tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18950196.post116358518425617281..comments2024-03-01T14:34:00.909-07:00Comments on Slapstick Politics: Vatican Asks Muslims To Respect "Traditions, Culture and Religion" Of Adopted Countries, Take Off Veilsel presidentehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00496677620134815716noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18950196.post-1165938173669178822006-12-12T08:42:00.000-07:002006-12-12T08:42:00.000-07:00You can't out-fart a skunk, and we shouldn't try.I...You can't out-fart a skunk, and we shouldn't try.<BR/><BR/>If we get into a competition with the Muslim states over who's going to be nastier to their religious minorities, they win because this is in their cultural DNA, while we in the West have spent centuries learning that religious persecution is a losing game. You don't toilet-train your toddler by losing bowel control.<BR/><BR/>I could care less if Muslims wear veils in public. If they feel insecure about being scoped out in public, that's understandable these days. And that should be the Christian attitude. Tolerance. Do as you would have done unto you. Remember that?<BR/><BR/>What I DO care about is setting a standard for treating foreigners with respect and tolerance. We get upset, and rightly so, when Westerners have their Bibles and other religious gear confiscated and destroyed on entering the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, have our womenfolk maltreated by the religious police for (gasp!) driving or going around UNveiled... so why is the Vatican weighing in AGAINST religious tolerance in Europe?<BR/><BR/>It's a good thing no one's nominated the Vatican for a Nobel Peace Prize this year, because it'd be wasted effort.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com