On Tue, 17 May 2005 21:47:00 +1000, Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]>
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>David, what are you saying here? That Christian violence is morally pure?
Of course not Alison.I am confronted by Television images
of Islamic suicide bombers blowing themselves up in the
name of a peaceful religion. the facts speak for themselves,
it is NOT a peaceful religion.Blind Freddy can see that.
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>On 17/5/05 9:18 PM, "David Riddell" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>And David, that kind of statement about Islam is precisely the kind of
>thing
>>I would like not to see on this list.
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>> You are correct Alison.I do not need to make such a statement
>> when the facts speak for themselves.
>> Thankyou for pointing this out.
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>Grrr. That's not what I meant, and you know it. Blanket condemnation of
>religions/cultures/sexual orientation/gender/race counts as bigotry: by
>which I mean statements like "All Protestants are inherently stupid" or
>"Mauritians are dishonest" are right out. Informed discussion and debate is
>another question.
I agree,blanket condemnation should not be tolerated by
ALL who are currently on this List
David
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>Best
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>Alison Croggon
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