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Post #326,026 by beepster 5/11/10 10:12:35 PM Reply	Suppose its half empty/half full were being persecuted, got here and practiced turnabout...so catholics go here, protestants go there...and we straightened out somewhat about the time of the revolution. Regardless... You can't be punished or chastised based on religion. Seems that the base response now is that the only acceptable religion is no religion, not the freedom to believe anything you choose. I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill.
Post #326,033 by Ashton 5/12/10 3:04:03 AM Reply	Believe ... whatever fits your fancy Start proselytizing with an aim to force others to your fav koans: Trouble Arises. (We Know what's Best for the zygote in your womb, cha cha cha.) (We just-Know that God Hates Fags, cha cha cha.) ( ____ ) . . . (and like that.) Pretty simple, really: ~Golden Rule will do -- then eschew browbeating others to share your One True God? Is that so HARD to grok to fullness? Not all that simple, either: what you might like "done to yourself" might be anathema to someone oriented Differently -- that should go without Saying, of course; surprisingly, it oft needs to be Said to the do-gooder/antagonist. I could almost see voting for Palin in 2012 on the grounds that this sorry ratfucking excuse for a republic, this savage, smirking, predatory empire deserves her. Bring on the Rapture, motherfuckers! -- via RC
Post #326,040 by beepster 5/12/10 7:04:18 AM Reply	Which side in this example was doing the browbeating? I think you have the situation perfectly reversed in your head. But since the authority in this case is telling the girl that God is offensive...well thats the right kind of freedom for you. (God or flag, nothing in story to determine which is worse to her) I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill.
Post #326,046 by boxley 5/12/10 8:29:47 AM Reply	you are confused in CA learning islam in school is not only acceptable but required, the kid was being admonished for getting an american flag anywhere near it If we torture the data long enough, it will confess. (Ronald Coase, Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences, 1991)
Post #326,047 by beepster 5/12/10 8:37:18 AM Reply	that explains it then... she should have written Allah Akbar on the flag so as to not be offensive :) I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill.

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