Re: OT: Anti-Zionism is anti-semitism (NOT opera related)

>Dave, this remark stuck out from your otherwise thoughtful and
>persuasive post like a sore thumb; and has unfairly, I think,
>calumniated atheists and agnostics. Much more of the impassioned
>prejudice  and violence in the world stems from strongly held beliefs,
>such as those religious related, than from non believers. Atheists are
>no more inclined to delight in the murder of anyone, than are pious
>folk.
>
>~ Roger

Probably true about agnostics but not about atheists. They tend to be the most
dogmatic and violent in their beliefs. Afterall it was atheism that was
responsible for the most death in the 20th century through its twin agents:
Nazi fascism and Soviet communism.

Terry Ellsworth