3rd December 2005, 10:01 AM
Welty, perhaps ABF was just stating the facts without a trace of his actual opinion on purpose? I know I go about that myself many times.
Aren't the facts enough?
And yeah, a KKK rally organized "peacably" in the middle of the town square is absolutely disgusting. However, even the opinions of the flat out WRONG have to be protected, to prevent someone who's opinions are flat out wrong from banning speech stating something that's right. Fortunatly, those hate messages propogate extremely slowly, much more slowly than the propogation of the message of tolerance. When such displays occur, generally the majority will gather around and tell them exactly what they think of their display. The hate group may try to instigate something, but as long as things go peacefully, they end up having to go home eventually having accomplished nothing, and maybe, just maybe, one of those idiots will think about it and possibly rid their minds of such stupid notions. I myself know that it is at least possible for a fundy to change their way of thinking should they allow logic and reason to take its course.
Aren't the facts enough?
And yeah, a KKK rally organized "peacably" in the middle of the town square is absolutely disgusting. However, even the opinions of the flat out WRONG have to be protected, to prevent someone who's opinions are flat out wrong from banning speech stating something that's right. Fortunatly, those hate messages propogate extremely slowly, much more slowly than the propogation of the message of tolerance. When such displays occur, generally the majority will gather around and tell them exactly what they think of their display. The hate group may try to instigate something, but as long as things go peacefully, they end up having to go home eventually having accomplished nothing, and maybe, just maybe, one of those idiots will think about it and possibly rid their minds of such stupid notions. I myself know that it is at least possible for a fundy to change their way of thinking should they allow logic and reason to take its course.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)