Posted by yxibow on November 26, 2008, at 0:35:34
In reply to Re: Discrimination Policy Request, posted by Emily Elizabeth on November 25, 2008, at 20:45:12
> I just wanted to voice my support of your idea. Babble has (and should have) certain values. This is important enough to make a statement about. The ultimate in being civil!
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> Thanks,
> EEI agree -- we all may have in private our own religious and we all have differences in cultural, sexual, race, sexual orientation, and many other differences that are codified in law in some states.
There comes a line where religion and politics but up against each other, and unfortunately I've seen this lately.
Its hard to try to be civil about religion and politics when one clashes and offends another.
It can't come to milquetoast stifled postings that don't say anything because nobody wants to offend anyone but there's I guess a sliding scope where people can voice their opinion, and leave it at that, and others can counter their opinion, and leave it at that. I can't see any other fair and civil way -- they always say you can't discuss religion and politics, and while that can go a bit far, there's some truth to that. I liked arguing politics with some people, I'm not always with the same viewpoint but its an intellectual activity.
Religion is hard to argue with, just personally because I'm scientific and sort of agnostic and I find it hard to argue things from the bible (who's bible, but that's another story) because one, I'm not a theological scholar and two if someone is hard bent on an idea from a book that was made some millenia ago by people of the time (I'll leave it at that because I don't want to make this more offensive), I can't find any way to counter it and I just back off.
Religion is there personally in my view to explain the things that can't be explained otherwise to people and comfort them.
Sometimes religions become very conservative and entrenched with the political underpinnings in this world and cross the line of church and state separation which really only exists in some Western nations.
So that's my views on being civil and handling discrimination. People may step on toes sometimes and some people may have strong views on something -- its impossible to be completely civil and its also impossible to discuss things by not discussing them at all.
-- my 2c
-- Jay
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