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On Jul 21, 8:59�am, Jon Green <jo...@deadspam.com> wrote:
> rbwinn wrote:
> > All atheists have European values. �The difference between European
> > values and American values is that Europeans believe that people exist
> > to serve governments. �Americans believe that governments exist to
> > serve people.
>
> Might I suggest that you actually visit Europe and learn something about
> its nations and their peoples, rather than spouting a load of prejudiced
> and ignorant tripe you read on some far-right religious webshite?
>
> By the way, most Ay-rabs aren't terrorists, most Indians don't wear
> turbans, and none of the very many Chinese I've met has had either
> yellow skin or a coolie hat. �I hope that helps to clear up some other
> possible misconceptions you might hold.
>
> Ben Dolan summed it up nicely in his follow-up, but let me add one or
> two more observations: you are ignorant of your Bible, of the Christian
> Church and its history, and of the world and its peoples, but you don't
> let these things get in the way of expressing your opinions of them; you
> have the insight of a house brick, but are nowhere as constructive; you
> hold arguments like a colander holds water; and if we had a whip-round,
> and every other contributor to this thread offered you a clue, you'd
> need to check with your Bishop what to do with them. �You are the
> deranged twin in Ned Flanders' attic, and a good reason why people
> shouldn't store old laptops in the loft.
>
> I'd just like to add that I don't consider you typical of LDS members.
> The ones I've met in person have been polite, intelligent, likeable and
> showed few signs of daft prejudice. �Mormons have been most helpful in
> my friends' researches, too: more power to their (collective) elbow.
> What you are doing is damaging the good work that LDS folk have done,
> and the good reputation that they have created.
>
> The reason (I surmise) why people in this thread have been challenging
> and trolling you is because you have done the equivalent of walking onto
> a live firing range with a roundel on your chest, shouting insults about
> the shooters and their immediate families. �Talk about the holy fool...
>
> Now, how about letting it drop, for pity's sake?
>
> Jon
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Jon,
      Let what drop?  No one has even said anything.  Not even one
death threat, profanity kept to a minimum, only a few minor insults.
What is supposed to be so traumatic about this conversation?  When I
used to talk to drug dealers, they would threaten to kill me about
every other day.
Robert B. Winn