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Isn't the fundamental basis of Christanity mutually exclusive to Judaism and Islam? Tom Send a noteboard - 20/03/2012 08:33:51 PM
There's a difference between anti-Semitism and a rejection of Judaism, just like Islamophobia is not synonymous with rejecting Islam.

In other words, Huckleberry Finn portrays an ignorant and racist approach to people based on an accident of birth and not any character trait, but a rejection of religious doctrines with which one disagrees is a perfectly valid sentiment because it rejects beliefs and ideas at odds with one's own, ideas that can be accepted or rejected freely. Anti-Semitic statements of an ethnic nature would be on a par with your example, as would anti-Arab statements. However, I think treating a believer's conscious rejection and admonition of non-believers the same as base racism makes an Orwellian parallel.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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Divine Comedy is "offensive and discriminatory", says Italian NGO - 20/03/2012 07:25:08 PM 1515 Views
Duh? - 20/03/2012 07:38:41 PM 930 Views
It does kind of feel like we should know more about how it's taught in Italian schools. - 20/03/2012 07:50:36 PM 857 Views
The most ignorant statement of the day. - 21/03/2012 04:48:39 PM 1345 Views
Re: The most ignorant statement of the day. - 21/03/2012 07:42:54 PM 882 Views
Isn't the fundamental basis of Christanity mutually exclusive to Judaism and Islam? - 20/03/2012 08:33:51 PM 847 Views
That's a really good point that I hadn't considered. I agree. *NM* - 22/03/2012 09:05:00 AM 381 Views
Excellent point. - 22/03/2012 11:44:36 PM 1511 Views
I don't see why that would be the case - 23/03/2012 01:44:49 AM 898 Views
Just because someone is in Hell doesn't mean you should discriminate against them - 20/03/2012 08:23:22 PM 972 Views
Not having read any Dante is kind of hurting my ability to reply to that. - 20/03/2012 10:08:52 PM 1217 Views
Odd, considering you linked the "offending passages" - 20/03/2012 11:54:34 PM 856 Views
Yes, well, I was semi-serious with the "pretending to understand Italian". - 21/03/2012 07:58:35 PM 859 Views
I rather agree with you - 21/03/2012 10:09:01 PM 1051 Views
The last part of Hell is Giudecca because of Judas. - 21/03/2012 10:30:36 PM 955 Views
And you don't see what's offensive about that? - 21/03/2012 11:11:16 PM 855 Views
It was only a matter of time. I wonder, when will it end? - 20/03/2012 08:42:42 PM 1230 Views
I saw that. Seems a little misguided - 21/03/2012 07:04:06 AM 859 Views
That's the understatement of the year. - 21/03/2012 01:23:14 PM 859 Views
I think that sometimes people take "politicly correct" tooooo far... *NM* - 21/03/2012 08:20:31 AM 472 Views
Dante was also anit-italian by there logic. - 21/03/2012 04:53:50 PM 992 Views
It is the nature of comedy to be offensive. - 21/03/2012 08:42:09 PM 1102 Views
Let me sum up my opinion on this as succinctly and clearly as I can: - 21/03/2012 11:50:37 PM 836 Views

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