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View Poll Results: Which of these things really offend you when done in public?
Straight Sex/PDA 5 17.86%
Homosexual Sex/PDA 7 25.00%
Racism 18 64.29%
Religion: God/Allah/Buddha etc. 15 53.57%
Atheism 5 17.86%
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Re: What offends you the most?

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Violence committed in the name of a religion. I have pretty well had it with this islamic crap.
Not that the Muslims are the only one's who've ever done that...
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Not that the Muslims are the only one's who've ever done that...
Any recent (past hundred years or so) incidents you've got in mind?
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Lets not turn this thread into a flame war on religions. I think this is an interesting thread so don't spoil it by going in that direction.
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Click to Expand / Collapse  Quote originally posted by Dave Sinkula ...
Any recent (past hundred years or so) incidents you've got in mind?
How soon we forget!

Oklahoma City Federal Building - you can tiptoe around the groups and what they call themselves but Christian beliefs are 'fundamental' to their existence.

There, do you think that was enough gasoline? I could mention Waco, Idaho, and Montana but those would only be tossing candles in with the gas.
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How soon we forget!

Oklahoma City Federal Building - you can tiptoe around the groups and what they call themselves but Christian beliefs are 'fundamental' to their existence.

There, do you think that was enough gasoline? I could mention Waco, Idaho, and Montana but those would only be tossing candles in with the gas.
Lame attempt, but thank you for playing.
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Click to Expand / Collapse  Quote originally posted by Dave Sinkula ...
Any recent (past hundred years or so) incidents you've got in mind?
I was mainly referring to the fact that Islam is not the only religion that's ever been blamed for grievous crimes. But I suppose we should digress, as AD suggested.

Keeping the discussion on a religious note though, I do appreciate the OP putting atheism as an option. There are some atheists who are worse about forcing their beliefs on people than most evangelists of whatever religion... they're like GNU zealots or something, just with a different goal...
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Lets not turn this thread into a flame war on religions. I think this is an interesting thread so don't spoil it by going in that direction.
I agree fully with you!

We need to distinguish between legitimate religions and their extremist often murderous abusers. They are only a few, and unfortunately all religions have them.
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I rank racism as probably the worst of the offenses but that may only be because it is often the most obvious, though it is now becoming closely wrapped in religious intolerance.

Here in Seattle a Sikh was attacked as a Muslim - this has to be a combination of 3 offenses, racism, religious intolerance, and stupidity. Sometimes, I think quietly to myself "if only ignorance were painful".

<but that would almost qualify as masochism>
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Lets not turn this thread into a flame war on religions. I think this is an interesting thread so don't spoil it by going in that direction.
yup, i m agree with you AD...
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Re: What offends you the most?

I have to agree with almost all of you... but one thing you missed was how offensive overly-intelectual people are... being smart is one thing... but the ones that think they need to try to belittle someone else because of a higher level of learning in a certain subject are the true offenders of this world... if we just realize that everyone has the ability to contribute something differently, then we can begin to understand that there truly is no "better person" only the ones that chose to be worse.
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