Text 25141, 71 rader
Skriven 2006-02-09 21:06:16 av Ross Cassell (1:123/456)
  Kommentar till text 25112 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
Ärende: Bomb Cartoon
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Hello Michiel!

09 Feb 06 19:44, you wrote to me:

 MV>>> So they just run 100 years behind. What is 100 yeras in the face
 MV>>> of eternity?

 >> So if we want to exercise this logic, should we still scorn:

 MV> It is you that is doing the scorning, so it is you that should answer
 MV> the question.

You were the one whom brought up Christianity's less than stellar past..

Its funny that you did, because when other subject matter comes up, you dont
want to talk about anyone or anythings "past" using such defenses of "I wasnt
there" or "I wasnt around" or "before my time".

We were talking about a religious sect that has radical factions being
extremely violent, but this is in the present. Hell Michiel we can cast down an
indictment on all of human kind if we want to judge it by our very past history
going back to prehistory.

Germans and Japanese should not be judged by the actions of their people in the
1930's and 1940's, conversely you cannot judge todays humans by the actions of
early humans in all their uncivility and ignorance. You cannot judge the
Christians of today by the actions of the Christians of yesterday.

Unfortunately we can judge some or certain Islamists by their actions based on
what they are doing in the /present/.

Islamic and Christian radicals have one thing in common, they scorn other
religions while demanding respect for their own.

If the politically correct thing to do is judge Christianity by the actions of
the few radicals that misbehave, then its also fair to judge Islam the same
exact way.

You asked me in another message why American Print Media hasnt published the
cartoon, What you didnt ask is if American Print Media publishes stuff that
mocks or paints Christianity in a bad light, they do, all the time. As to why
they chose not to publish the Danish cartoon, well I suppose it was them being
politically correct. A large American Newspaper criticised the Danish press for
doing what it did, calling it "gratuitous", yet has in the past published its
own slams on Christianity.

A local to me radio personality put the image of the cartoon on his stations
website and has received death threats.

The conundrum here is that American Media wants to be sensitive to other
religions and hostile to Christianity, the Danes wanted to show that it wasnt
giving Islam a free pass.

While I am not a follower of a belief system, I am not blind to the
contradictory nature many so called enlightened liberals have towards one
religion over another, with Christianity most often the one being attacked by
them. Quite frankly I dont see room on the editorial page for religious hatred
or bigotry, free press aside, I dont care to see the editors profess their
atheism.

The editors have freedom of the press, the religious have freedom of religion,
duh!

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Ross
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