Felix Miata wrote:
I tried to stay out of this off-topic whining, but I got to thinking it nothing but an opportunity to vent. Schulz and Knott have both been around here long enough to know very well how to use filters and/or an email app that can be set to not display .sigs. So, to those whiny babies deficient in understanding the meaning and heritage of the U.S. Constitution and the American right to free speech and absence of right to not be offended by said free speech, here's my only in-thread on-list response:
An you have been around long enough to know that such comments are off topic in a Linux list.
1-U.S. Congressional sessions since their genesis have begun with prayer to the God of the Bible 2-U.S. Supreme Court sessions since their genesis have begun with prayer to the God of the Bible 3-The Bible is the most popular book of all time 4-Suggested reading: "Original Intent" by David Barton ISBN 1-932225-26-9, including its contained copies of the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution 5-The Northwest Ordinance http://earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/ordinance/text.html 6-The original consitutions of the original 13 colonies 7-The pilgrims left England not to escape religion, but to escape government dictated religion 8-A brand new web page (still in progress) for said thinkers to think about: http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/tmp/deathmatrix.html
And religious freedom includes freedom *FROM* religion. If I ever found myself involved in a court case that started with a prayer, I'd start screaming. This is a Linux list, not a bible thumper list. Your comments are just as offensive to me as derogatory racial or sexual comments are to me and many others. The fact that you may not consider them to be offensive, does not give you the right to impose them on others any more that a racist or sexist has the right to impose his comments on others. One thing that many people forget, is that along with rights, go responsibilities. I'm sure if I chose, I could come up with some pretty offensive comments about you or others. However, out of common deceny, I will not do so. I have made it quite plain that religious comments are offensive to me as have others. I am not saying you can't have your beliefs. I am saying they are off topic and not welcome here.