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To: Neocon who wrote (3717)	3/20/2002 3:35:22 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

You have the patience of a Saint!

To: Neocon who wrote (3717)	3/20/2002 3:57:00 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

I do not know why it is a matter of controversy that the first example fits the requirement. It is not a matter of controversy. Not with me. I have no doubt that you found that very distressing and agree that it was horrid. But the mission here is to define a brite line, not report an anecdote. If we were coming up with a standard of behavior, specific to relative religiosity, that was exemplified by that anecdote, what would it be. Thou shalt not...what? Show contempt for the bereaved? That is, of course, a good rule, but it's not particular to an attitude of a secular about a believer. Thou shall not make a religious crack to the bereaved? Well, that seems to cover the anecdote. Was that what you had in mind? Or maybe thou shall not make religious cracks at all, not just to the bereaved? Or something else. Help me here.