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There goes 8,000 year old Sun rock carvings - destroyed forever.
"Salafists destroy prehistoric Morocco carvings"
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Chalk that one up to another 'positive' for Organised Religion.
Ugh. This sort of shit sickens me.
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Chalk that one up to another 'positive' for Organised Religion.
Pfft. This is no different than when the Red Guard in China destroyed Buddhist temples and art. Don't blame religion; fanaticism comes in many flavors, but the secret ingredient is human stupidity.
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Chalk that one up to another 'positive' for Organised Religion.Pfft. This is no different than when the Red Guard in China destroyed Buddhist temples and art. Don't blame religion; fanaticism comes in many flavors, but the secret ingredient is human stupidity.
But are you prepared to determine what is acceptable for others and impose it on them? Red Robed Clerics conducting Alignment checks on every street corner to exterminate the chaotically-aligned comes to mind.
But are you prepared to determine what is acceptable for others and impose it on them? Red Robed Clerics conducting Alignment checks on every street corner to exterminate the chaotically-aligned comes to mind.Chalk that one up to another 'positive' for Organised Religion.Pfft. This is no different than when the Red Guard in China destroyed Buddhist temples and art. Don't blame religion; fanaticism comes in many flavors, but the secret ingredient is human stupidity.
This already happens. It's called law, law enforcement, and a judicial system. It's not a perfect system, but it does keep most idiots from running around destroying that which they find offensive, all willy-nilly.
I guess it's the destruction that gets to me. Couldn't they lock it up so that those they didn't want to see it couldn't? I realise that probably means every to these guys, but at least it'll still be there when they ain't.
It's the intolerance that I can't tolerate.
Chalk that one up to another 'positive' for Organised Religion.Pfft. This is no different than when the Red Guard in China destroyed Buddhist temples and art. Don't blame religion; fanaticism comes in many flavors, but the secret ingredient is human stupidity.
Human stupidity by itself doesn't seem quite so harmful. Get a bunch of Stupids together under the leadership of someone with a big ego and there's problems. That is the sort of thing I was referring to.
That being said, I don't think much of fanaticism either, be it fanaticism of religion or 'Ultra Darwinism' or pagans or atheists or scientists or Woody Allen. I've found that those who argue loudest tend to know the least about the situation/argument/big picture.
When I say "stupidity" I'm using my own personal definition of the word: self-imposed ignorance. That tends to mold the type of people that destroy historical artifacts in fits of pique.
When I say "stupidity" I'm using my own personal definition of the word: self-imposed ignorance. That tends to mold the type of people that destroy historical artifacts in fits of pique.
That's a good definition.
What is a salad fist?
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Chalk that one up to another 'positive' for Organised Religion.Pfft. This is no different than when the Red Guard in China destroyed Buddhist temples and art. Don't blame religion; fanaticism comes in many flavors, but the secret ingredient is human stupidity.
Honestly, that kind of communism is religious, non-critical thinking thought, so there is no weasly "atheists do it too" jab to be made here. At least the Chinese for the most part now see that the Cultural Revolution was an embarrassing period in their history.
But seriously, f@$$ those guys. If anyone deserved to be put in a rocket and shot off our planet to find their own planet its those pissant little minions and their destructive beliefs.
If I was making a jab, it was at the entire human race, not at atheists.
*Tries hard to control bigotry*
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Lets just be happy it was a small group of religious whackos and not the organized actions of the government. Its not like every group and religion doesn't have their share of nutjobs.
Pfft.
Did you see what that fanatic in Spain did?
~sighs aat the general stupidity of humanity in general~
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There goes 8,000 year old Sun rock carvings - destroyed forever.
"Salafists destroy prehistoric Morocco carvings".
It was rated EC-10 Restricted for Emotional Content. It had to go. Have you taken you Prozium today?
Tolerance and True Believers generally don't mix.
It depends on the region and on the religion. I know plenty of very religious people who don't go around trying to destroy everything that doesn't agree with their beliefs.
It depends on the region and on the religion. I know plenty of very religious people who don't go around trying to destroy everything that doesn't agree with their beliefs.Tolerance and True Believers generally don't mix.
Fanaticism manifests in different ways. In America, religious (xtian) fanaticism comes hand in hand with denial of womens rights, historical revisionism, and scientific ignorance.
You can be "very religious" without being a fanatical zealot, however, and I'm guessing that's what you're talking about.
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I hope they took pictures.
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Its not just fanaticism...
Property developers that want protected land have in the recent past have destroyed objects of historical significance just so they could put up a mall or chain store.
In Rome they destroy things everyday - because if they didn't the whole city would grind to a halt. The difference is most of the time they will get an archaeologist to dig it and preserve what they can.
Archaeology is destruction - if you dig something you are irrevocably changing it - that is why they only dig some sections of a site and leave others for latter for people with better tools and techniques of preservation.
Pompey is a prime example - it has been safely buried mostly unchanging for roughly 2000 years - we did it up and it starts to fall apart in roughly 100-200 years.
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Chalk that one up to another 'positive' for Organised Religion.Pfft. This is no different than when the Red Guard in China destroyed Buddhist temples and art. Don't blame religion; fanaticism comes in many flavors, but the secret ingredient is human stupidity.Honestly, that kind of communism is religious, non-critical thinking thought, so there is no weasly "atheists do it too" jab to be made here. At least the Chinese for the most part now see that the Cultural Revolution was an embarrassing period in their history.
But seriously, f~+& those guys. If anyone deserved to be put in a rocket and shot off our planet to find their own planet its those pissant little minions and their destructive beliefs.
That reminds me - saw the Ad for a Guy Pierce Scifi - Lockdown - a Supermax prison on a Space Station. The expense of fifty million per prisoner to get to space plus regular resupply to keep them alive and the prison itself...prohibitive. Perhaps an earthly Prison colony like the old days?
This was a very week and cowardly act. Art that is 2000 years older than their 'book' says it is must scare them. Is their religion to them so week like a house of cards? You can build a tower hundreds of stories tall but forbid you actually have someone climb it like its supposed to.
Yes, bad people will look for what ever reason they can to excuse and motivate their actions to make it seem just and right; however you have to still consider the religion and beliefs as we all know from history beliefs on their own can push these violent sides more. I wont point fingers or name names on this though.
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Can't find the pictures. ;(
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