| The problem with this is that it ISN'T 500 years ago. The weapons that are out there, the technology in general that is out there--technology pretty much changes everything. Everyone else has moved forward but them. It shouldn't matter how OLD a religion is, quite frankly. Facts and reality that are indisputable should be able to trump tradition, but in the case of extremist Islam, it doesn't.
If the Spanish inquisition was happening right now, I'd be speaking harshly against Christian nations allowing the inquisition to continue, and I'd be speaking harshly of course against those carrying out the inquisition.
Yes, history repeats itself if we let it. Why do we need to let this kind of crap repeat itself? The Spanish inquisition was NOT a good thing. The witch hunts were NOT a good thing.
When we have entire countries being threatened over cartoon drawings of Mohammad, there's a real problem happening.
We shouldn't be afraid of saying things about Islam--we certainly aren't afraid of speaking against Scientology when its believers do bad things, or Christianity when its believers do bad things, why be afraid of speaking against Islam when its believers do bad things? Have we really become that afraid, consciously or subconsciously?
Heck, many people, occasionally myself included, go on a rankfest on organized religion in general. Should we have to pussyfoot around Islam? If so, is it because we're afraid we'll offend someone? If that's the case--why aren't we afraid of offending Christians? Is it because we're scared something bad could happen to us? Has it really gotten that bad? |