More a function of the omnipresence of media and information sharing than any true increase in bigotry and intolerance. Bad acts make the internet at the speed of twitter instead of being small town secrets as they were 40 years ago.
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > OK then why are the incidents of religious hate crimes going up. > Reporting criteria has not changed. Its not just overt hate crimes > either. Incidents like banning sharia is a good example, or the > continual refrain about the war on religion/christmas etc. Or the > efforts to get creatinism in the public schools. Those last two whines > are classic. Thing is that the intolerance is increasing and not just > a minority. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345316 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
