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In Praise (and Defence) of Blasphemy Re: # 48

No, they DON`T have the right to not have their feelings hurt.

Happy Holidays Versus Merry Christmas watch this clip - Sam Seder on War on Christmas

Rekindling Terrorism? Re: # 9
Kristofs and Friedmans keeping our policies and us in check. And also Chomskey and Krugman ;)

In Praise (and Defence) of Blasphemy Re: # 36

you DON`T have a right to not have your feelings hurt...

What an awesome line! I am just informing you that I am stealing this quip and will use it wherever I find it apt. :)

In Praise (and Defence) of Blasphemy Re: # 44

44 was addressed to bolta_aaina

In Praise (and Defence) of Blasphemy Sorry, your challenge does not make any sense. Why would a person of faith ridicule his or her own beliefs and still hold on to them? That is not the point of this article. The point is when a person realizes that something is not right / logical / moral, that person should be allowed to make his case FREELY without any fear of reprisal.

In Praise (and Defence) of Blasphemy Re: # 11

``Religious blasphemy only shows the norrow mind of the person and the inner conflicts of his personality over spiritual matters either due to wrong interpretations of the faith or religion or simple lack of religious knowledge. ``

And the intolerance of opposing point of view by religious police only shows their own insecurities w.r.t. their own religion.

In Praise (and Defence) of Blasphemy Re: # 37
Whole purpose of this article which is suggesting that every individual must have an unfettered right to abuse, insult, slander, and vex anyone and anything but the same individual should have no right to protect himself or what he holds dear when he is the target.

This is a straw-man. It follows logically from the article that the same principle that allows every individual must have an unfettered right to abuse, insult, slander, and vex anyone and anything also gives the right to the party being slandered the right to question and argue its case without being constrained by censure or censor. No one said that only one party has the right to blaspheme.

In Praise (and Defence) of Blasphemy Re: # 11
I personally am against the Darwinian theory of evolution as i`m in no mood of relating my ancestory to the primates.Isn`t it blasphemic?

No it is not blasphemic. Merely idiotic. YOu have every right in not only believing what you want to, but also to speak out loud about your beliefs. Let there be an open debate. Let all sides present their views. Let the rest of the population which has a neutral opinion on most issues decide for itself what view it wants to go with. Finally whatever is born out by factual evidence will win out.

In Praise (and Defence) of Blasphemy Re: # 7
Agreed. Let people be free to speak about what they believe in. Say NO to sheep mentality and conventional wisdom!

In Praise (and Defence) of Blasphemy Excellent, excellent article. I 100% agree with this. I would suggest that Blasphemy should not be limited to just religion. Let`s question everything. No idea / thought should be safe from scrutiny. Let`s also question the so called moral values. Let`s question the conventional wisdom. Like why is being `religious` or `god fearing` is such a good virtue? What`s so good about being `patriotic`?

Voyage to the Valley I think I have pre-empted all the replies to this particular article :P

Voyage to the Valley This article is a bomb. It will have 500+ posts. Minimum 250 posts from Indians; 250 from Pakistanis

Further division of posts will be roughly like this

Actual posts on the topic (or remotely related to it)100:
5 Posts from Viresh about the actual situation on ground.
5 posts from HP disputing Viresh`s claims about the situation on the ground
5 Posts from Romair touting his knowledge or actual situation on the ground
5 posts from gujja calling the author a commie / jihadi lover
5 Posts from Arjun taunting Pakistanis in general and Romair in particular by citing reports in Pakistani and Western media.
3 Posts from Jang mentioning some obvious things that everyone will miss till that point
2 Posts from Kalchakra agreeing to disagree with author
20 Posts from various Indians agreeing with Veresh, Arjun and / or gujja.
20 Posts from various Pakistanis disagreeing with Veresh and Arjun and agreeing with HP and Romair.
1 Post from Saminasha ``Wow. Is the situation really that kharab? What are desi governments doing to help the poor people of Kashmir?``
4 Posts from Urstruly calling hindus shameless banias and berating Paki army for selling out to the barbarian banias.
12 posts from Indians on Jihadi atrocities
13 posts from Pakistanis on Indian atrocities

Other topics that will come up during the discussion
1. India - is it really secular? - 50 posts
2. Indian democracy - the largest democracy in the world or just a sham? - 30 posts
3. Who is better of, Jammu and Kashmir or Pak Occupied Kashmir? - 70 Posts
(Following sources will be cited: amnesty international, HRW, UNHRC, UNDP, NYT, WaPo, Dawn, Jang (the newspaper), Daily Times, Newsweek, Time, The Hindu, Outlook, etc. (No one will cite The Times of India))
4. India`s economy in general and IT Industry in particular: substance or hype? : 50 posts
(accompanied by a lively discourse on the personal hygiene and food habits of a typical software developer in the USA by behram and / or ali)
5. The discussion about the secular nature of Indian state will segue nicely into a hot debate on the qualitative difference between Jinnah and Gandhi with Manto contributing 35 of the 50 posts on the topic and Sadna contributing 10.
6. At least 2 Posts from Gujja celebrating the Indipendece Day of Bangladesh with historical photographs and archives.
7. Jihad : what does it really mean? A discussion between Arjun, Kaurasach, AlephNull, HP, Masadi, Urstruly, gujja. 30 posts
8. Indians on Chowk: How low can they stoop? Insights into the hate-filled personalities : a series of lectures by Tahmed: 10 posts
9. Tahmed: Is he for real? A critique of the lecture series by various Indian posters: 10 posts.
10. 30 Posts berating me and calling me names for writing this post :P

Raj Karega Jalsaa? Re: # 17
Jang, you should write an article on the rise and fall of Shivsena in bombay politics. It will make a fascinating reading.

The Leveling of America Re: # 160
Two words : Falun Gong