From: Chris Yardley (lobotomy@pagan.net) Mon May 5 13:14:09 EDT 1997
* Jasmine said
* In case this somehow didn't come through, the basical principles
* that are freaking me out with the Darwin nomination:
* 1. People with religious beliefs that deviate from the standards
* should be purged from the gene pool.
* 2. People who stand up for their principles against the
* government and get murdered for it deserve to be purged from
* the gene pool.
* By these principles, we should all be purged from the gene pool.
* Yet everyone on the purging list is happily saying "Yes, yes, yes,
* that's great! Do it!".
I haven't been following this discussion, but I do want to say that I think there's a difference between laughing at something and purging it. I personally don't take the Darwin awards so seriously. I do laugh at the Heaven's Gate people. I would not have stopped them from fulfilling their destiny, or worshipping their own deities in their own ways. But I still will laugh at them. I think humour needs to be somewhat immune to political correctness. I understand your basic complaint with the situation, but I think you're overreacting to a humour thang. If this were legislation against this religion or something like it, I'd probably take up my pitchfork and march the front line with you. But I won't get that riled up over a joke.
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