Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]BD and Marc-- I missed BD's original message, but judging by the quotation in Marc's message and by Marc's comments, I think I agree with both of you. I'd just like to add what my mother always told me: don't let the kids who tease you see that you care; that's what they want. When it comes right down to it, the Koran and the Bible are paper and ink; the flag is red, white, and blue cloth. They are symbols of Islam and Christianity and the ideals of the United States, and it is highly offensive to all decent people to treat them with disrespect, but they are not the beliefs they represent. Those beliefs are not harmed or lessened by offensive treatment of the books that promulgate them or the flag that represents them. They are far stronger than that. I bet that if, when one of these "desecrations" occurs, everyone said, "Duh, what a jerk!" and got on with more important things, the desecrators would get bored and give up. --Eric (and my M3 agrees with me)