1) You did not present a viewpoint. You presented a baseless accusation formed on a paranoid delusion. See a psychiatrist.
2) The topic is not of religion. You chose it to be so, and when you were rebuffed, you respond with cries of persecution that still nauseate me.
Note that I am not supporting Jon Katz in any fashion. His articles were a series of rants about nothing. However, you take a minor literary item, and turn it into a Crusade on Slashdot. You are right however. Katz did not mention religion. Nor did he menton financial condition, bodily appearance, mental condition, etc. Should Katz have included all people of any age, race, gender, religion, height, weight, eye color, mental condition, financial condition, political power, no matter how many pets in their household?
Note that it is illegal to discriminate on age, race, or gender. It is not illegal to discriminate on a basis of religion or anything else.
We all discriminate. When we go shopping, we choose a newspaper stand that has cheaper prices, a shopping line with less people. Our daily lives and interactions contain discriminations of all sorts, and it is routinized so that it doesn't even register any more.
Maybe Jon Katz is atheist. Maybe he is anti-Christian. In the end, it doesn't matter. Religion isn't the question. It never was. The dominant atheist paradigm? It's there. It's the acceptance that everyone has different beliefs, and that this is not a forum for discussion of religion (and yes I am aware of the hypocrisy of the last statement). Slashdot is godless because we choose not to talk about it.
And in the end, your cry of persecution is pitiful. There are real people outside of your theocratical little world. And guess what, they aren't living in nice little houses with white picket fences. They die for their beliefs, and it isn't a martyrdom they enjoy. Suffering is real, and your petulant cries of persecution belittle the true victims out there.
I really have nothing left to say to you. I'm not even sure if you're still reading at this point, but take a deep breath yourself, take a look around, and then wake up.
I find this somewhat nauseating. I grew up in a Christian community. I went to a Christian school, I was surrounded by Christianity every single day of my life. I can tell you, right here, right now, that you are not being persecuted. My parents immigrated to the United States from China. I grew up in rural Ohio, in a town where we were the exclusive Chinese occupants of that town. And no, we did not convert to Christianity. When a person crosses the street just so he doesn't have to get within ten feet of you, when people make slant eyes and Charlie Chan imitations in front of your face, TALK to me about persecution. And I didnt even have it that bad compared to people in Bosnia and East Timor. My friend is Christian. He reads Slashdot. He LIKES Slashdot. He even introduced me to Slashdot. You live in your theocentric world, and claim to preach the persecution of the just? Make the claim to the Muslims you killed in the Crusades, to the Indians you forced out of the Americas, to the Africans and the Aztecs, and almost every other non-Christian group. The dominant atheistic paradigm? You may be right, as religion is rarely discussed in a forum such as this. But I will not stand idly by while you make such a blatant move for your own purposes. Shall you now claim me a Chinese atheist barbarian? Go ahead, I've had worse. Krad
Whoa. At what point did Katz make any sort of religious bias, slur, or anti-Christian comment? At what point did religion even enter the picture? Everyone is discriminated against for some reason, be it race, sex, age, belief, height, weight, eye color, etc. Christians are the most excluded, and most persecuted group? You may be right, I've never seen a post here on Christianity. Then again, I've never seen a post on Judaism, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, or other religions. Persecuted? If Christianity isn't mentioned, is it being persecuted? Katz may be anit-Christian, but I sure as hell don't see any of that in this article, and I get the feeling that you post this in an attempt to further your own agenda. Feel free to disagree. Krad
Whoa. At what point did Katz make any sort of religious bias, slur, or anti-Christian comment? At what point did religion even enter the picture? Everyone is discriminated against for some reason, be it race, sex, age, belief, height, weight, eye color, etc. Christians are the most excluded, and most persecuted group? You may be right, I've never seen a post here on Christianity. Then again, I've never seen a post on Judaism, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, or other religions. Persecuted? If Christianity isn't mentioned, is it being persecuted? Katz may be anit-Christian, but I sure as hell don't see any of that in this article, and I get the feeling that you post this in an attempt to further your own agenda. Feel free to disagree. Krad
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1) You did not present a viewpoint. You presented a baseless accusation formed on a paranoid delusion. See a psychiatrist.
