Google| Subject | Re: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother |
| From | Troels Forchhammer |
| Date | 2002-05-21 15:48 (2002-05-21 14:48) |
| Message-ID | <3cea5042$1@news.wineasy.se> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien |
| Follows | Flame of the West |
| Followups | Flame of the West (7h & 20m) > Troels Forchhammer |
"Flame of the West" <jsolinasNoSpam@erols.com>wrote in message news:3CE96B79.1FD09994@erols.com...
Flame of the WestThat's more or less what I really feel - though narrow-mindedness isn't - IMO- enough. You have to couple it with hatred towards people that think differently.
Troels Forchhammer wrote:Flame of the WestI too oppose Christian fundamentalists chopping off people's hands and practicing polygamy. Haven't actually heard of it happening, tho. Until I do, it's rather ridiculous to compare conservative Protestantism with bloodthirsty Islamic terrorism.Troels Forchhammer
I'd say that the hatred, bigotry, general intolerance and narrow mindedness is pretty much the same - and that - in my eyes - puts them in the same category far more than the use of weapons puts terrorists in the same category as the national armies of e.g. the NATO countries.
But why single out Christian fundamentalists? Why not say that about *all* narrow-minded people?
Can't we just agree that in both cases we're talking nut cases that claim their religion as a justification for act that are not truly justifiable by said religion ...Troels ForchhammerFlame of the West
So I don't really care whether Christian fundamentalists chop of heads or whatever - they exercise a psychological violence that is - IMO - far worse than physical violence (not mentioning actual physical assaults and other terrorist acts such as attacking medical doctors practising abortion etc.)
Those are nut cases. Blaming fundamentalists for that is like blaming all Muslims for Sept. 11.
You seem to have a bit of an attitude problem with Christian fundamentalists. Once might suspect *you* of bigotry.Yes, I guess so :) I'll at least admit to having an attitude problem towards people who will not even attempt to look at things both ways ;-) - whether that's to be called bigotry is a decision I'd better leave to others ;-)
-- Troels Forchhammer Please reply to t.forch@mail.dk
A Thaum is the basic unit of magical strength. It has been universally established as the amount of magic needed to create one small white pigeon or three normal sized billiard balls. -- (Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic)
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