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____/ Homer on Sunday 11 Sep 2011 15:07 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> Apple too is a religion. Should we respect it through self censorship?
>> :-)
>
> I respect virtuous beliefs, not satanic ones. Delusion (if that's what
> it is) is not intrinsically unethical. If someone believes he's a tree
> and sprouts apples, I'm not going to attack him, but if someone thinks
> people are cattle to be slaughtered with a gun, I might have something
> to say about it. Attacking everyone indiscriminately just because they
> have alternative beliefs, is just malicious.
>
> That's just common decency, not "self censorship".
You don't attack the person when you attack ideas. If people are feeling
attached to those idea, then they might choose to feel offended.
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~~ Best of wishes
Dr. Roy S. Schestowitz (Ph.D. Medical Biophysics), Imaging Researcher
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