Re: So Long Judge Moore, We'll Miss You

"Dave Thompson" wrote:...
> Malcolm Kirkpatrick wrote:...
> > Carol Lee Smith wrote:...
> 
> > > Don't forget the Moore(on) is a justice, not a judge--at least for now.
>
> > MK. Perhaps some people think you bigots make other atheists look good
> > by comparison. I suggest your intolerance makes other atheists look
> > bad by association. Suppose this were some other conntry and you were
> > visitors. Would you feel compelled to mock the religion of the
> > natives?
> 
> Since it isn't your country, but our country, we have the right to mock
> whatever insane moron we feel like mocking.
>
MK. Two points: 1) Mr. Thompson introduces the term "right" to the
discussion. This term is a little mystical to me. No one in this
discussion suggested that he be deprived of his first amandment right
of free expression. To call this a "right to mock whatever insane
moron" is insane and moronic. Rude, anyway. Is that Mr. Thompson's
opinion of all people of faith? Your world view, and mine, and your
neighbor's, are all limited, and false to a degree.  No one has a
perfect brain. 2) I am a citizen of the USA. Why is the USA any more
your country than mine or Judge Moore's? Christians outnumber
atheists. Purely in atheists' self-interest, seems to me, they would
be smart to model tolerance. The only time Christianity gets on my
nerves is December, because of the saccharine music, and the elevated
frequency of Bach cantata performances almost makes up for that. I
like a world with different faiths. Makes life interesting.