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Old 09-14-2003, 02:43 PM
Rashak Mani Rashak Mani is offline
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Atheism and Liberalism better due to lack of Nuts ?

Everytime some thread starts going the islam = evil... someone comes up with the argument that some bad apples doesnt mean the whole lot is compromised. Now we have crazy christians... wacko jews and a few buddhist violent monks. The other 99% naturally arent doing much. Still...

How many crazy atheists have we heard about ? How many pro-choice supporters killing anti-abortion activists ? How many Liberal activists engaging in conspiracies or killing politicians ?

We have seen the opposite plenty of times thou. Religiously inspired killers, killing of abortion doctors and right wing activists killing the Israeli Prime Minister and other examples...

Am I wrong ? Are there numerous examples of said killers ? Does this just mean the moderates are wussies who wont fight for their beliefs ? Or that what I am getting at it correct... that non religious, non extremists are better overall than other groups ? Can the "bad" cases be dismissed as irrelevant ?
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