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    Default Re: If it wasn't so mean-spirited, it would be funny...

    Quote Originally Posted by Don Corleone View Post
    This thread reads like the worst of what I've come to expect in political/sociological discourse these days. You've all made intelligent, well-thought out arguments, don't get me wrong...

    It just strikes me that there is a presumptive view that everyone must embrace every idea the majority finds favor with.

    Of course the high school in question was expressing bigoted behavior. What bothers me is what Seamus hinted at in his last post, and I'll undercore for effect... you don't win arguments by forcing your view on others... you create partisans that way. Democracies aren't about getting 50.1% of the people to craw laws down the throats of the remaining 49.9% population....

    Catholic priests won't marry gay couples. Should 50.1% of the population (or some small legislative block) pass laws to throw them in jail for not doing so?

    Or should we start a dialogue about these things?

    WTF!?
    No, I don't care what you believe. You can believe that gays are immoral SOB's as much as you like, I don't care. But you can't exclude gays from public life, sorry. You have the right to not like them as you please, they have a right to exist.

    I'm not targeting you specifically Don, it's aimed at the people this thread is about....
    Last edited by HoreTore; 03-23-2010 at 00:10.
    Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban

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