I will present a quote, and welcome thoughts and debate. I only ask to please keep this civil, and no hurling of insults or cynical comments from either side, all of which will be reported.
the quote:
"Religion...has certian ideas at the heart of it which we call sacred or holy or whatever. What it means is, 'Here is an idea or notion that you're not allowed to say anything bad about; your just not. Why not? - because you're not!' If somebody votes for a party that you don't agree with, you're free to argue about it as much as you like; everybody will have an argument but nobody feels aggrieved by it. If somebody thinks taxes should go up or down you are free to have an argument about it. But on the other hand if somebody says 'I mustn't move a light switch on a Saturday', you say, 'I respect that'.
Why should it be that it's perfectly legitimate to support the Labour party or the Consercatice party, Republicans or Democrats, this model of economics versus that, Macintosh
2007-08-11
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