[78-L] One person's opinions...?!^ [FWD]

[Chris Zwarg]

At 13:36 23.01.2009, you wrote:
>Julian Vein wrote:
>
>> What he /Voltaire/ should've said was "I do not agree with what you have 
>> to say,
>> but I'll defend to the death your right to say it, if you do likewise."
>--
>Sorry to say, but it's precisely here that intolerance and war breeds: when 
>we condition our broadmindedness to include only those who are as 
>broadminded as ourself. Like: "Jews don't have the right to live, cause they 
>won't let us do it properly." (Anonymous Bomber) "Terrorists don't have the 
>right to a fair trial, cause they wouldn't give us one."(xxxx - fill in 
>suitable name).
>A certain guy told us to turn the other cheek* - Voltaire's saying is in the 
>same spirit.
>Kristjan

...and I prefer Voltaire as he left out the fancy stuff you need lots of faith not to laugh about - he spoke as a human among humans, without asking first in which pot of holy water his opponent had been dipped or not, and without threatening eternal damnation to anyone who chooses not to follow his ideas (like, sadly, certain other guys with otherwise laudable ideas did and still do).

Chris Zwarg