I also would not mind discussing religion. The problem is that evangelists (for any cause) don't want to "discuss" their cause by any reasonable definition of "discuss."
I don't see people here blaming the soviets and their atheist philosophy for the deaths of millions during the cold war.
When religiously motivated executions occur, its often because a dictator thinks s/he has some divine right. This doesn't have any correlate in atheism. There are an infinite number of things that any individual doesn't believe in (e.g. Invisible unicorns on Mars, ghosts, Jebus), but its the positive beliefs that influence behavior.
I think one point that's overlooked (unless I missed it) is the fact that any long range cyber-attacks would take place over network infrastructure that the rest of us are using. Forgetting about the situation for a moment where a SEAL team with a token geek unplugs all of Iraq's servers, if we're thinking long range attacks, this is the Internet, not the army's private network. This is roughly the equivalent of dropping bombs from a commercial airliner. If Iraq tries to crack back and can't find the root, isn't it possible they'll just attack the closest hop to the army they can find? This could be disastrous for the internet all over the world. Please let me know if I am assuming something wrongly here.
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If you really think that's what GP said, then you're a fool.
I'm not naive enough to think you actually want to see the evidence, but here it is anyways: Evidence for speciation.
I also would not mind discussing religion. The problem is that evangelists (for any cause) don't want to "discuss" their cause by any reasonable definition of "discuss."
When religiously motivated executions occur, its often because a dictator thinks s/he has some divine right. This doesn't have any correlate in atheism. There are an infinite number of things that any individual doesn't believe in (e.g. Invisible unicorns on Mars, ghosts, Jebus), but its the positive beliefs that influence behavior.
I think one point that's overlooked (unless I missed it) is the fact that any long range cyber-attacks would take place over network infrastructure that the rest of us are using. Forgetting about the situation for a moment where a SEAL team with a token geek unplugs all of Iraq's servers, if we're thinking long range attacks, this is the Internet, not the army's private network. This is roughly the equivalent of dropping bombs from a commercial airliner. If Iraq tries to crack back and can't find the root, isn't it possible they'll just attack the closest hop to the army they can find? This could be disastrous for the internet all over the world. Please let me know if I am assuming something wrongly here.