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RE: The Queen Has A Question.
January 27, 2015 at 3:30 pm
(This post was last modified: January 27, 2015 at 3:31 pm by robvalue.)
Right. They can't offer a single sentence as to why religion shouldn't be mocked, just that it shouldn't. All religious people are crybabies? It's like taking candy from a baby?
The fact that they are saying it shouldn't be mocked is another reason to mock it.
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RE: The Queen Has A Question.
January 27, 2015 at 3:33 pm
(January 27, 2015 at 3:14 pm)Faith No More Wrote: I love how there's never any reflection as to why religion isn't being afforded any respect. It's always just a demand without any acceptance of responsibility, and no one ever pauses to think that maybe telling everyone they deserve eternal punishment isn't the best way to garner respect.
It's like Rick Perry insisting that he be taken seriously as a theortetical physicist.
That would be the point. Suppose a political party demanded not to ever be mocked? ---- It's happened, but we don't revere those politicians.
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RE: The Queen Has A Question.
January 27, 2015 at 4:42 pm
(January 27, 2015 at 4:16 pm)Darkstar Wrote: Throwing a temper tantrum only makes it worse for the religion in question. Before they were laughing at your religion, now they're laughing at it and at your reaction to their laughing.
It's much worse than a temper tantrum. It's indirect victim blaming in the wake of a terrorist act with international implications. It's the precise thing you
don't want to do if you truly want people to respect you and your belief.
Insisting your belief be treated like a sacred cow is only going to antagonize people.
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RE: The Queen Has A Question.
January 30, 2015 at 5:47 pm
It must be a pathetically weak and feeble religion if it's scared by something as trivial as a cartoon.
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