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Subject:	Re: Danish cartoons outrage some Moslem groups and nations
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Fri, 3 Feb 2006 16:42:30 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Timothy Gould wrote:

I completely believe secular democracies to be an optimal form of government (whatever their fiscal preference) but I feel it’s extremely hypocritical of people like yourself to complain about other nations which aren’t secular whilst pushing for laws in your own that seek to break down that secularity (you’ve made your support for religion-based laws known here before).

I also believe secular democracies are best. Democracies come in second. Now, I’ve never supported religion-based laws per se-- I’ve supported laws that are based on religious values. I think that there is an important distinction there. I respect no particular religion, but certainly I prefer certain values certain religions profess.

Everybody gets their values from somewhere; that some get them from religion is irrelevant.

But if we continue this conversation, I think it would be best to select a concrete example and examine it more closely.

JOHN

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		Re: Danish cartoons outrage some Moslem groups and nations
I will consider your removal of and lack of counterargument to the prior text to be agreement. I'm glad I could be so convincing. ;) (...) I don't really see much difference here but it is a matter of semantics and thus purely opinion based. (...) (...) (18 years ago, 3-Feb-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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		Re: Danish cartoons outrage some Moslem groups and nations
(...) Had I run that in a newspaper would you remain unmoved to boycott that newspaper? You may, but given the past behaviour of many of your Conservative American countrymen and women I doubt they would. There is, fortunately, one major difference (...) (18 years ago, 3-Feb-06, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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