tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post852773569061092261..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: A Defense of Indiscriminate Violence?Alonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-14198702288054017212010-09-15T22:16:43.421-06:002010-09-15T22:16:43.421-06:00Alonzo,
Just wondering if you have an opinion on ...Alonzo,<br /><br />Just wondering if you have an opinion on the whole WikiLeaks thing?mojo.rhythmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14901306439675127615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-55083487635887406442010-09-15T07:48:59.880-06:002010-09-15T07:48:59.880-06:00Even better, write for a newspaper printed on pape...Even better, write for a newspaper printed on paper made from recycled holy texts! <br /><br />What a waste of perfectly good wood pulp all of this burning nonsense is. At the very least, they ought to put the books into a trash-to-steam plant instead of just wasting resources. <br /><br />Wouldn't it be better to reuse all that paper printing out some nice open curriculum math texts and donating them to public schools in need? <br /><br />I simply can't get motivated by folks frothing at the mouth about the fate of what are basically very old anthologies of hack novellas. The IRS nailed Capone. Let the EPA take care of these yahoos.dbonfittohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08787420987976232701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-57061938351125157842010-09-15T07:27:03.936-06:002010-09-15T07:27:03.936-06:00This post is not a complaint against Islam. Not in...<i>This post is not a complaint against Islam.</i> Not intentionally, but it nonetheless is.<br /><br /><i>Those factions of Islam that embrace hate-mongering bigotry, hypocrisy, and indiscriminate violence in response to private actions cannot claim to be following a civilized religion or one worthy of respect.</i><br /><br />"Those factions" are pretty much the <a href="http://www.jihadwatch.org/2009/03/bible-and-quran-equally-violent.html" rel="nofollow">entirety of Islam</a>. They won't be happy that you're <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-871902797772997781#" rel="nofollow">misrepresenting</a> their religion by implying there are non-hate-mongering factions. You should name these peaceful factions, otherwise you <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SddesLgxzHM" rel="nofollow">look like</a> you have <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2zQQ5fir3U" rel="nofollow">zero knowledge</a> of Islam - and hence lose your credibility.<br /><br />Islam doesn't care about civility as we define it. And respect in Sharia law is painfully well defined as hatred or second-class citizenship for non-Muslims.<br /><br />If you don't want to name those elusive peaceful Islamic factions then you should probably stick to the fallback argument for liberals i.e. that theology somehow doesn't matter.Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-73174431108675767332010-09-14T14:17:29.280-06:002010-09-14T14:17:29.280-06:00excellent post, you should be writing for a newspa...excellent post, you should be writing for a newspaper!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com