[WikiEN-l] Let's ban 'em all. Any objections?

[Fred Bauder]

Best to ban all religious and political sentiments that have resulted in
killing. That should do it.

Fred

> From: Dante Alighieri <dalighieri at digitalgrapefruit.com>
> Reply-To: wikien-l at wikipedia.org
> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 03:00:22 -0700
> To: wikien-l at wikipedia.org
> Subject: [WikiEN-l] Let's ban 'em all. Any objections?
> 
> At 04:06 PM 6/12/2003, you wrote:
>> Freedom from religion is the censorship of pagan
>> religions (even though there is really nothing wrong
>> with them), accused cults, "destructive" faiths like
>> some fundimentalist Islam, and otherwise "barbaric"
>> religions. Some say that these religions do not lead
>> to anything constructive and just destroy things. I
>> don't believe in it, but we must acknowledge that many
>> do. Since this POV is held almost exclusively by
>> Fundimentalist Christians, I suggest that we use their
>> POV about what should be blocked. I'm just trying to
>> be realistic here; if we blocked [[christianity]],
>> that may be more NPOV, but not practical for the
>> dominant wetern world. Remember: this filter is only
>> optional. It is not forced on anyone.
>> --LittleDan
> 
> Well, I'm not certain that I agree with your /definition/ of freedom FROM
> religion, but I certainly like the way it sounds. I say we ban all
> dangerous cults and barbaric religions. I also think that Christianity,
> Islam, and Judaism (and any other monotheistic religions I can find...
> maybe there's some Zoroastrianists out there) should be first to be banned.
> This would, of course, be rapidly followed by all the polytheistic
> religions. Next come the animists. Lastly, any "miscellaneus" religions
> that don't fit any of the above schema should also be banned. Once those
> are out of the way, I'm sure we will all be better off.
> 
> -----
> Dante Alighieri
> dalighieri at digitalgrapefruit.com
> 
> "The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their
> neutrality in times of great moral crisis."
> -Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
> 
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