(December 26, 2014 at 1:23 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:It's hard to expand freedoms by taking them away, as you seem to be arguing.
Religious cults are not about "freedom," Parker. They are about control. In fact, the communists are amateurs compared to religious cults when it comes to repression and longevity.
No. I can't work up any sympathy for assholes who insist their cult is being repressed by another cult. It's what cults do. And China seems to be moving in the right direction.
I'm not plumping for any sympathy to be shown to anyone. But I certainly disagree about "the right direction". Censoring those who disagree with you is not a mark of your own strength; it's a mark of your weakness.
Making thoughts criminal is not an advance for freedom. There's no rational argument for that proposition.