Your thoughts on Satanism and the petition for a Satanic statue.

[abaris]

My objection is to the hateful implication of putting a Demon next to the 10 Commandments, in the same way I'd feel if someone wanted to put a swastika next to the Jewish Star. If someone wants to put a statue of a demon somewhere, on it's own, to represent their beliefs, I don't care. If someone wants to put a swastika somewhere, on it's own, to represent Hinduism, I don't care.

No, it's absolutely not on these lines. Absolutely not, since one is mythology and the other has been a gruesome reality. It's meant to be thought provoking. It's meant to point out, if you feel entitled to do it, we claim the same rights. By shocking people - and it obviously worked.