re: #46 Achilles Tang

I have developed certain sentiments about the Catholic church these past few years, substantiated by their latest cries about War on Region. I Used to hold Islam in contempt, in spite of having called some Muslims friends when in the M.E.; then some people like CL made me realize that, however strange the connection, I should not generalize so.

Now, unfortunately, I find myself back pigeonholing them along with the Papists regardless of the distinctions in violent expressions so far.

Name one war, or simmering war, these days that does not have a religious foundation (and don’t call it cultural instead).

This is general rant, not specifically directed at you.

I dig the sentiment. I have a healthy disdain for religion but it’s not the cause of the world’s problems. People are dicks, some people are bigger dicks than others. They use a variety of excuses (religion, self righteous indignation, outrageous outrage, etc) to pursue the same goals of controlling other people and advancing their pets causes and ideologies.
I find myself backtracking a bit these days but I think of it as getting back to my roots. I support free speech and those who want to censor and control others are dicks. They’ll always find an excuse to be offended, they can’t be appeased and it’s pointless and harmful to try. Fuck ‘em.