(February 23, 2011 at 5:15 am)Skipper Wrote: But just like in Germany all the other facists being complicit is what allowed hitler into a position of power and that in turn allowed some of the greatest evil to ever be committed. In the same way I have always argued it's the majority (of admittedly peaceful) religious folk who are passive enough that allow the dangerous zealots to get into a position of power within a religion who can then cause suffering and evil in the name of that religion. The so called peaceful majorities of religions e.g. Islam are responsible for keeping their religion peaceful and they should be doing everything they can to keep it that way. Slightly off topic I know, but a point worth making I thought.
I know of this argument, and i have to reject it. Because that means ANY position on ANY matter whatsoever is bad.
You are left-wing ? You pave the way for Stalin
You are right-wing ? You pave the way for exploiting the masses of poor people.
You are pro-weed ? You pave the way for a generation of Heroin junkies
You are against weed ? You pave the way for a strict dictatorship with no freedoms.
All of these make no sense. Just like saying "You are theist ? You pave the way for Holy Wars" is nonsense.
