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

To: Solon who wrote (52797)	7/10/2002 9:21:45 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

"Solon no one is or was slitting your throat or forcing you to worship anyone or anything" I'm sorry, Tim. I have no idea how your comment relates to what I said, to wit: "I don't want to go to a mosque every day to avoid suffering ostracism or a slit throat. But if the State is anything but neutral to religion (and that includes the right to NOT be a mystic), then the right to dissent may not be justified on a rational basis. You will then believe and act as you are required to by those who command the boys who carry the guns." You have no idea how "no one is slitting your throat" relates to "I don't want to go to mosque every day to avoid suffering ostracism or a slit throat"? Or how "no one is forcing you to worship anyone or anything" has anything to do with "you will then believe and act as you are required..." ?? Your comments appear to scoff at mild infringements of rights, as if there were no implications or precedents to consider. I am scoffing at treating what may be consider a mild infringement of rights, but can also reasonably be considered no infringement at all as a major infringement. Tim