different opinions than me. You have the right of free speech but I do not. >openly displaying blanket prejudice to whole religious groups, different > theologies as well as theology as concept. I plead guilty to being prejudice against stupidity ignorance and bad ideas, and there are few ideas stupider or more ignorant than religion in general or Islam in particular. And yes I display my contempt openly but in the future I promise to give religion all the respect it deserves. By the way, I wonder if you or anybody else on the list can explain something to me that I have never understood; why is it that in all of human activity religion is the one and only one that is supposed to be absolutely positively 100% immune from criticism, and anyone who breaks this social convention is a terrible person almost by definition? 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.
