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

To: epicure who wrote (54562)	8/12/2002 5:34:53 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

"I certainly wouldn't care if people were religious, if I didn't think it could harmfully impact my rights." Exactly. There would be NO reason to get pissed at me because I lie on a rock and look at the clouds. We are very lucky in North America, aren't we? Of course, in some countries they hack off your head in the middle of the night because you are of a different religion (and almost always a different culture or race). This is probably a part of your meaning in expressing concern about religion where it might "harmfully impact "my" (your) rights. I agree with you entirely on this matter! If all religions would agree to be regulated as an "after-life" concern then we could all walk by churches and admire the architecture--as well as passing pleasantries with the people passing out--whether they were Muslim, Cheyenne, or Jew.

To: epicure who wrote (54562)	8/12/2002 6:56:27 PM
From: J. C. Dithers	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Yes, fanatics of all stripes are an ominous presence. When it comes to religion, when it comes to patriotism, or most any fervent cause or type of behavior.... including secularism. I think it is true of the euphemistic "alternative life styles" as well. Most people, even if they disapprove, are willing to live and let live, more or less. But then they run up against the "in-your-face" fringes who wish to push their cause in bizarre and outrageous ways, and the battle lines become drawn. Tolerance is a tricky matter. If we, as a society, are to live by any moral code ... then we are going to have to incorporate some degree of intolerance for those who do not comport with it. We already do that with our criminal codes.