On 22 Mar 2003 at 14:22, William T Goodall wrote: > > On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 10:16 am, The Fool wrote: > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/08/opinion/08WILE.html > > Religion is evil. And people with known evil tendencies shouldn't be > allowed to hold sensitive jobs.
"Intolerance is evil. And people with known intollerant tendencies shouldn't be allowed to hold sensitive jobs." Being explicitly anti-religion in your way is JUST as disqualifying in my mind as being a religious fanatic (and that is how I'd classify the bible belt of America and much of the current US leadership, fex) The weakness in the American system is not religion, although I'm willing to argue that the explicit seperatation of State and Religion doesn't help. No, the weakness is a codified constitution. The codified constition limits the power of the courts in ways which England's non-codified one does not. Which has been made abundantly plain by events. The clearest example, of course, is the way abortion is handled over there, but things like the DMCA...well... Andy Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
