On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 06:00:41PM -0700, Joel Baker wrote: > On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 04:21:40PM -0800, Nunya wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 02:02:03PM -0600, Chad Walstrom wrote: > > > And way out from Right Field... > > > > http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/appeal-to-ridicule.html > > > > go back and count the # of "christians are stupid" statements > > substitute any racial or ethnic group for christians > > see how the statements sound in your ears then > > There are very important distinctions between the following statements: > > "Christians are stupid." > > "Tenets of the Christian faith offend me." > > "I consider a belief in <X> to be foolish/silly/stupid/whatever." > > "Organized religion is meaningful only as a method of controlling people > gullible enough to fall for it." >
I wasn't thinking of you, but let's take a quote of yours and see which of these statements is most applicable: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200312/msg01512.html: "(religious fanatics - the one group that seems more incapable of mastering spelling and grammar than the speakers of 'Leet)" Is this about a tenet of the Christian faith? No Is it a statement about organized religion or mind control? No Is It a statement about a Christian's belief? No That only leaves one alternative. Face it. You're practicing hate speech. You're not better than what you hate.