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<P>well said.<BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>"Erin Piateski" <piateski@alum.mit.edu></I><BR>To: <I>"E. James Lieberman" <ejl@gwu.edu></I><BR>CC: <I>"Membroj@esperantosocieto.org" <Membroj@esperantosocieto.org>,"William A. Cubbedge" <willcubbedge@gmail.com></I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: [Membroj] Mort-al Foot in Mouth</I><BR>Date: <I>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:24:41 -0400</I><BR>>Hi<BR>><BR>>I didn't really see anything exceptionally anti-Catholic in this<BR>>list's recent correspondence. Every religion has skeletons in its<BR>>closet. It's easy to find it in history. Yes, we have historic<BR>>Catholic persecutions of Jews, the Spanish Inquisition, etc. We also<BR>>have Protestant persecution of Catholics in England (and elsewhere),<BR>>Muslim persecution of Christians, going all
the way back to the Bible,<BR>>where you will find what you might call Jewish persecution of pagans.<BR>>Simply mentioning a religion's history of persecuting another<BR>>religion, in my opinion, doesn't in any way impugn modern members of<BR>>that religion. Speaking of fundamentalist Islam doesn't mean that the<BR>>speaker thinks that all Muslims are fundamentalist. In the same vein,<BR>>speaking of a Catholic who has offensive views is not meant to be a<BR>>criticism of all Catholics - even if this person's views are informed<BR>>by (their personal interpretation of) Catholicism.<BR>><BR>>Let's all simmer down and not get offended, folks. Let's try to<BR>>ascribe the best of motives to each other rather than the worst,<BR>>because we're all on the same side here.<BR>><BR>>Erin<BR>><BR>>2008/10/30 E. James
Lieberman <ejl@gwu.edu>:<BR>> > Dear Will,<BR>> > I think Ralph's rough treatment of Adler was over the line,<BR>> > although I share a milder version of his viewpoint. In no way has he<BR>> > co-opted the Esperanto list, and your rebuttals are obviously sincere<BR>> > and appropriate. The history of Esperanto is replete with controversy,<BR>> > sometimes bitter. Same for the history of religion.<BR>> > Mi esperas ke vi kaj Ralph ambau restas viglaj kontribuantoj en<BR>> > la rondo.<BR>> ><BR>> > Jim L<BR>> ><BR>> > _______________________________________________<BR>> > Membroj mailing list<BR>> > Membroj@esperantosocieto.org<BR>> > http://esperantosocieto.org/mailman/listinfo/membroj_esperantosocieto.org<BR>>
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