--- Richard Holton <richholton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I suspect that if someone posted to this list
being
scornful or
mocking of, say, Muslim culture, they would get
slapped down hard, and
likely be banned from the list if they persisted. Is
my suspicion
wrong?
Yet we're very tolerant of this sort of culture
bashing when it comes
to conservative Christian culture. You don't have to
agree with
someone's culture to respect that culture and
members of it. Let's all
try to show a little more respect for each other.
--Rich Holton
Very good question, Rich, and I'll answer it from my
perspective.
Because the Christian culture, at least in the United
States, DEMANDS, that ONLY their particular cultural
sensitivities and prejudices be catered to. There is
no "If you don't want to see it, don't look at it."
No, rather, it's "I don't want to see it, so you
can't, either."
Who is this "Christian culture" in the United States you
speak about? And are you implying that the Christian religion
has a monopoly on intolerant & zealous people -- so that
objections from people professing other beliefs alone should
always be assumed to offer objections in good faith?
I would like to assume this is not an example of the ad
hominem attacks alleged to have been levelled during this
extended discussion, but I am finding it hard to read this
post otherwise.
Geoff