> From: Reggie Bautista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > One of the most irrational of all the conventions of modern society is > > the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected. > > ...[This] convention protects them, and so they proceed with their > > blather unwhipped and almost unmolested, to the great damage of common > > sense and common decency. that they should have this immunity is an > > outrage. There is nothing in religious ideas, as a class, to lift them > > above other ideas. On the contrary, they are always dubious and often > > quite silly. Nor is there any visible intellectual dignity in > > theologians. Few of them know anything that is worth knowing, and not > > many of them are even honest. > > So you think freedom of speech should protect use of the word "fuck" but > shouldn't protect the right of people to talk about their religious beliefs?
Nowhere does this quote say or imply that. End of discussion. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
