tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post2950459491812003713..comments2024-02-10T04:38:45.630-05:00Comments on Gabriel Reads: I Cannot Tolerate Intolerancegabrielreadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11809365791580695386noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post-64006723898682314102011-04-03T00:07:44.004-04:002011-04-03T00:07:44.004-04:00bridges? For real? Someone put me in jail. I'v...bridges? For real? Someone put me in jail. I've broken that law. :]Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04581111547348324601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post-45338000911569059662011-04-02T17:13:27.559-04:002011-04-02T17:13:27.559-04:00This is very true.This is very true.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04581111547348324601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post-71428498968436369422011-04-02T16:52:51.490-04:002011-04-02T16:52:51.490-04:00I definitely see your point, but I personally can&...I definitely see your point, but I personally can't agree with it. Regardless, I do think that there's a correct time and place for protests and an incorrect time and place, whether you call them peaceful or not.gabrielreadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11809365791580695386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post-46804342703374201542011-04-02T14:45:59.535-04:002011-04-02T14:45:59.535-04:00My point was. You can't call it peaceful. Peac...My point was. You can't call it peaceful. Peaceful is far from the right word. So if peace is was you wish to acquire, protesting is not the answer. Not even in the long run. The end does not justify the means.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04581111547348324601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post-87109410859175363772011-04-02T14:31:11.470-04:002011-04-02T14:31:11.470-04:00In the same vein, however, what's the best way...In the same vein, however, what's the best way to get your voice heard? In this country, the people who have the most money have the biggest voice and, therefore, the greatest influence. People like you and I, who don't own software companies or hold positions of power, are supposed to be listened to because that's allegedly what a democracy (or, rather, a republic) is about. We're not being heard though. If we were, things like health care and education wouldn't be cut from state budgets and the US government wouldn't spend trillions of dollars on the defense budget while taking away programs that provide services to the people. <br /><br />People have said that voting and petitions and other things like that are good ways of getting your voice heard but they fail more times than not. When plan A fails, you go to plan B. Plan B is protesting and it works (sometimes). It may not be pretty and it might disrupt life for a while, but we have a right to freedom of assembly as guaranteed but the Bill of Rights and I don't see why people shouldn't be allowed to exercise that right.gabrielreadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11809365791580695386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post-77512841152649780442011-04-02T14:19:32.722-04:002011-04-02T14:19:32.722-04:00There are other ways to protest in an actual peace...There are other ways to protest in an actual peaceful way that don't include marching on someones front step. There are other ways to let you opinion be heard and understood.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04581111547348324601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post-6001258408429445162011-04-02T12:31:37.115-04:002011-04-02T12:31:37.115-04:00I agree with you about that. To me, it shouldn'...I agree with you about that. To me, it shouldn't be a matter of right or wrong. It should be a matter of what's right for each person. Too long (and by that I mean since the dawn of time) we've been so wrapped up in proving that we're better than each other and it's gotta stop. <br /><br />Glad to hear that the protests worked. Here in the States it's seen as a crime to take photos of certain things, like bridges. It really is amazing to me what people will give up in order to have a false sense of security.gabrielreadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11809365791580695386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post-82363650593730644922011-04-02T12:23:28.821-04:002011-04-02T12:23:28.821-04:00I believe in the right to believe in what you want...I believe in the right to believe in what you want to, I just can't imagine why someone would care that one person believes in one god and one in another. That's more what I meant. I believe in science, if someone told me that wasn't allowed, yes I'd go protest. I was very close to going to the (very peaceful) Photography is not a Crime protests in London last year. That was in relation to people thinking anyone with a camera was up to terrorist acts and being subjected to stop and search laws...we're now allowed to roam freely again so that protest worked in our favour.Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377404526123600035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post-17038758236462763862011-04-02T11:27:35.054-04:002011-04-02T11:27:35.054-04:00pwb: Not even Atheists can look at things from an ...pwb: Not even Atheists can look at things from an unbiased viewpoint. Or Agnostics, like myself, for that matter. I do agree that historically speaking Christianity has a lot to answer for but so do the Visigoths, the Huns, the Persians, and many other non-Christian groups. In fact, if you look at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, neither of those nations is Christian and they both have a lot of explaining to do.<br /><br />Even though I have no strong religious convictions, I do have strong political and social ones and, as such, I can see why people would be up in arms about threats to what they believe. When someone tries to say that what I believe politically and socially is wrong, I'll admit that I get perturbed. I wouldn't go to war over my political beliefs, obviously, but I can see how religion could make people "irate". <br /><br />Nonners: There may not be a one hundred percent peaceful protest but there is a marked difference between simply shouting slogans and killing people. I would also argue that the people in Wisconsin who were protesting Governor Walker's plan to get rid of collective bargaining were peaceful protesters. They didn't get violent in any sense of the word.gabrielreadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11809365791580695386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post-29821920916466878022011-04-02T10:55:12.042-04:002011-04-02T10:55:12.042-04:00There's no such thing, in my opinion, as a pea...There's no such thing, in my opinion, as a peaceful protest. No matter who it is protesting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04581111547348324601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515719778921089707.post-71675409204258113312011-04-02T08:20:04.323-04:002011-04-02T08:20:04.323-04:00As an aetheist I have a real hard time trying to g...As an aetheist I have a real hard time trying to grasp why people get so irrate around religion, yet it's the number one reason for wars throughout history. Christianity has a lot to be blamed for if you look at things from an unbiased viewpoint.Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377404526123600035noreply@blogger.com