Say No to Blasphemy Laws
The United Nations are even starting to loose their luster for me. It is astounding to me that in this day and age, allegedly rational human beings, many of them with leadership positions in the U.N. are aggressively advocating international blasphemy laws.
Why is it so difficult for the religiously and politically blinded to understand that offense is taken and not given? What is so alluring about the power gained by the pious and the politicians that comes from declaring some place, some person, some idea or some realm beyond criticism, comment or condemnation?
Something that is inherently good or genuinely divine has very few antagonists or detractors because of its inherent goodness and not because any person, group, government, Pope, Iman, etc. has sanctioned, imprisoned or condemned to death any one who would question, disrespect or blaspheme it.
Given such inherent goodness, one can simply ignore the miscreants that attempt to convince otherwise. Do not be sucked into thinking laws should be passed to protect anyone's sensibilities or propensity to engage in violence because they have been offended.
Loren M. Lambert © October 10, 2012
The United Nations are even starting to loose their luster for me. It is astounding to me that in this day and age, allegedly rational human beings, many of them with leadership positions in the U.N. are aggressively advocating international blasphemy laws.
Why is it so difficult for the religiously and politically blinded to understand that offense is taken and not given? What is so alluring about the power gained by the pious and the politicians that comes from declaring some place, some person, some idea or some realm beyond criticism, comment or condemnation?
Something that is inherently good or genuinely divine has very few antagonists or detractors because of its inherent goodness and not because any person, group, government, Pope, Iman, etc. has sanctioned, imprisoned or condemned to death any one who would question, disrespect or blaspheme it.
Given such inherent goodness, one can simply ignore the miscreants that attempt to convince otherwise. Do not be sucked into thinking laws should be passed to protect anyone's sensibilities or propensity to engage in violence because they have been offended.
Loren M. Lambert © October 10, 2012
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