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It seems you value more the problems that religious extremists cause than the current blatant disregard to free speech. In that light you'd be better off moving
by wildranter 14y ago
It seems you value more the problems that religious extremists cause than the current blatant disregard to free speech. In that light you'd be better off moving to China.
Going against religion won't do any good to protect free speech or any other human right. You'll only gather more enemies.
- guard-of-terra 14y agoAren't we talking about religion-influenced restriction to the freedom of expression here? Why does religion go against us, but we should not go against it? They take pride in hurting whatever I consider worthy.
- wildranter 14y agoWhat you fail to acknowledge is that by going against someone over any disagrement you're hurting not only civility, but you transform yourself into the very thing you're fighting against.
- guard-of-terra 14y agoWhat should I do then? Sit on my bottom and pretend to be happy?
- wildranter 14y agoHell no! Fight them back with better ideas, respect, and equality. But first of all, you have to understand what you're up against, study what they say, find cracks in their logic, and show that you're both on the same side. It's all a matter of perspective.
- guard-of-terra 14y agoYou respect them and then they lynch you. When a tolerant culture meets untolerant culture, the former usually backs off even if it's more advanced. Take France as example. I think we should not be tolerant to people who violate basic human rights. They either behave or we should find a way to catapult them away.
- drharris 14y agoYou seem to advocate the silencing of religion, a basic human right. Volunteering to be first in the catapult?
- guard-of-terra 14y agoIs arresting people for illoyalty to your god (or even better to a crappy politician) a human right? Because I'm advocating against that.