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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

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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Divine Comedy is "offensive and discriminatory", says Italian NGO - 20/03/2012 07:25:08 PM 1430 Views
Duh? - 20/03/2012 07:38:41 PM 861 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 800 Views
The most ignorant statement of the day. - 21/03/2012 04:48:39 PM 1281 Views
Re: The most ignorant statement of the day. - 21/03/2012 07:42:54 PM 819 Views
Isn't the fundamental basis of Christanity mutually exclusive to Judaism and Islam? - 20/03/2012 08:33:51 PM 782 Views
That's a really good point that I hadn't considered. I agree. *NM* - 22/03/2012 09:05:00 AM 350 Views
Excellent point. - 22/03/2012 11:44:36 PM 1449 Views
I don't see why that would be the case - 23/03/2012 01:44:49 AM 836 Views
Just because someone is in Hell doesn't mean you should discriminate against them - 20/03/2012 08:23:22 PM 905 Views
Not having read any Dante is kind of hurting my ability to reply to that. - 20/03/2012 10:08:52 PM 1155 Views
Odd, considering you linked the "offending passages" - 20/03/2012 11:54:34 PM 796 Views
Yes, well, I was semi-serious with the "pretending to understand Italian". - 21/03/2012 07:58:35 PM 805 Views
The last part of Hell is Giudecca because of Judas. - 21/03/2012 10:30:36 PM 891 Views
And you don't see what's offensive about that? - 21/03/2012 11:11:16 PM 784 Views
It was only a matter of time. I wonder, when will it end? - 20/03/2012 08:42:42 PM 1157 Views
I saw that. Seems a little misguided - 21/03/2012 07:04:06 AM 801 Views
That's the understatement of the year. - 21/03/2012 01:23:14 PM 793 Views
I think that sometimes people take "politicly correct" tooooo far... *NM* - 21/03/2012 08:20:31 AM 440 Views
Dante was also anit-italian by there logic. - 21/03/2012 04:53:50 PM 935 Views
It is the nature of comedy to be offensive. - 21/03/2012 08:42:09 PM 1041 Views
Let me sum up my opinion on this as succinctly and clearly as I can: - 21/03/2012 11:50:37 PM 764 Views

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