On Nov 29, 2007 1:43 PM, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Freedom from insane laws? > Freedom of speech? > Freedom of religion? And from religious persecution?
The last two are constitutional rights *here* in America but *not* elsewhere in the world. If an American goes abroad, they are no longer protected by their constitution and are subject to *foreign* law. The first two isn't even true here in the US. > A woman decides to travel to a foreign country, and provide education > to children who _need_ it. ....and put herself under that country's laws. > The teacher is arrested and tried for violating a _stupid_ law (my > take) "insulting the prophet". A local teacher - or at least one with comprehension of the cultural environment in which they were teaching - would have made it clear to the children that naming a stuffed toy after a prophet is disrespectful. Americans are very quick to jump up and complain when they feel America is being disrespected - or when Jesus/God is being disrespected - but don't seem to understand that other countries have different values! Look at the fuss made because a father in America did not want his child to be forced to say "under God" in the pledge? Where is the religious tolerance for his opinion? Where is the support for the constitutional separation of church and state? Christians are very quick to claim they are being persecuted and very slow to actually slow religious tolerance... -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247321 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
