ext_21013 ([identity profile] ibneko.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] ibneko 2006-04-14 06:26 am (UTC)

Hm. No, I do see where they're coming from as well, but.. I don't know. Tell me, what would happen if I created a religion, demanding all of those who follow my religion to label all males over 16 as crazy, stupid, and evil, and proclaim that they should all be castrated to "fix" them and protect all women from rape? And while we don't actually castrate any males, we'll keep blabbering on and on about it... and eventually, Joe Stupid hears about it, and thinks it makes sense, and decides to go and castrate an entire village. What then? Or, better yet, 70% of the US population agrees with me, and decides to follow through on what I preach. Then what? Sure, boys might complain, but hey, no one going to listen to them, ne? ..even though they've got freedom of speech.

I guess the thing that worries me is the fact that if they do manage to win, they'll keep using the "banner of religious liberty...to justify all manner of harassment." Kinda like going back to burning women as witches, ya know. But in less of a shocking manner. But legally, 'cause like, now they've got tons of people on their side, and they can bitch out them poor loners who chose an alternate lifestyle. What fun.

Mmm, it seems that the point I'm trying to reach is that while their freedom of speech is being violated, it'd help if they just shut up for a bit and listen to what the other side's got to say. 'cause people, especially people like this girl in the article, just aren't listening. Or rather, they're listening but rejecting the words completely, 'cause they don't want to hear.

(poke me if this doesn't make too much sense. I did a lot of writing and deleting there... and I'm in the middle of studying for a math exam that's 7.5 hours away ^^;;; so.. back to studying for me. 1:30 AM already.. *weep* )

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