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Onyxmeth said:
PS360ForTheWin said:
Onyxmeth said:
PS360ForTheWin said:

ok, to "hell" with it then.

What do people think about faith schools? personally i think theyre bad for society, they encourage segregation which is bad, if children are allowed to mix with people from different religous backgrounds it will encourage them to question there own faith and make them more tolerant to other religions.

P.S. if a mod objects to this post, please let me know why before banning me.

I don't mind it one bit. It keeps the sane kids in public school.

 

 

please define "sane" in this context. by public school what do you mean? - state funded or private?

I believe "faith" schools brainwash children. I do not believe brainwashed children are sane. I should be more clear though as there are still nutjobs in public schools too, both state funded and private.

By the way, why haven't we all received our bans yet? I'm sure someone in this world was offended by what we've all said so far.

 

ok thanks for your clarification. i agree brainwahsing is never good for people and certainly one could question the sanity of someone who has been brainwashed.

 



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ssj12 said:

nope, this is a topic that I tried to get to be all nice and free of worry. I didnt compromise anything. I just said what I was doing and that was that.

 

You wanted this topic to be "nice and free of worry" by promising "an instant week long ban" if anyone feels they got attacked? Sounds McCarthian.

 



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So bigoted thoughts are now reasonable and understandable. Unfortunately never by the people that profess to hold them. Oh well.


PS360ForTheWin said:

ok, to "hell" with it then.

What do people think about faith schools? personally i think theyre bad for society, they encourage segregation which is bad, if children are allowed to mix with people from different religous backgrounds it will encourage them to question there own faith and make them more tolerant to other religions.

P.S. if a mod objects to this post, please let me know why before banning me.

 

that psot is fine

Religius based schools are interesting. I have many friends that came out of the local Christian Academy. They are very balanced people. Most don't seem to have issues with people of other faiths but rather consider themselves equal.

It might be different in other places though. Some people might be intolerant to other people because of going through that sort of thing.

I believe it might be mainly due to how the parents are. If they don't allow their children to mingle with people other then schoolmates then maybe there could be issues. It is most likely bases on the environment.



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query, what exactly constitutes an "attack"



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PS360ForTheWin said:
query, what exactly constitutes an "attack"

 

Basically the entire concept of trolling. Just purposely provoking people.LIke for example, "that is complete BS, the Bible is completely right. All other religions are not real and people should rot for believing anything else.



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@ ssj12, ok thanks for the clarification, i think we need to make sure the rules are ironed out before the debate gets into full swing.



TalonMan said:
SCIENTOLOGY!!!!!

**runs away**

:P

Don't worry sir. You're a mod. Come back in and troll away. Naz won't bit you.

 



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TalonMan said:
SCIENTOLOGY!!!!!

**runs away**

:P


Why I never...I'm offended! Ban hammer please!

 

 



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The_vagabond7 said:

Along with this is the right to express one's knowledge and understanding without one's thoughts to be considered bigotry or hatred towards others.

I disagree with this sentence. Some things just are hate and bigotry, no matter how you candy coat it or what book it comes from. If somebody says that a certain group of people are inherently evil or wrong, or abominations based on things beyond their control (Blacks, jews, gays, Americans, whoever), then yes I'm going to call them out on that. Because those thoughts lead to actions and those actions hurt people that don't deserve it.

Why shouldn't they be called out on it? Because they might be offended that I think they are grossly wrong in their belief that black people aren't really human? Because I might hurt their feelings if I say that it's disgusting that they think gay people should have to go into special camps to brainwash them into being heterosexual? "Ah, but what's the harm in some different opinions?" Because then that first guy goes out and lynches a "porch monkey" for dating a white woman, and the second guy tries desperately to prevent homosexuals from having the same rights as anyone else. I guess I wouldn't want to offend those people and not give arbitrary respect to dehumanizing beliefs just because they think that's the way it should be.

Though I agree, Knowledge and religion should be free. Governments can't afford to make school free, but the information age is helping to spread knowledge worldwide for almost free. Religion should be a path to spirituality and a view of something larger than ourselves rather than another money making scheme, or arbitrary dogma to enforce on the masses.

 

Is that banworthy?

 

nope, not banworth and completely a-ok

On that first comment

Yes there are comments that are meant in terms of hatred but I was meaning in a more general discussion sense. Like what we have here. I feel that if someone doesnt believe in something they can discuss their opinions on that subject. It doesnt matter that they come out still hating something but to show that in a discuss they can sit down and talk about their opinions without being attacked for it or attacking others for their opinions. As long as someone is willing to sit down and discuss versus attack is perfectly fine and dandy.



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