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But they are supposed to be free to practice their religion, which means shooting people for a drawing. Maybe religious freedom should not extend to psychopathi
by mieses 12y ago
But they are supposed to be free to practice their religion, which means shooting people for a drawing. Maybe religious freedom should not extend to psychopathic ideologies just as freedom to bear arms does not extend to personal nuclear weapons.
- mercurial 12y agoFreedom of religion does not extend to shooting people in the name of it in any western country. What are you talking about?
- mieses 12y agoWasn't the act of shooting a religious practice? You may choose to rationalize a separation of religion from its inevitable outcomes. They don't. Edit: You also twisted my statement. I asked whether the freedom should extend to the ideology. You twisted it around and stated that the freedom does not extend to shooting people. You're hiding from the issue.
- mercurial 12y agoI'm not so much hiding from the issue as (apparently) failing to understand what point you are trying to make. Regarding "shooting as a religious practice", well, not in the sense I understand "religious practice", that is, a regular ritual. If you're talking about "religious reasons", sure. Much in the same way that plenty of people have died for political reasons due to the actions of fringe movements, which in a democracy is not ground enough to ban the more mainstream version of these groups (eg, the actions of the banned left-wing Action Directe in France did not lead to the dissolution of the Communist Party).