Comments on: Open letter to Geert Wilders http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/06/19/662/ I'm feeling pretty good about myself right about now. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:49:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Andrew http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/06/19/662/#comment-1853 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:29:43 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/06/19/662/#comment-1853 Religion in general, and Islam in particular, are valid objects of criticism. Their retarding influence on social issues, political issues, scientific issues, and legal issues should be fought, not with violence of course. As far as I can tell, Mr. Wilders has only rallied against exceedingly primitive ideas that lead to (sub)status of women, homicidal hatred of homosexuals and apostates, general distrust of kaffur, etc. All you need do is look around at the state of the world and realize that while not religious fundies are terrorists, and overwhelming majority are bigots. What can I say? I'm a bigotry bigot. This post-modern relativism doesn't make sense. Religion in general, and Islam in particular, are valid objects of criticism. Their retarding influence on social issues, political issues, scientific issues, and legal issues should be fought, not with violence of course.

As far as I can tell, Mr. Wilders has only rallied against exceedingly primitive ideas that lead to (sub)status of women, homicidal hatred of homosexuals and apostates, general distrust of kaffur, etc.

All you need do is look around at the state of the world and realize that while not religious fundies are terrorists, and overwhelming majority are bigots.

What can I say? I’m a bigotry bigot. This post-modern relativism doesn’t make sense.

]]> by: Andrew http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/06/19/662/#comment-1852 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:11:02 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/06/19/662/#comment-1852 Not from Calgary actually, Vancouver. My ISP is headquartered there though. As for your question, just because I live in North America does not mean I live in America ;) I suppose I cuold've put my thoughts across more diplomatically, but you can't change the past. Not from Calgary actually, Vancouver. My ISP is headquartered there though. As for your question, just because I live in North America does not mean I live in America ;)

I suppose I cuold’ve put my thoughts across more diplomatically, but you can’t change the past.

]]> by: Administrator http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/06/19/662/#comment-1851 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:14:32 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/06/19/662/#comment-1851 You're from Calgary, what the hell do you know about problems in this country? You’re from Calgary, what the hell do you know about problems in this country?

]]> by: Andrew http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/06/19/662/#comment-1850 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:03:26 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2007/06/19/662/#comment-1850 Aww, someone doesn't like hearing about real social and political problems when it upsets their world view :'( Rallying against reality are we? Aww, someone doesn’t like hearing about real social and political problems when it upsets their world view :’( Rallying against reality are we?

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