2) The topic is not of religion. You chose it to be so, and when you were rebuffed, you respond with cries of persecution that still nauseate me.
Note that I am not supporting Jon Katz in any fashion. His articles were a series of rants about nothing. However, you take a minor literary item, and turn it into a Crusade on Slashdot. You are right however. Katz did not mention religion. Nor did he menton financial condition, bodily appearance, mental condition, etc. Should Katz have included all people of any age, race, gender, religion, height, weight, eye color, mental condition, financial condition, political power, no matter how many pets in their household?
Note that it is illegal to discriminate on age, race, or gender. It is not illegal to discriminate on a basis of religion or anything else.
We all discriminate. When we go shopping, we choose a newspaper stand that has cheaper prices, a shopping line with less people. Our daily lives and interactions contain discriminations of all sorts, and it is routinized so that it doesn't even register any more.
Maybe Jon Katz is atheist. Maybe he is anti-Christian. In the end, it doesn't matter. Religion isn't the question. It never was. The dominant atheist paradigm? It's there. It's the acceptance that everyone has different beliefs, and that this is not a forum for discussion of religion (and yes I am aware of the hypocrisy of the last statement). Slashdot is godless because we choose not to talk about it.
And in the end, your cry of persecution is pitiful. There are real people outside of your theocratical little world. And guess what, they aren't living in nice little houses with white picket fences. They die for their beliefs, and it isn't a martyrdom they enjoy. Suffering is real, and your petulant cries of persecution belittle the true victims out there.
I really have nothing left to say to you. I'm not even sure if you're still reading at this point, but take a deep breath yourself, take a look around, and then wake up.
End Rant
Krad
I find this somewhat nauseating. I grew up in a Christian community. I went to a Christian school, I was surrounded by Christianity every single day of my life. I can tell you, right here, right now, that you are not being persecuted. My parents immigrated to the United States from China. I grew up in rural Ohio, in a town where we were the exclusive Chinese occupants of that town. And no, we did not convert to Christianity. When a person crosses the street just so he doesn't have to get within ten feet of you, when people make slant eyes and Charlie Chan imitations in front of your face, TALK to me about persecution. And I didnt even have it that bad compared to people in Bosnia and East Timor. My friend is Christian. He reads Slashdot. He LIKES Slashdot. He even introduced me to Slashdot. You live in your theocentric world, and claim to preach the persecution of the just? Make the claim to the Muslims you killed in the Crusades, to the Indians you forced out of the Americas, to the Africans and the Aztecs, and almost every other non-Christian group. The dominant atheistic paradigm? You may be right, as religion is rarely discussed in a forum such as this. But I will not stand idly by while you make such a blatant move for your own purposes. Shall you now claim me a Chinese atheist barbarian? Go ahead, I've had worse. Krad
Whoa. At what point did Katz make any sort of religious bias, slur, or anti-Christian comment? At what point did religion even enter the picture? Everyone is discriminated against for some reason, be it race, sex, age, belief, height, weight, eye color, etc. Christians are the most excluded, and most persecuted group? You may be right, I've never seen a post here on Christianity. Then again, I've never seen a post on Judaism, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, or other religions. Persecuted? If Christianity isn't mentioned, is it being persecuted? Katz may be anit-Christian, but I sure as hell don't see any of that in this article, and I get the feeling that you post this in an attempt to further your own agenda. Feel free to disagree. Krad
Whoa. At what point did Katz make any sort of religious bias, slur, or anti-Christian comment? At what point did religion even enter the picture? Everyone is discriminated against for some reason, be it race, sex, age, belief, height, weight, eye color, etc. Christians are the most excluded, and most persecuted group? You may be right, I've never seen a post here on Christianity. Then again, I've never seen a post on Judaism, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, or other religions. Persecuted? If Christianity isn't mentioned, is it being persecuted? Katz may be anit-Christian, but I sure as hell don't see any of that in this article, and I get the feeling that you post this in an attempt to further your own agenda. Feel free to disagree. Krad