re: #240 Obdicut

And our fundamentalism, here, often works through the law, as in the case of the woman being arrested for attempted murder of her fetus— because she committed suicide.

I do think that modern fundamentalism Islam is more violent and more promoting of violence than any other (reasonably widespread) faith. Modern Christian fundamentalists in the US may have horrifying vies on a large number of subjects, bu the combination of having been brought up in a country with a first amendment, and a prosperousness country where they’re engaged in the political process, I think has prevented their radicalization.

I think you’re right about Christian fundamentalism in this country. See my #242 though. I think the real counterpart to Muslim fundamentalism in this country is not Christianity but other powerful sources of affiliation like sports, popular culture, and general choices about lifestyle. As McSpiff points out, we would almost certainly see a violent reaction if we violated the tenets of the gun culture by trying to institute European style gun control. This would happen in spite of the power of our laws. I suspect there are people who would resist violently if we tried to get them out of their gas-guzzling SUVs, or banned line-dancing, or forced Two and a Half Men off the air.