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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Poet who wrote (32418)	10/13/2001 2:10:11 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

<<It's clear that there are some on the religious right - and I don't blame them - who are rattled by the recent exposure of what fundamentalism can achieve if welded to political power.>> I'd sure like to know where he got that idea. I haven't seen any evidence of it.

To: Poet who wrote (32418)	10/13/2001 3:38:48 PM
From: Solon	Respond to of 82486

I've just re-bookmarked that site! Thanks! One day I would like to start a thread where the si community can work together to create an essential library of web sites, properly categorized and retrievable. Do you know how long it takes me just to scroll through my "favourites"?! It is disgusting. I don't know where anything is. I end up doing new searches (and bookmarking a truckload of new stuff in the process), and it never ends. Someday when I have time...<vbg>

To: Poet who wrote (32418)	10/13/2001 7:49:48 PM
From: briskit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 82486

(In my view, atheists are far less politically dangerous than fundamentalists of any stripe.) This is the prevailing view, and I realize I raise a question at great risk of violating a fundamental principle: it is better to be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. Nevertheless, I wonder about the validity of this statement in recent history. Chinese communism was and is stridently atheist. Within the first few years of taking power over 30 million of their own people were murdered for the cause. The pace has diminished, but general human rights violations and even persecution persist. These were avowed atheists, I believe. Russian communism was possibly less prolific, I am not sure, but eliminated many of its own people. Religion anywhere was good enough grounds to invite less than pleasant attention. Atheism was not that pretty, if my history is right (and I do not mean right-wing!). At the same time, I realize fundamentalism is a good whipping boy now, and do not wish to take that away from you. Disclaimer: to my knowledge I am not a fundamentalist. I do think such a thing as "fundamentals" can be beneficial, such as check-book balancing, teeth brushing, so on.