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To: tejek who wrote (326686)	2/20/2007 8:50:41 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576160

I'm not sure beheading wasn't as common even in the past, but killing and torture did happen so I get your point. OTOH the Medieval Inquisition ended in the 1200s, and while the Spanish Inquisition started later and lasted much longer its been over for hundreds of years. The various inquisitions committed cruel injustices and certainly didn't support religious liberty, but they were less harsh and more restricted than many secular courts at the time. Violations of law where treated harshly back then. The problem with the inquisitions was that they made religious issues matters of law, which in common modern opinion (and in my opinion) they shouldn't be. You have a point if you want to call the Spanish Inquisition "fascist", in a similar manner to "Islamofacism". I just don't see how some injustice in the past in one culture or from one religion, justifies, excuses, or makes acceptable current abuse and injustice and murder from followers of a different religious tradition. I'd say its pretty much irrelevant. Combjelly's post that started this line of discussion was about the current Christian right, not the Spanish Inquisition.