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  1. Don't blame religion (Re:CAN'T WIN AGAINST...) by darkonc · · Score: 1 · on Scientologists Force Comment Off Slashdot
    I'm of the belief that when the last religion finally collapses, mankind will "officially" (in my opinion) be out of the dark ages. ...
    Most religions (I think we can except the scientology organization here) aren't bad. What people do with them is bad.

    Christ calls for peace, toleration and respect of others. Jesus (as a Jew) told the story of the good Samaritan -- A non- Jew who was a kinder person than the Jews who passed by the wounded man. He even chides his followers for defending him with a sword, and heals the ear of the official who is there to help arrest him.

    Compare this to some of the evil that has been done -- supposedly in the name of Christianity. The KKK murdered mostly fellow christians. The Nazis invoked the name of Christ (who lived and died a Jew) in the killing of Jews. How many wars have been fought in the name of the man who is the source of the saying "turn the other cheek"?

    Islam says that women and children should not be harmed in war, yet members of 'Islamic Jihad' (holy war) sometimes commit suicide attacks against shopping malls and school busses. Surprise, surprise when they get to the pearly gates:

    You died killing who? Straight down, boy. Straight into stinking hell for you. You shoulda read your holy book before you went on that mission.
    Do not blame religion for the dark. Blame the people of greed who will corrupt whatever they have to to get the power they crave. Religion has gone down hill, but now people use money as their excuse. Shell oil became, effectively, a terrorist organization within Nigeria -- including having a well known, pacifist poet killed "to protect the interests of their shareholders." Economics has no moral basis.

    You don't need religion to commit evil. Quite the contrary: Once most people really understand their religion, the evil causes for which religion is being used as an excuse become exposed as just that -- evil causes.
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  2. Don't blame religion (Re:CAN'T WIN AGAINST...) by darkonc · · Score: 1 · on Scientologists Force Comment Off Slashdot
    I'm of the belief that when the last religion finally collapses, mankind will "officially" (in my opinion) be out of the dark ages. ...
    Most religions (I think we can except the scientology organization here) aren't bad. What people do with them is bad.

    Christ calls for peace, toleration and respect of others. Jesus (as a Jew) told the story of the good Samaritan -- A non- Jew who was a kinder person than the Jews who passed by the wounded man. He even chides his followers for defending him with a sword, and heals the ear of the official who is there to help arrest him.

    Compare this to some of the evil that has been done -- supposedly in the name of Christianity. The KKK murdered mostly fellow christians. The Nazis invoked the name of Christ (who lived and died a Jew) in the killing of Jews. How many wars have been fought in the name of the man who is the source of the saying "turn the other cheek"?

    Islam says that women and children should not be harmed in war, yet members of 'Islamic Jihad' (holy war) sometimes commit suicide attacks against shopping malls and school busses. Surprise, surprise when they get to the pearly gates:

    You died killing who? Straight down, boy. Straight into stinking hell for you. You shoulda read your holy book before you went on that mission.
    Do not blame religion for the dark. Blame the people of greed who will corrupt whatever they have to to get the power they crave. Religion has gone down hill, but now people use money as their excuse. Shell oil became, effectively, a terrorist organization within Nigeria -- including having a well known, pacifist poet killed "to protect the interests of their shareholders." Economics has no moral basis.

    You don't need religion to commit evil. Quite the contrary: Once most people really understand their religion, the evil causes for which religion is being used as an excuse become exposed as just that -- evil causes.
    --

  3. The real evil empire runs Linux now by DrGoon · · Score: 1 · on Shell and the World's largest Linux Supercomputer

    Be disgusted, read: about Ken Saro Wiwa and Shell's recent record

  4. Re:Leftists and Anti-Corporate hatred by Stephen+Samuel · · Score: 1 · on nVidia's Ethics Questioned
    Oh, I would definitely go after Nike on this. There are two parts of the equation. One is what <pick your favorite dictatorship> allow companies to do to their workers. The other is what a company (or its contractor) does to their workers.

    We speak with every dollar we spend. If we buy Shell Gasoline in spite of their killing peaceful protestors then the next time they have to make the decision, they may go "It didn't hurt us last time, let's try it again".

    If, on the other hand, we disuade our school from accepting money to put a Nike logo on the basketball court because of what they're doing to their workers, Nike may actually look at making sure that workers are treated fairly.

    Part of the cost of living in a Capital driven society is that we have the opportunity to be responsible for how our money speaks.

    The helplesness theorum is an invitation to let companies ride roughshod over us. It's a self-fulfilling prophesy. If we don't act until it's too late to help, that's one definition of helpless. Apathy on the part of the population is what the greedy and evil hope for.

    If you don't think that the little guy's money and actions can shape a society, then take a look at the history of open source. It's all about speaking with your keyboard and your wallet

  5. Re:Gas prices are falling. by kafer · · Score: 1 · on Ars Reviews Honda Insight

    Actually, it was Shell, not Chevron that killed Saro-Wiwa, through their influence on the Nigerian military.

    MOSOP has more information on Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni tribe:

    http://www.mosopcanada.org/

    Boycott Shell.

  6. Re:The media corps will do what they do... by Stephen+Samuel · · Score: 2 · on Australia To Consider Licensing Streamed Content
    Corporations aren't much more than governments with opaque control structures. Like governments, some will do whatever works to serve the ends of their masters. Some corporations will kill you (eg. Tobacco) if they figure that it'll make them a net profit. Other corporations, such as Shell Oil are willing to use terrorist tactic including the death of a Nobel Laurate to achieve their goals.

    You'd rather have corporations than governments control the web, eh? SO who would you rather turn your web site over to: The MPAA, Microsoft, or CyberCop?

  7. MODERATE THIS UP by Carnage4Life · · Score: 1 · on Jeff Bezos Named Time Person of the Year

    Moderate the parent of this post up...
    I can count the amount of times I have been impressed by the contents of a post in the last month I have been reading Slashdot: 0. Until today.

    This is one of the most intelligent, insightful and heartfelt posts I have ever read on Slashdot. Why the fsck are people making B&N out to be angels... remember You've Got Mail (Tom Hanks movie)...that was B&N being caricatured...is that who the Slashdot community loves? Why the fsck are people screaming boycott Amazon without mentioning viable alternatives? Where am I going to buy my books & CDs with the cost and service of B&N without supporting some other fscked corporate body? Where is all this indignation when corporations are killing freedom fighters?

    PS: For all the people who keep posting their canned responses from Amazon from Erik Majick (sp?) and those who can't wait to tell us they are boycotting Amazon... please stop it's been done dozens of times already on Slashdot... please read this post and purchase a clue.

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