Sensitivity Training
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I'm reminded of something Yahtzee once said in his 50 Cent Blood on the Sand review. "You know what? A society where anyone can make jokes about anyone else and everyone laughs is a truly tolerant society. Political correctness charged censorship only serves to engender resentment and distance between social groups."
I see Penny has discovered the brain-wave actuated cat ears. Cute. Kinda creepy, too. I'm personally waiting for the less cute, more useful, probably much more creepy brain-wave actuated third arm myself.
Except it ain't muslims 99% of the time. At the moment, Islam is probably the most violent large religion on earth, but only by a small margin. So what? We gonna boot out all the christians and hindus next?ccdohl said:
I like to talk with Groucho Marx. He is really insightful, and fun to hang around, and he isn't telling me to do anything dangerous or violent. You should all convert to Marxism right now, your life will improve by a 100% margin, or even by a 200% margin (those numbers are completely made up and might not reflect reality).
Short answer: Yes.wasneeplus said:
Long answer: Anyone who can't keep their hands to themselves over an argument, especially when it comes down to something as asinine as who's ancient supposedly-divinely-inspired text is the ONE TRUE TRUTH, needs to be punched in the face until the stupid bleeds out of their ears.
Believing in something is not, and should not be, a problem. The problem arises when one cannot discuss, or respond to criticism of, their beliefs civilly.
So, if I said that you needed to convert to Catholicism or be punched in the face until the stupid bleeds out of your ears, would that be discussing my belief uncivilly?Agayek said:
Just askin'.
That was amusing
well done
Seems to me that sensitivity is just another way of saying don't piss off the fanatics that can't behave like civilized people so firebomb places when they get upset. Some misled governments have not brought the hard end of a truncheon down on this kind of behavior yet so we're encouraged to just not provoke them at all instead. With exceptions, vocal minority yada yada yada except it might not be a minority.
Of course religion isn't to blame, just stupid people holding the same opinion/ belief.
well done
Seems to me that sensitivity is just another way of saying don't piss off the fanatics that can't behave like civilized people so firebomb places when they get upset. Some misled governments have not brought the hard end of a truncheon down on this kind of behavior yet so we're encouraged to just not provoke them at all instead. With exceptions, vocal minority yada yada yada except it might not be a minority.
Of course religion isn't to blame, just stupid people holding the same opinion/ belief.
I should refrain for once, but come on, this is a skit about religion so of course there is going to be a debate in the comment section.ccdohl said:
I think you're mistakenly attributing violent actions to religion, when history, economics and politics all play a much bigger part. That isn't to say religion doesn't motivate rioting or suicide bombers, but I think it is over-simplistic to attribute all that violence to the religion itself - as though we wouldn't have terror attacks if Afghans were Buddhists instead of Muslims.
Poverty and instability are much more common causes of violence, which is why there are plenty of Christian militants across Africa (see also, Mugabe, Kony etc.) and South America. Religion is often used as a justification/rationalization for violence, which has the effect of obscuring the more pragmatic reasons for violence and unrest. It doesn't usually create the desire for violence in the first place.