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Old 05-09-2008, 10:55 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by host
Mojo_PeiPei, the "apology" I was writing about, had to do with suspecting that the owner of this site might not want to be bothered with the kind of trouble hosting an article like Sam Harris's might bring....which is the whole point of attempting to discuss a "religion of peace" whose members (not all it's members, but enough that it is a problem, and intimidates even members who object to the threats, into not actually objecting to the threats....) respond to criticism of the religion by issuing death threats.
Please, host. This thread's not about TFP, nor is it about board policy. We've never avoided difficult or unpopular topics, with the only exceptions being folks who can't have mature, respectful discussions. The charter of this board is personal evolution. You're to be commended for posting something that furthers the goals of the board.

And it's not like this is THE MOST INFLAMATORY THING EVER POSTED ON TFP. This isn't even the most inflamatory thread on the subject of religion on the board. It doesn't even register on my internal flame sensor. Is this a potential source of friction among members? Sure. Is it possible that some radical Islamist will come along and take exception to something posted here? Sure. If they can't have the discussion without doing so in a respectful manner, they'll be the staff's problem, not yours. And they won't last long - I'll personally promise you that. So long as everyone conducts themselves in a mature manner, the staff is always going to allow discussions to develop.

So let's get back to discussing the acceptability of critisizing Islam and stop it with making this about TFP, ok?

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Why does the spell checker here "red line" the word "christian" if the "C" is not capitalized, and the word "muslim" , if the "M" is not capitalized? It's 2008, hasn't enough blood been shed in the names of these "organized" religions, for a lot of us to take stock of their actual "helpfulness" in our own lives, and in the context of our societies, vs. the "trouble" that they bring to our lives?
The spell checker is imbedded in your computer, not the TFP server. Take it up with whoever made it.
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