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Double standards in religious free speech : Comments

By Alex Perrottet, published 9/5/2013

At UNSW Christians are fair game, but Jews and Muslims have game keepers.

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mac:

You've nailed it! Exactly!
Posted by diver dan, Thursday, 9 May 2013 1:48:08 PM
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I do notice that the author did not include the comments against the Max Bremmer shop, and is unaware of what is required for a balanced commentary.

Student publications have a propensity for "shock" titles. I bothered to look up the article in question, and it was a response to a Christian fundamentalist sticking his oar into the abortion debate. And while I find the article a bit OTT and tasteless, I don't see it inciting hate toward Christians.

Antisemitism is targeted against Jews, and the protest was against a store with a Jewish Name. The difference is not subtle, and if Alex Perrottet wants to be taken seriously he should not post such a flawed article.
Posted by Shadow Minister, Thursday, 9 May 2013 1:59:38 PM
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So what this all means is that Christians who want to maintain their right to object to the vile attitudes and behaviour displayed by some followers of other religions must be prepared for non-Christians to object to the vile attitudes and behaviour displayed by some followers of Christianity. And the same goes for the majority of all religious believers who value common humanity and ordinary decent behaviour over the rules laid down by their various Imaginary Friends.

Any Christian (or anyone else) who thinks they should be allowed to be daft and bigoted because Muslims are is lending his or her approval to intimidation, misogyny, bigotry and murder.
Posted by Jon J, Thursday, 9 May 2013 2:07:55 PM
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'and it was a response to a Christian fundamentalist sticking his oar into the abortion debate.'

certainly better than sticking a knife in the babies heart by a secular fundamentalist .
Posted by runner, Thursday, 9 May 2013 3:32:38 PM
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mac wrote:

>>..Christians need to be redefined as a "race", so they should cultivate an aura of "otherness" e.g. wear different and distinctive clothes and complain of "racial discrimination" when they don't get their own way.>>

LOL

Yes, I think that's a good idea.

And we can take it further. Every denomination can be defined as a separate "race" with its own dress code. That way if, say, Baptists get some concession Catholics, Anglicans and the rest can all clamour for a quid pro quo.

Eventually we'll Balkanise Australia into Baptisto-Stan, Shia-Stan, Sunni-Stan, Sufi-Stan, Catholico-Stan and a Jewish-Stan centred around Caulfield with a branch at Bondi Beach.

Multiculturalism in action!
Posted by stevenlmeyer, Thursday, 9 May 2013 3:41:06 PM
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That's too potentially divisive, stevenlmeyer...

"Eventually we'll Balkanise Australia into Baptisto-Stan, Shia-Stan, Sunni-Stan, Sufi-Stan, Catholico-Stan and a Jewish-Stan centred around Caulfield with a branch at Bondi Beach."

Instead, all the monotheists could get together and decide who's right - and then all the problems will magically go away.

Won't they?
Posted by WmTrevor, Thursday, 9 May 2013 4:24:14 PM
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