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February 10, 2006
Respecting Religion
I don't buy into this notion that religion is automatically deserving of "respect". We've been hearing that word a lot lately. The other people who use the word "respect" a lot (or, more likely, "disrespect" -- as a verb...) are those thugs who make Toronto's streets so unsafe for decent people. When thugs, be they gangstas or Mafia types or Islamic crazies or other macho bores, complain that we are not showing them adequate "respect", what they really mean is that we are not showing them adequate FEAR.Well, why put up with such foolishness? I wasn't raised by nuns for nothing. Anyone who decided to kill me in the name of Allah would only be sending me to heaven and himself to hell. It is sad to think that an atheist like Theo Van Gogh didn't have that belief to confort him while his head was being sawed off. By a Southern Baptist. I mean, Muslim...
Go read the whole exchange at Kathy Shaidle's Relapsed Catholic. She did the interview via email, so she has the whole text.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at February 10, 2006 7:21 AM